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Originally Posted by Yorkiesrtoocute  Hi my princess delivered c section also I have a syringe at home instead of cc it is ml which is equivalent. I was wondering I latch on to mom then tube feed she is 4.85oz 41/2 ml is that too much she seems really full? Mom dosent have to much milk yet. My puppy also wants to latch on to vulva. Same as Lola's baby's. Also her mother instincts are not there I have to force her to lye down to feed baby's. She does not clean them or even want to be there with her. |
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Originally Posted by Yorkiesrtoocute Hi my princess delivered c section also I have a syringe at home instead of cc it is ml which is equivalent. I was wondering I latch on to mom then tube feed she is 4.85oz 41/2 ml is that too much she seems really full? Mom dosent have to much milk yet. My puppy also wants to latch on to vulva. Same as Lola's baby's. Also her mother instincts are not there I have to force her to lye down to feed baby's. She does not clean them or even want to be there with her. |
Hi! I'm not an expert, but as you might have seen, I've been having my share of challenges this past week and a half, so hopefully I can share something helpful with you.
A cc is the same as a mL and the babies should be getting 1cc or 1 mL per ounce of body weight. If baby is 4.85 oz, then the 4-1/2 mL should be right in line with what she needs. I did, however have the same thing happen, where sometimes the tummies looked too full. Here's what I changed. I made sure the pups were warm before feeding and I tested it by the temp on the tongue although if you're up to doing a rectal temp reading, you can do that as well. Bottom line is, the outside of the pup might feel warm because of other factors, but the internal temp of the pup may not necessarily be warm. I always warmed the milk supplement as well. And, I forced the pups to feed slower as well as stopped them halfway through, 'burped' them a little, then continued. Smaller, more frequent feedings may also help. If you're tube feeding, I'm not exactly sure what adaptation you might be able to make. I was very fortunate that my pups suckled and I just bottle feed.
For the mom, she wasn't feeling quite herself the first couple of days. It took about 3 days before she was acting more like herself. Although she would clean them a little, her milk had not come in and she wasn't quite sure what to do at first. We also sat with her, laid her on her side and pet her until she relaxed, then put the pups on her to suckle. There is a chemical reaction that takes place within the mom. Mom and babies create a positive feedback cycle, where the more they suckle, the more momma's body will respond both in milk production as well as maternal instincts.
Milk production will sometimes require a little more effort. Lola is still not eating a lot of solid food. She will devour chicken, maybe with a little bit of white rice soaked in liver water, but she turns her nose up at anything remotely resembling solid food. We've tried a number of different combinations and it's been very rare that we get her to take more than a few bites, even hand-fed. But we have kept her extremely hydrated. Lola drinks the same super charged formula that the puppies drink, she's also on whelping pudding (recipe is on a sticky int he Breeder Talk section), we supplement her pudding with fenugreek, and she takes calcium tabs and nutrical. We also stopped feeding the pups all the way and left them a little hungry for momma so they will be encouraged to go suckle from her and hopefully stimulate the milk production further.
After a couple of days, we noticed that Lola was getting some milk, the pups were nursing more from her and were turning away from the formula sooner. We weigh them A LOT to monitor weight. We creeped along the first week, but in the past 2 days we've seen a jump in weight gain…not massive, but certainly more than we had been seeing, so we're hopeful that we're about to turn the corner.
I hope this helps and I wish you all the best with your baby girl and pup/s. Please do keep us posted as to what's going on. As I said, I'm no expert, but I'm more than happy to share the little bit I've learned.