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12-28-2008, 04:49 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Missouri, United States
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| Can newborn puppies nurse too much? Our babies are all eating well...and I'm concerned that some are eating too well. They are 8 days old now, and there are a couple that are now up to 12 oz...from the 5 oz at birth. Is it normal for them to eat so much? There are still a couple pups who are around 6 or 7 oz, and they seem to be doing fine, too. |
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12-28-2008, 05:24 PM | #2 |
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| Nope. They know what they need and get it. The biggest concern is the smaller ones not getting enough. Sometimes you have to pull the bigger ones off for a while to make sure the smaller ones have adequate time to get their fill.
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12-28-2008, 05:29 PM | #3 |
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| Since she had 10 I would let the little ones nurse more, maybe take the big once off and the little ones on longer
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12-29-2008, 09:29 AM | #4 |
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| Give the smaller ones more nursing time by removing the larger ones from the box. With that many babies, you will have "milk bullies" that push the smaller ones off. I had a litter of six papillon puppies this summer, and there were two puppies that were constantly being pushed out of the way. For these two puppies I would hold their mother and let them nurse by themselves four times a day. On the smallest, the only boy, this went on for several weeks. We ended up keeping the boy, and at the age of 5 mos now, he is the cuddliest, most people oriented puppy I have ever known-- sometimes I wonder if it was all that extra time that I spent holding him while he nursed LOL. |
12-29-2008, 09:36 AM | #5 | |
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01-04-2009, 08:31 PM | #6 |
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| Nope! I do not believe that newborns can ever eat to much!
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