Hayley411
Well-Known Member
I was going to try giving Tums to my pregnant doe due tuesday and I am wondering ...how much should I give her... and how often.
~Hayley~
~Hayley~
I use Tums 3 days ahead of time (as I've seen on more than one website and heard from more than one breeder) to help my girls not go into a situation of calcium deficiency and having that drop. I start them on one Tums per day when I put in the nestbox.Tums are used to make does go in labor so I don't advise giving it to her before her due date....
I only give my does a 1/2 a tums if they go off feed before they are do. I had 1 doe have seizures after giving birth. My vet said it was a calcium dwfwciancy. A breeder recommended a 1/2 a tums for my Hollands. The 1/2 tums worked she quit seizuring. Since then I give my does 1/2 atums if they go off feed before kindling.Not saying your wrong Cali. I have been told by quite a few breeders also that it makes the doe go in labor. If I have a doe over due I give them a tums and within a few hours they always have their babies. If I don't give them one it usely takes anotherday before they have them.
My does get veggies and fruits everyday along with their pellets and hay and I have only had 2 delivering problems so I think the fruits and veggies are working. 1 was my first Holland Lop, she died we think durring delivery. This was 5? years ago. Then I had a BEAUTIFUL Mini Rex doe that was give to me(my friend bought her and seen how much I liked her and he let me have her)! She had OMG awesome type, was just oversized. She had her babies 2 days early and didn't use the box, had4 dead babies on the wire. I felt one left in her so I brought her in. I had to help pull the last baby out(waited for contraction then pulled has easy but as firm as i could). It was huge. I believe she never had a litter andwas over a year so she is now a retired pet. She had them back in November and is STILL recoveringbut she has her buddy Ice(Frost's half sister) to keep her company. Ice found she could make a hole bigger in the divider of their cages and get through it xD Now she comes and goes from with Pumpkin. They seem to really like each other.
Good luck
Randy,Just my non-professional opinion....but the thought of giving a rabbit an antacid is scary. There are many collateral issues that come to thought here. Unless there is something I don't know about, the only real thing an antacid will do is change the pH in the gut. If you need to induce labor, there are proven safe (relatively so anyway) to do that in a controlled situation. I've also seen some statements regarding calcium levels and being weak and lethargic after delivery...I don't think that calcium levels can vary that much that quickly. If so,I would think you have amajor dietary issue. I suspect what is really going on here with this particular issue is actually hypoglycemia. What is the basis or thinking on this "treatment". I am confused. I am really looking forward to exploring this idea further....very interesting.
Randy
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