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YorkieRose · 04-21-2005, 09:09 AM

Also..larger girls can have the problem just as easy. Some make too much milk, the pups drain them like a running faucet. It is actually better for a mommy to produce just enough milk to keep the pups content and growing...sometimes I look in the whelping box and there are a couple "BEACHED WHALES" permentantly attached to a nipple...those are the ones I try and fill up with milk a couple times a day..they will nurse less and let the tinies have more. If you nurse the tinies, the bigger ones are still draining mom..if you have a large litter, nurse half one day and half the next..so the mom actually is only making milk for half the number. I am one who weans early...I start food at 4 weeks and weaned seriously at 5 weeks..by 6 they are 100% off mom, but play with her.

04-21-2005, 09:09 AM	#5
YorkieRose No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,577	eclampsia Also..larger girls can have the problem just as easy. Some make too much milk, the pups drain them like a running faucet. It is actually better for a mommy to produce just enough milk to keep the pups content and growing...sometimes I look in the whelping box and there are a couple "BEACHED WHALES" permentantly attached to a nipple...those are the ones I try and fill up with milk a couple times a day..they will nurse less and let the tinies have more. If you nurse the tinies, the bigger ones are still draining mom..if you have a large litter, nurse half one day and half the next..so the mom actually is only making milk for half the number. I am one who weans early...I start food at 4 weeks and weaned seriously at 5 weeks..by 6 they are 100% off mom, but play with her.