Need help asap on advice of surrogate mom put with 3 day old [COLOR=green! important][COLOR=green! important]puppies[/COLOR][/COLOR]
Here is the information I have. An acqaintance of mine has just had a horrible ordeal. Brief background. She has 3 adult female yorkies. 2 went into heat the same time. One gave birth to 1 puppy yesterday. This morning the puppy was dead. Tonight she calls me hysterical and said her other adult female (she gave birth to 4 puppies approx 3 days ago was dead). She had called me earlier saying she was acting a bit lethargic. She gave her nutrical and syring fed her some ad/puppy formula (the adult female.) Well she has passed for current reasons unknown. The four puppies were crying so she took the other mom (put a muzzle on her) and put her in with the babies. She put the muzzle on her due to extreme fear that the mom would kill the babies that were not hers. Please, please advise. I am not sure what in the world to tell her and we are all so sick over the first baby dying from the 1st mom and now the adult mom passing with 4 three day old babies. THANK YOU!!
How long should the surrogate stay with them? How often should they be fed? Is it safe for her to stay in or should she be taken out?