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Originally Posted by bjh

I have a litter of seven now also, 5 females and 2 males. They are now 5 weeks old and are all doing great.

It is very important that mom eats 3 or 4 good meals a day. Some new mommas like to be hand fed. Just keep trying to get her to eat. All my mommas have done well with just the dry Chicken Soup puppy food mixed with some canned Pedigree puppy food. You can also add scrambled egg, cottage cheese or yogurt. Mine also love a few egg noodles mixed in.

Be sure to keep a close eye on the mommas temperature. Sometimes they can get a uterus infection after having pups and that can be very dangerous.

If you have Nutri-cal it would be good to give the nursing momma some of that a few times a day until her appetite picks up.

Good luck with your babies.

Thank you for the information.. I have been trying to mix stuff with the food but she still won't eat. I have her on science diet puppy food plus i've tried the SD canned. I have tried cottage cheese, and rolling some food in a piece of turkey but she just looks at me like I'm crazy. I'm taking all them back in today to the vet. She has been acting OK and all. Just being fussy. How long does it take them to get a appetite after birth. It's only going on 48 hours since she gave birth.