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Old 11-30-2007, 08:45 AM   #62
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what a huge litter, an easy way of feeding is a 3cc syringe with a baby nipple at the end...you can control how much their eating and they dont have to use a lot of strength to get it...take a large needle heat it up with a lighter or your stove pierce the center of the nipple...put water in the baby bottle and squeeze if you get large flow then your nipple hole is big enough...

fill your syringe with the suppliment and put the nipple on; take the largest pups (leave the smaller ones on the teats) and suppliment them first slowly push the syringe, what they cant take in will come out the sides of their mouth, that will tell you if your doing it too fast...this young I would be feeding them every 2 hours during the day and every four hours during your bed time.

Pups should be eating 3-5 cc's every two hours...To assure their not dehydrated, look at their skin if it is wrinkled on the back or neck they are not getting enough fluides...pinch the nape of the neck if the skin holds that too will tell you they need far more...

hope this helps, good luck!
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