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Originally Posted by katelin  Okay I have some questions:
1. When do I give the Benebac?
2. I'll weigh them again in a couple hours, but is there anything else I can do to make sure they are getting a chance to nurse? How long do I wait before I intervene with a supplement.
3 When do I give the Nutri-Drops??
Wow, 7 puppies in exactly 2 hours. Wow. |
Sorry I'm answering this so late! I didn't get your PM until now!! Congrats on all SEVEN babies!!
Poor Ruby, no wonder she was groaning and not moving much...lol
1. Kimberly told me about the benebac, but I gave it to mine when they were a few days old. I think you can give it before.
2. They should all have fat full bellies...you should probably place EACH puppy on a nipple one by one and make sure they're strong enough to latch on and to nurse and they do for several minutes. If you have one who barely latches you may have to supplement. If you notice over a few hours that one of them cries a lot or doesn't have a full belly, you need to supplement. Or if you just KNOW that one is weaker than the others, you should supplement. It never HURTS to do 2 or 3 of the smaller ones anyways. If they're nursing, I would only do it every 4-5 hours. If they're NOT nursing, every 2 hours. Don't worry about weighing them again today...they may actually drop a little from their original birth weighs, especially with that many.
3. I always give each one a drop after I clean them up. Then I give them each a drop twice a day, once in the AM and once in the PM.
Hope that helps!!
