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Originally Posted by Marc  So my girl has about 11 days left and she has gained one pound 4 ounces or so. Her stomach isn't huge by any means...I can't imagine there is more than 3 in there at the most...though this is my first time. Do I need to be concerned about this amount of weight and she still has so much time left? A couple weeks back she decided to stop eating her dry food....so I cooked her up some turkey, rice as well as wet dog food. I gave that to her three times a day. In total the food is more than she would have consumed non-pregnant in a day. What I am doing now is taking her dry puppy and putting warm water on it to make a gravy and she eats that no problem....but still won't eat dry.
How much did your dogs gain and how many pups did they have? I hope her pups aren't getting too big. |
First of all Nature has it's own way of dealing with things. Eating does slow down, she doesn't have much room left in there. You may try giving her some whelping pudding....scrambled eggs, etc. I know it's frustrating when they do this, so we attempt to make anything that will entice them. I'd steam Chicken instead of turkey.....I've done baby food, gerbers chicken sticks.....
Usually on the first litter they don't show, her muscles are still taunt.
Good Luck