Parvac

[I_LOVE_MY_TERRIERS]

Seeing there is so much parvo around from the heat and the rain, do you think it is wise to give a litter of pups a parvac vaccination at 4 weeks? then a C3 at 8 weeks?

Is it safe at 4 weeks old? The bitch at Milk fever 3 days after birth, so the pups have had to be bottled with biolac, now 3 weeks old and as she still has limited milk, the pups are now on one solid meal a day.

Or give them a C3 at 6 weeks and keep them locked up in pen on concrete so they dont feel the grass for 2 weeks.

All the pups have homes, and we don't want to loose any due to parvo. Thats why the vaccinations are being given at 6 weeks, and some are going interstate.

[Miranda]

You are being paranoid, puppies receive all the necessary antibodies via the bitch's colostrum during the first 24/48 hours following birth so the fact that your bitch developed eclampsia at 3 days is irrelevant. I would just give an ordinary C3 at 6/8 weeks (preferably as close to 8 weeks as possible) and stop worrying.

It is a myth that puppies continue to receive antibodies for as long as they are feeding, ordinary bitch's milk contains minimal antibodies and even if they are present puppies cannot absorb them as once they are two days old their GI tracts mature and any antibodies are destroyed during the process of digestion.