Your feeding sounds good but I'd try leaving a bowl of dry for them to pic at too.
As for the ears I've never given extra calcium but at 3-4 weeks I start shaving both sides, only half way. Normally thats enough to make them stand on their own but if one needs an extra boost I will tape the ears for 2-3 days , take it off for a few days and retape only if needed. Most never need it again if I even ever have to tape.
Be sure to shave their little bottoms too as poo can get stuck and block them up if not watched. I always start them on their bottoms, ears, and foot pads and nails right about 3 weeks old. (sometimes nails I do sooner as they can be sharp on mommies bellies!)
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Originally Posted by yorkiegirl67  We had 4 beautiful babies 6 weeks ago today. They are doing wonderfully, and lapping their increasingly thicker Puppy Mash as we call it, 4 times per day, they are active & have beautiful healthy silky coats. Out of the 4, only 1 puppy has little puppy teeth and she was the runt... Hate to call her that, but she was the smallest baby at birth. Should I be concerned that the others, even the ones who are 2# still do not have their puppy teeth. I have several quality puppy teething things in their pennel, and they enjoy gnawing on them.
I want to start them on a coarser level of puppy food but feel like I should not until their teeth are in, as I don't want them to choke. Am I wrong to continue them on a thicker puppy mash mixture ? (I'm using Wellness, ground dry food, mixed with wet Wellness, small amount of gerber baby cereal and goat's milk). This mixture is heated with organic, fresh goat's milk at feeding time, gradually reducing the goat's milk. Once a day, they get a small treat of small curd cottage cheese, mixed with whole fat plain yogurt. I read that an additional boost of calcium is good for helping the collagen for their ears and helping them stand up as well as for their teeth.
I've read a lot about ears standing up and teething on this site. Two of our girls have perkier ears but they haven't stood up yet. The boys are more floppy, and actually bigger ! I wondered about the posts re: shaving their ears... ? Should I shave both the backside as well as the front ? At what age, should I begin to "tape them" ?? I'm all about letting nature take it's course, but want to do what I need to, to help it along.
Thanks always for your kind advice  It's much appreciated |