[rawfeeding] Re: low calcium in nursing poodle ASAP!

> --- In rawfeeding@yahoogroups.com, "Dave" <Chesapeakehamstery@>
wrote:
> >
> > She is now in the pet ER on an I.V. for fluids and LOW
> > calcium. She has been Raw fed her entire life. What did i do
wrong?

--- In rawfeeding@yahoogroups.com, "Elizabeth" <rainsou1@...> wrote:
>
Just up
> the ante on the bone,
> Also, just buy a high quality calcium supplement

*** Gah! This is the sort of horrible advice that causes bitches to
get eclampsia in the first place! The prevention is not MORE
calcium, it is LESS!!!

*** Now that this bitch has eclampsia, yes, she may need calcium
supplementation and careful management while she is nursing. We can
hope that your vet is familiar with the problem and can provide
guidance and supplementation for home care if necessary.

*** The most common cause is having fed her far in excess of her
calcium needs during the pregnancy, so that the usual mechanisms
that govern the deposition and uptake of calcium between blood and
bone shuts down. So, after whelping when her calcium needs are
suddenly very high, she is not able to pull her calcium reserves
from bone and serum calcium goes plumeting down.

*** I suspect that you were not feeding her according to nature's
model but were instead feeding her far more bone that would be found
in any prey animal, and that you were feeding high bone content at
every meal. Or that you were supplementing with calcium during the
pregnancy. If this is not the case, if you were not using supps and
were feeding an appropriate amount of bone, then Ginny is correct
and there is an underlying disease or condition causing the problem.
Again, not something caused by diet or something that will be fixed
by throwing more calcium at it, especially inappropriate sources of
calcium like most commercial supplements contain.

--Carrie

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