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Originally Posted by bjh  When a puppy suckles on the momma that was what stimulates milk production. If she is only nursing one puppy then I would expect most of the milk to come from 1 nipple. If you are tube feeding the puppy then the momma will continue to dry up. When you tried to squeeze milk out of the nipple you may have done it after he had eaten. Have you tried giving the momma whelping pudding to increase the milk production? It is important that the momma eats 3 or 4 good meals a day. |
I figured that was the reason most of the nipples dried up, but he wasn't gaining weight. He was 6 days old and only .1 oz above his birth weight of 4.1. I always keep a very close watch on their weights. I thought he lost quite a bit, but I was waiting for him to gain it back. He stayed at 3.7 oz for 2 days before he went up to 3.9 and it was 2 more days before he made it to 4.1. I didn't want to supplement him. Every hour two, day and night, I was making sure he latched on to his mother, but it didn't seem to matter. He still didn't gain weight and he cried a lot. I assumed he was crying from hunger. My friend has been telling me to supplement him from the first day, but I didn't want Cookie to quit producing milk for him. It got to the point that I didn't think I had a choice any more.