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Originally Posted by MyTrixie143  Aw, I hope the little guy makes it.
May I ask why you are tube feeding him? Is he not able to latch onto a nipple from a bottle?
Just make sure he is kept warm and is gaining weight everyday.
It may or may not happen again with her next litter. But there are supplements that you can give them that are suppose to aid in giving the mom a good milk production. J-B Wholsale Pet Supplies, Inc. |
I didn't seem to be able to latch on to his mother at first. He is now, but there doesn't seem to be enough milk now. Only one teat appears to have milk, even though they all had milk to begin with. He wasn't gaining everyday, that's why I'm supplementing him. He is being kept warm with a heating pad.
I tried a bottle, but the nipples don't come with holes in them and my hand doesn't seem to be steady enough to make a small enough hole. I tried with multiple nipples, the milk is coming out so fast that I'm afraid I'll drown him. My vet seems to think that tube feeding is the only way to make sure he doesn't aspirate the formula. She showed me how to insert the tube correctly, which is much easier than I expected it to be.
I didn't give any calcium supplements before whelping, as my vet recommended against it. She said that her body would get used to having the calcium and when she started nursing the puppies it would drain her calcium and she could get eclampsia. (That seems like close to what she said, anyway.) She started calcium supplements as soon as she started whelping.