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Dog With Babies 5 Weeks Old

by alexandra - March 21, 2018

Standart poodle, 7 babies are 5 weeks old,
I want to help mum. She was always on the small and thin side but now she is eating and drinking all the time and very thin. She gets raw beef, canned chicken dog food and some dry food for pups. (plus extras: oil, minerals ...)
Her tongue has a fine white fur, is pale pink and a bit blue. The tongue has wrinkles. Her stool is loose.
She always moved perfectly, but now she is wobbly in the back.
Her temperament is normal.
In the evening she tends to pant and she prefers the cold.
I tried You gui wan on her, but it didn´t seem to help. Which formula would you recommend?
Thanks Alexandra

by naturevet

March 21, 2018

Hi Alexandra,

The first thing to ensure is that there is enough calcium in the food, given that it is partly homemade. it sounds like it if they are supplementing minerals, but calcium demand is likely to be very high as the puppies grow, raising the risk of hypocalcemic tetany if calcium levels are insufficient.

It sounds like she is a little Blood deficient at present (understandable, since breast milk and Blood both draw on Essence stores, so that if you need a lot of one, you may not have a lot of the other). The lavender color and loose stools suggests secondary Liver Qi stagnation. If the pulse is very deep and toned, try Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang. Otherwise I would suggest Xiao Yao San.

Another tonic you can consider, if the purplish color disappears from the tongue, is Gui Pi Tang. The afternoon heat is likely from Blood or Yin deficiency. GPT is a stronger tonic, and supports the Spleen, but is not big in the Qi moving department. If the pulse feels very frail, then despite the purplish color, you could probably give GPT a try.

Hopefully that helps,

Steve

by alexandra

March 22, 2018

The diameter of the vessel is thin, and the pulse is pounding, the vessels seems hard to compress. (wiry and toned?)
Thanks
Alexandra

by naturevet

March 22, 2018

Okay, I guess I'd go with Xiao Yao san for now, then, unless the pulse is very deep. In that case I would use Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang

S

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