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01-24-2007, 02:15 PM | #1 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Missouri
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| Lactating females and weaning I'm not sure this is in the right place but.......... Ok, Lady had her puppies a week before Amber had hers. Because of how sick Lady was, I put her babies in with Amber. Now, Amber's babies are 4 weeks old today. They act younger. They still want to sleep all the time. Lady's boys are climbing out of the bed and playing. They are chewing(toothless) the other babies. Amber is not wanting to feed the babies. Lady's babies don't want formula, they went right to canned dog food. They still want to nurse but Amber's babies still want to nurse only, they won't lap the milk yet. Is it ok at their ages for them to go straight to canned food and should I continue to force Amber to stay in the pen with them? She will feed them but she will also go across the pen from them and hide around the bed where they can't see her. I think she is reacting to the older behaviour of Lady's babies and her babies are paying for it. What do you suggest? Sylvia |
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01-24-2007, 04:39 PM | #2 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Virginia
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| What is the age difference between the two litters? If they're old enough to eat the puppy food without tummy upset make sure that you water it down with a bit of formula or cottage cheese this will help to ensure that they're getting all of the nutrition that they need. An excellent quality puppy food is extra important in cases where pups must be weaned early.
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01-24-2007, 05:00 PM | #4 |
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| I mix cottage cheese with the food and make it soupy with formula. The 4 week old puppies are awfully young to be weaned but at 5 weeks they usually suppliment their intake with a bit of puppy food.
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01-24-2007, 05:14 PM | #5 |
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| She won't stay in the pen unless I am right here to prevent her from leaving. Sometimes she will lay at the other end of the bed from them. I thot she was going to be a good mother but now I don't know. When I breed her again there should only be her babies so I'll wait until I know how she's going to behave with them before making a final judgement about how good of a mother she is. Sylvia |
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