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Originally Posted by bellasmomok  I will do that....good suggestion, thank you! I do have a question about doing that totally instead of bottle feeding......I read somewhere that tube fed puppies tend to be a lazier and tend to be more finicky later since they never had to make any effort to eat. Is there any truth to that? When I first read it, I thought it made sense to allow a puppy who would suck to suck since that is it's natural instinct, but maybe it's better to just tube feed? Thanks! |
I have tube fed many babies over the years and have not had any problems with them being finicky or lazy. They did tend to be slower to gain weight but in the end they turned out fine. Are you going to let them nurse at all? They do need that colostrum the first day or so. I would ask the vet about that also.