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Originally Posted by Woogie Man  Pearl's smallest was the only girl, 2.7 oz. at birth. It took about 6 hours to get her to latch on and nurse. I had to hold a nipple in place, hold her to it and squirt some milk to give her a taste. She was so weak at first she couldn't stay on so I held her and gradually loosed my grip til she held on by herself. At first i had to move the 2 bigger ones aside as they finished nursing and let the 2 small ones have at it ( one boy was 3.2 oz.). They're now 3 days old and all are gaining weight and are doing well. The 2 bigger ones already look like little porkers. As long as your small one gets his share, he'll gain strength quickly. I used Nutri-drops on the babies and with Pearl to give them a good start. The little girl today weighed 3.9 oz., a gain of 1.2 since birth. |
Where did you find the Nutri-Drops? I went to 4 places today(3 actually, one was closed) and they all had the Nutri-Cal for puppies, but not the drops? Lily's little boy seems to be eating more efficiently today. He was 2 1/4 oz at birth and this morning was 2 oz. In a previous post I accidently stated he weighed 2 3/8 oz. So he did lost 1/4 oz. He is latching on his own quite frequently. If I don't see him latched on, I encourage him to and he does. Lily's girl pup only likes one nipple and she will only nurse from that one! I tried to get her to take milk from another, but she will only lick what I squirt out and not latch on. I saw a documentary relating to this once, only it was with pigs! They numbered all 10 of them, maybe it was 8 while they were nursing. Then they took all of them off and mixed them up. Wouldn't you know it....they scrambled all back to "their" preferred nipple! Amazing that they just "know"!