If I had a mom who was being unattentive to her pups when they cry. My first thought would be giving her a bit more calcium in her diet.
Try it and see if that helps. Try the pudding recipe
http://lowchensaustralia.com/breeding/lactation.htm
Appetite Stimulate for the Feeding Mother
cup of plain yoghurt
a teaspoon of raw honey
some salmon oil
two egg yolks
water
Whisk all together and feed at room temperature. You can continue to give this daily during the nursing period. Add oatmeal (soaked overnight) every now and then.
Pudding Recipe for Nursing Mothers
1 x package Vanilla Pudding (cooked kind)
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups milk
4 egg yolks
Cook on low heat to a pudding consistency.
Feed at least 20cc twice per day, by syringe if necessary.
If you don't have a package of vanilla pudding on hand you can mix the following in a saucepan and cook to pudding consistency.
2/3 cup sugar
6 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups milk (or one can evaporated milk plus equal parts water to make quart)
4 egg yolks
3 teaspoon vanilla
** Hint
Give your girl a drink of beer, warmed if necessary and with honey added. This can help to stimulate milk production.
Uncontrollable diarrhea after whelping (when the puppies are born), and throughout most of lactation. This is most often seen when she must increase her food intake too much to meet the increased demands of lactational because the food she has been eating is poorly digested or low in calories.
Good Luck
Deana
Prestigeous Yorkies
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Originally Posted by yorkieluvinmoma  Tootsie had her babies 13 days ago, she isn't spending alot of time with them, every chance she gets she is laying outside her kennel in my bedroom floor and leaving the babies by themselves, sometimes if they cry she doesn't act like it phases her, she was really attentive when they were first born. she doesn't seem to have much milk either(confirmed by vet) but babies seem healthy and are gaining weight. do you think she thinks she can't feed them? Also when i lock her in the kennel when i'm gone or at bedtime she poops in there and it is runny still and smells awful!!!! she was crate trained before is this a sign of not wanting to be a mommy? how can i stop the runny poop with her nursing? |