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08-08-2010, 12:04 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tacoma
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| new litter....want advice on small pups feeding My baby had two healthy boys at 3.8 oz and 2.7 oz tonight. We lost the little girl who was 1.9 oz and never could revive her at birth. I'm worried about the small guy and have had to help him latch on every couple of hours. How long should it take him to figure it out himself and should I be supplementing him and weighing him how often? He nurses well once latched and does not cry for it. I just have to squirt a little milk on his mouth and rub him with a nipple and he will soon open his mouth enough for me to stick the nipple in. He eats well each time I do this but he has not been successful at finding it own his own. |
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08-08-2010, 10:24 AM | #2 |
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| Congratulations on your new litter. I am sorry you lost the tiny girl. How are the puppies doing now? Sometimes with the tiny ones you do have to keep attaching them every hour or so in the beginning. The most important thing is that if he is able to nurse strong enough and long enough to get satisfied. Sometime a tiny puppy will wear himself out just trying to nurse. The following article give some good information on caring for tiny newborn puppies. I have used the glucose formula in paragraph 10 and I feel that it really helps with the smaller pups: http://www.showpapillons.com/formula.htm Please keep us updated on how they are doing. |
08-08-2010, 01:12 PM | #3 | |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
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08-08-2010, 01:14 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tacoma
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| He seems to be doing fine. This is my first litter of yorkies. I have only bred rottweilers in the past and am us to to much bigger puppies. The larger one has gone from 3.8 to 4.2 since last night and the little guy was 2.7 and now 2.8 oz. I just worry because he is so tiny. |
08-08-2010, 01:16 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tacoma
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| where do you get nutridrops from, how often do you give them and how much? |
08-08-2010, 01:31 PM | #6 |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
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| I'd do a goole search for your area. Checking out pet stores that may have them. I've always ordered mine from Revivalanimal.com
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08-08-2010, 01:35 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tacoma
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| do you recommend giving mom calcium? I've read a lot of conflicting info about this? |
08-08-2010, 01:42 PM | #8 | |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
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A Calcium tablet with vitamin D supplement (you need the correct ration of this so the calcium is absorbed) after whelping until weaning time, or a calcium injectable. Dosage should be recommeded by your vet. Even then the possibility of eclampsia exists, so it is a good idea to supplement a litter of 3 or more after three weeks of age to cut down the drain on the mother. I also keep Oral Cal Plus on hand; also obtained at Revivalanimal.com To hold eclampsia at bay, so it never comes at all… forget everything about giving tums, cottage cheese, cheese, icecream.. etc. It’s useless. The body needs the calcium to be delivered with the correct ratio of Vit D and Phosphorus or it doesn’t absorb it, it’s useless. Pet Cal has this correct ratio. Another thing that has it is, believe it or not.. a scrambled whole egg! Of course everyone knows not to start calcium until the litter is whelped.. no giving it to PG bitches… I do give some calsorb during whelping If things slow down on a larger litter, but never before whelping. Make it a general practice to scramble your bitch an egg every day, and depending on weight, give ½ to a whole pet tab per day. I gave it to a 8 lb bitch ½ in the morning ½ at night…this is the “daily dose” for about a 20 lb dog who was NOT nursing a litter…so just fine for ½ the size, but nursing a litter. I would grind up the pet tab in the food processor and put the powder in the egg when I scrambled it. Also, check your dog food for Soybeans, soy protein, or anything related to soy in any way. For SOME reason that is not completely understood by me (many menopause supplements contain soy, or are soy based, so this seems to be a contradiction).. soy protein can interfere with the absorption of calcium in dogs. If your food has soy of any sort, change to a food that does not for the duration of the weaning of the litter.
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08-08-2010, 01:45 PM | #9 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tacoma
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| than you so much. you have been very helpful |
08-08-2010, 03:35 PM | #10 |
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| I have not been able to get the little one to latch on for the last 4 hrs. The big guy is up to 4.3oz from 4.2 oz thei sam. the little guys is holding at 2.8 oz. He is not crying like he is hungry. He is not lethargic and fights me when I try to latch him on. He squirms up close to mom and is content. I don't know if he has eaten or not. Any suggestions? |
08-08-2010, 03:51 PM | #11 | |
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Remember her milk only lets down every 2 hours.
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08-08-2010, 03:59 PM | #12 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tacoma
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| he isnt crying, she isnt pushing him away. he seems contant. i just expected a little weight gain. The skin recoils quickly. she does get just as anxious when I take him away as the big guy. I havent seen the big guy eat either but am not worried about him because he looks twice the size of the little one and I lost the smallest- a girl 2.0 oz during birth. I guess that makes me a worry wort. |
08-08-2010, 04:00 PM | #13 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tacoma
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| i meant he seems content. I'm so tired from the birthing process that my typing leaves something to be desired. |
08-08-2010, 04:03 PM | #14 |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
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| Breeding is not easy. Your work starts when the whelp is over. You aren't a worry wort, but concerned. Just keep a close eye as you're doing.....watch for hydration. This next week is very crucial, so you'll get little sleep.
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08-08-2010, 05:31 PM | #15 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tacoma
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| he took a couple of sips of esbilac, tried giving big boy a little too and he didnt want any either. they both seem to be very content. Mom drank the remaining milk when i poured it in a bowl for her. ohhh.. nothing like round the clock observation and waiting to see how things work out. mom has definately not lost interest in either of puppies so hopefully everything will work out. No matter how much reading and research you do, you never seem to learn it all. It's always easier to give someone else advise, but when it's your own babies it seems like you forget everything. thanks for all the advise. |
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