[myyorkiesruleme]

I posted this in another section but everyone suggested I post it here and ask for help here's my situation:

Princess after having a perfect pregnancy and labor and even though we have supplemented and did everything by the book was rushed to the vet this afternoon she has eclampsia and she is on drip and must be away from the 4 babies for at least 24 hours so we are having to nurse them only I can't get them to take the bottle, I am so distressed first my Princess is in hospital and then trying to get the babies to nurse from the bottle,

any ideas or hints would be greatly appreciated and thank you!

The puppies would not take the puppy formula so I am feeding a mixture of yoghurt, sterile water, egg yolk, karo syrup and goats milk using a premie bottle used for humans and warming it to skin temperature. I'm doing this about every 2 hours and I have the puppies on a hot water bottle although we live in the Caribbean and our house stays at about 83 degrees

Our vet called late in the evening to tell us Princess is responding well to the calcium drip

but one of my huge questions is will Princess be able to go back to nursing at least on a limited basis with a calcium supplement or will we have to take the puppies away until she dries up and if so how long does that take, also at what stages do I begin extending the feed time for the puppies and when do we begin trying solid food?

Finally, I can get them to go piddle but not pooh yet any hints or tips on that? I'm rubbing with a warm wet washcloth in the same motion as if mommy was there to lick them

Thanks for any and all help