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Originally Posted by luckylady  When my girls have their litters, they are fed pretty much whatever they want and as much as they want. I ALWAYS leave a bowl of their dry kibble (puppy food) in the nursery with them, and usually morning, noon(if I am at home), and definitely before bed I give them either a scrambled egg, and or some kind of wet or canned puppy food too. They also get 1/2 tablet of Doc Roys Healthy Bones (found on Revival Animal Health.com) to keep up with their calcium needs with nursing puppies. Also, during whelp I use the whelping recipe on the sticky here in the breeders section and for at least 2 weeks after, I add some of the whelping pudding to their meals.
Knock on wood, so far I have never had any eclampsia or poor milk supply problems with either of my girls & their litters.
Congrats on you puppies, by the way!!! On an added note, mom really needs to be with her pups & I guess as long as she's got access to them at night what you're doing is okay. But for me, the puppy nursery (spare bedroom) becomes my bedroom too for a while, not only to keep mom happy because I am near, but so that I can keep an eye on the pups and mom through the night in case there's a problem. (oops.....I just now see that you've moved mom back; that's good) |
I have their basket still with me, but not sure what I will do when they are more mobile. I stick pretty close to the nursery during the day, but at night I keep everyone next to our bed, I just tuck Marlee in with the babies and she seems to be happy.
Saturday was my first outing since their birth, hubby babysat for me!
