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Originally Posted by YorkieKisses4u  Well I just got back from taking the puppy back to the vet once again and she did not make it out this time  I was bottle feeding her and rubbing her belly with my finger and felt something underneath her hair. It appeared to be a teeny tiny scratch or bite mark on her side under her ribs. There was fluid or pus oozing out and she was fading very quickly. I rushed her back to the vet and he agreed that it was a bite mark and found another one on her belly, it was almost naked to the eye. Apparently the mama was trying to move them (although I have no idea when because they slept next to me and I checked on them all throughout the night) and was too rough or either she knew that she was fading and had tried to kill her. She was dying in my arms and there was nothing more I could do for her so I had to let her go. I checked the other two pups when I got back and the boy seems to have the same type marks in the same exact place, so tiny you can barely see them, but he appears to be doing fine and it doesn't appear to be punctured like the other puppy was. Now I am debating on whether to leave them with mama or take them away and bottle feed them. I am so afraid she is going to hurt the last two accidentally. She is feeding them well, and they are gaining weight. What would be your opinion on this? |
I am so sorry you lost the little one. Did the mom deliver these pups herself, break the sac and cut the cord or did you do that? If the momma delivered them it is possible that the punctures occurred then.
I feel the momma and her babies have no business sleeping in the bed with you. I know she is in her own little bed but they will soon outgrow that. She should be confined in a exercise pen or in a gated room where she will be close to her babies. Sooner or later you will have to do this because the pups will start crawling around. If you try to put them on the floor then momma will try to pick them up and carry them back to your bed if there is nothing to stop her. I do pray the other two pups do okay. Mother's milk is the best thing for them.