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Originally Posted by littlelady  My bitch Angel whelped today and they have been latching on and so far she has been great. I don't think they are getting anything they are trying to nurse continuously. She is trying to go to sleep. She did not eat for 24 hours and tooks sips of water only off my finger tips before birthing. I gave her beef broth in with cottage cheese and shredded beef, I also give with roayl Canine diet but , I am giving her 1/2 eukenuba puppy food for small breed. What do I do about no milk, I have water sitting in her whelping box on a shelf. do I give her real milk at all? |
Congratulations on your new litter. How many puppies did she have? It is common for the momma to not eat the first 24 hours after having puppies especially if she ate a lot of afterbirths. Here is a link to some recipes for whelping pudding:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/bre...ng-recipe.html
Many breeders give this to their mommas to increase milk production. I would not give her real milk. Continue to give her the dry puppy food and add the cottage cheese. You can also add a little boiled chicken. I add Pedigree Lamb and Rice puppy food to my mommas dry food. You may have to hand feed her for a day or so. It is important that she eats 3 or 4 meals a day and she should have dry food available at all time. Please keep us posted on how she is doing.