When is the earliest you have weaned pups to food? The pups are about 3 1/2 weeks old....problem....there are 7 of them. The Mom has done awsome thus far, but doesn't seem to want to sit still long enough for all 7 pups to be satisfied....they are a good size now, and they don't seem to be satisfied by the few minutes she jumps in there and jumps out. We started noticing the pups crying more, so we gave them some soaked soggy kibble, and they all gulped it up. Now my question is, if I leave the soaked kibble out, the Mom eats it all, I am not sure though if they are old enough for me to separate the Mom from the pups while we are out and at night, so that I can leave the soaked kibble in with the pups?!?!?!? We aren't gone for more than a couple of hours or so, but today I went to check on them, and they were crying. Mom had no interest of jumping in, so I put down some soaked kibble and they went after it. Are the pups old enough now for me to keep Mom separated from the pups so I can leave food available to them during the day (for a few hours) and at night? Obviously when I am HOME, which is for all except 4 hours during the day, the Mom will have the ability to come and go with the pups as she pleases....I am just more concerened if we are gone for a few hours during the day and at night. TIA Audrey |
I recommend you grind up the dry puppy food in a blender until it is really fine. Leave down a bowl of this ground up puppy food. I use the small double sided bowls sold at wal-mart. I put the ground dry food in both sides of the bowl and I also leave down a double sided bowl of water. Mom is not as likely to gobble up the dry food although she will eat some. I never completely separate momma and babies at that age but my mommas are always able to get away from the puppies if they want too. |
Thanks, I have the babies in a big plastic pool wth newspaper, and yes the Mom right now can jump in and out as she pleases. Right now we are soaking the kibble in water, yet the Mom gobbles it up, eventhough it is the same as what SHE has in her bowl, just not soaked. I wonder if we leave HER soaked kibble, if she will still go after the pups food. |
I am having the exact same problem. The last litter she had was only 3 pups and this time she has 5 and I think she is fed up with them. She will jump in for like a minute and than jump right back out. My vet said I could start watered down kibble at 4 weeks and thats what I am doing..... but mom jumps in a gobbles it up. Like you said, even though its the exact same thing she has in her bowl, just not watered down. They are so silly sometimes. But grinding it into really fine pieces is a good idea. I will try that tonight. Thank you! |
I think if you just try the ground up dry kibble you will find weaning so easy. My last several litters were weaned completely on just the dry ground up kibble and they all did fantastic. You just have to have a blender to grind it in. |
If mom is eating the food i would fed puppies seperately 3x a day. I'd use ground kibble mixed with puppy milk. I started all my puppies at 3 weeks on this because mom never had enough milk to feed them once they got to this age. She always had at least 5 in her litters. I would also leave the dry ground down even if mom does eat it just refill it often |
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