Friday, November 05, 2010
Mastitis
Raven has developed mastitis, an infection of her milk glands. Fortunately, I know her so well that I was able to get her to the vet right away when I saw she was not well. She developed this in less than 3 hours so it came on very quickly. However, that doesn't lessen the pain she was in. Dr. McKay happened to still be in the office and got antibiotics into her and a pain medication. I brought her home, carried her in and she laid on her side to let the pups suckle. This morning, the affected teat is still really swollen but she is back nursing like normal. As you can see, the pups are doing fine.
