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Originally Posted by bjh  All of my females that have had pups would get back to normal within 4 months of having pups. I have seen other females with huge ugly teats. I have wondered if it was because the owners let the momma get mastitis and did not take care of it or if they left the pups with the momma too long. Sadly, some people leave it up to the momma to feed the pups entirely until they are 6 weeks old and don't start the weaning process early enough and I think that can take a tole on the momma. The mommas should not be forced to stay in a pen with the pups when the pups start getting older. |
Thanks for answering me.
Gracie has had 4 litters with two resulting in singletons and the other two consisting of only two puppies. Each time one of the two died so the remaining puppies were raised as singletons. I know the breeder offered food to the puppies and Gracie was never forced to be with them but was an overly protective mama and rarely left them I am told. I would think she has had more than enough milk for one puppy at a time. Is that a factor? I have attached a photo of her with Skeeter (She is his and Adie's mother.) Skeeter is only a few days old in the photo and it looks like she has plenty to feed him! (I know, Skeeter was/is a moose.) I will as the vet about it when I take her in on Monday.