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Originally Posted by candybaby  I have a little puppy my precious girl left behind, here's the original thread http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/bre...abor-last.html
I have a few questions:
1.) when will the little guy be able to go potty by himself without me having to wipe him?
2.) What should I wipe his bum, bum with? I was using an old warm wet rag but it was a little rough on him so I switched to using warm wet cotton balls, does any have any other unique idea's?
3.) Sometimes when he eats a little bit of milk or water comes out his nose not alot just a tiny bit. Is this normal or is the hole in his nipple to big. It just seemed to start happening yesterday, but I have noticed he is sucking harder and longer now so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I did go out and buy him a new bottle today, the one I have is about 2 years old (I never used it before but had it laying around for my rabbits, I breed/show Lionhead rabbits).
I think thats all the questions I have for now.
Thanks for all replies in advance |
What I use for those lil newborns is a 3 cc syringe, fill with your milk, attach a premie nipple to the end. You can better control the intake of milk, monitor how much the pup is taking and there is less gas this way. Don't forget to burp the pup. He'll tell you when he's had enough. Water isn't necessary at this point, especially if your feeding goats milk (which is 95% closests to mother's milk) diluted 50/50 with distilled water. At about 3 1/2 weeks the pup will start lapping on it's own. Since he's an orphan pup I would go online to Revivalanimal.com and order some colistrum.
As far when he'll start eliminating by hisself, about 3 or 4 weeks.