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02-18-2014, 09:31 PM | #76 | |
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02-18-2014, 10:22 PM | #77 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| Are you feeding that formula with the canned puppy formula, plus the other ingredients? That is where you get the calories...if your baby is bottle feeding, feed the formula from the bottle and let her finish up on mom....you will see the difference in how fast she gains weight when you get that super caloric formula in her.....as long as you are gaining weight.....never stand still or LOOSE weight.....use the formula and bottle feed the baby like every 4 hours...,,try to give 3cc per feeding, that will raise her calorie count significantly.... |
02-18-2014, 10:40 PM | #78 | |
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It feels counterintuitive to force them to feed more than they want. Should I be pushing them to take more formula?
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02-18-2014, 11:32 PM | #79 |
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| I think you are doing OK now....just watch weight....if they slow way down gaining, or stop, then you will need to restart your supplemental feedings.....even a couple of cc three or four times a day will be a dramatic increase in calories and babies will begin to gain....be sure you dont hold baby on its back to bottle feed....position baby level with head a little higher, like it is nursing from momma...make sure puppy is comfy and warm and feeding is warm.....and if you see that baby is really into a bottle feeding session, let the puppy take as much as it wants from the bottle....you have nore nutrition in that formula than momma is providing actually.....you DO want baby to nurse from momma, to stimulate nursing and milk production and bonding....but it wont hurt if you fill baby up on formula once or twice in a 24 hour period. |
02-19-2014, 06:08 AM | #80 | |
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Today they made it to 7.0 (B) and 7.2 (G) ounces. We struggled to get them to 5 oz, but once there, their weight gain increments have been higher than before.
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02-19-2014, 03:42 PM | #81 |
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| How much did they weigh today....this afternoon? Still gaining? |
02-19-2014, 04:12 PM | #82 | |
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I do my last weigh-in before bedtime, so I don't have the very latest just yet, but as compared to mid day yesterday, we're up 0.4 each from 6.7 and 6.9.
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