First off have you taken her temperature to make sure she does not have a fever?...Sometimes when they are not feeling well they will go off food but will struggle to take care of their babies...She is trying to be a good mom!
Second...Yes, if she does not have a fever go ahead and syringe feed her...I would either use some strained meat baby food with about a cc of nutri-cal added to it...Stir it up and draw it up in a syringe...(you can get one at the pharmacy)...And just slowly feed it to her...She probably won't like you doing it but it is necessary...
You can give your vet a call and also ask about getting some canned high caloric food from them to feed...Some breeders have had good luck giving their girls Dyne, which is a high calorie supplement...
It just may take a couple of days of force feeding to spur her appetite...
My only concern is that her calcium levels may be dropping and they will go off of food, get a fever over 103, lose interest in puppies, pace, stagger...and lose muscle control...So if you are really concerned take her into your vet and have her checked out...They can do a blood test to check her calcium...Better safe than sorry!
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