placenta eating

who lets the bitch eat all of her placentas during /after whelp

who takes all or as many away as possible?

who lets the bitch eat half of them?

ive found just about every person i speak too wants to do it a different way and have even been asked to keep one for a owner to look at after the bitch had pups as she had never seen one before!

just wondering .....

cheri

If any of ours wants to eat, we let them eat, its natures way & its instinctive in some to eat it as if they were in the wild, the placenta would attract predators. Its a good source of nutrient for the bitch. Some bitches will not entertain it & will sever the pup from the placenta & ignore it( the placenta not the pup LOL), some bitches have just looked at the pup in the bag & wondered what to do next & give you a look of disbelief if you offer the placenta to them to eat!

We've had one bitch eat some & leave others.

Maisy ate all hers the first litter & had a dreadful upset stomach after... 2nd litter I gave her a couple & she seemed ok with that & no upset tum either.
I am hideously squeamish so Lillie, age 11, deals with the placentas for me!!!!

lol heather squeamish ? lillies sounds like a great girl/young lady to help her mum!

i have photos from both my own placentas when i had the kids i even touched harlies it was massive! george emailed the whole family pictures of my placenta rather than newborn harlie! some were very upset lol!

cheri

Never had Saint pups yet but my toy dogs I allow to eat 2 as I also find letting them eat too many upsets their tummies.
Tony&Bud.

i bet the placenta of a saint is bigger than a toy breed newborn lol!

daisy ate 5 so half of her litters worth and had no tummy problems after

cheri

Jade ate three of hers and would have had more if I had let her but didn't want her to have a runny tummy !