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Originally Posted by carmen in nj  I think you are keeping the room too hot too.. I keep my whelping room at 75 degrees, I have a three sided whelping box with a cover, so it keeps the warmth, I do keep the heating pad under half and keep a flanel baby blanket in it. also I have the box sitting on a rug, not directly on the floor. do you have nutri drops that you can rub a drop on the babies mouth and see if that will motivate them to nurse? |
I do have the drops. The pups don't like the taste. I do express a drop of milk and then put the pup on. They do suck and they do kneed with their paws as they should but it doesn't last long. I even support their back legs to keep them close and use less effort but they get tired so fast. I think I will not give them anymore Benadryl and see if that helps any.
My girl is a digger and likes to bury her babies. I have only her box with a blanket clipped over the top and a single sheet of unprinted newspaper in her box. The heating pad is under her box.