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05-29-2012, 02:48 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2012 Location: Bronx, NY
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| My baby has 5 week old puppies can't have mommy's milk anymore... :-/ My baby Paris had puppies 5 weeks ago. A few days ago I had to take her to the hospital because she wasn't feeling good.. The vet said she has a calcium deficiency and cannot milk them anymore and must take calcium supplements. I have been keeping her away from them and feeding them myself as well as introducing soft food into their diet. They have not yet mastered the notion of "water" lol They are healthy, eat, sleep, and go to the bathroom perfectly fine. I am just worried that they aren't eating as much from me or that they might be sad that they cannot be with their mom. I planned to sell them to people that are close to me that are reliable and can take good care of them. Would 61/2 or 71/2 weeks be too early to have them depart from their mother since she cannot milk them anyway due to her condition. |
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05-29-2012, 04:34 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | no under no circumstances they should leave that young, put an onsie on the mama and let her go in the pen with the babies under your supervision, feed her in the pen with them, so she can teach them to drink water and eat properly, also she needs to teach them proper puppy ettiquette, if you let them go that early you are putting those puppies at risk, because they Will NEVER lear proper dog manners that mama should be teaching them. do the responsible thing and supervise mama and let mama dog teach them . hugs, |
05-29-2012, 04:35 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Easley, SC, USA
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| puppies Many years ago my dalmatian had 7 puppies, she got sick with a fever when they were 2 weeks old. We rushed her to the emergency vet and he said we would have to wean the puppies. We had to separate the mother and puppies. After we would feed them we would let her in to clean them up and stimulate them to pee/poop. After a week her milk dried up and she could stay with them again. They were so sweet curled up with their mom. After the mother's milk dries up, they can be together again, I would let them spend more time with their mom. Best of luck for the mom and puppies. |
05-29-2012, 09:18 PM | #4 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2012 Location: Bronx, NY
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| Thank you ... I am just worried because every time she steps into their den they begin to try and feast on her teats even if I have just fed them. I want her to be with them. They are 5 weeks old so they do know how to pee and poop on their own. I feel bad but I also love my baby more than anything and do not want her to wind up even sicker due to her calcium levels. Is it bad that I do not allow her in the den because they attack her for milk? I hold them and give them love as much as possible. |
05-30-2012, 01:47 AM | #5 | |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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Please follow this advise! You need to be making a gruel for the babies, to get them off milk and onto solid food, but time with momma is IMPERITIVE!!! She teaches them how to be well adjusted puppies, from a packs perspective....put a onsie on momma and let her tend to/teach her babies! | |
05-30-2012, 09:58 AM | #6 |
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| I've heard (not a breeder) some brand of goats milk is good for them and it's likely time for some solid food. I do know that my breeder makes her own food and starts them on that slowly along with goats milk around 5 weeks. Yorkiemom can you confirm. babies should not be leaving their mothers until minimum 10-12 weeks old and 14 if they are still a little small, they still need the nurturing of the mother to learn |
05-30-2012, 05:22 PM | #7 | |
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05-30-2012, 07:07 PM | #8 |
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| I used a onesie on Trixie when I wanted to wean her puppies. She wanted to be with them but I didn't want them nursing off of her so it was a great compromise. Maybe you could try that or something similar so momma can be with her pups with no worry of them nursing off of her. Are you giving them hard food? At that age I take a little bit of puppy food and soak it in water for about an hour. It gets real soggy, then you can smash it up, making puppy gruel. Since a good portion of this is water, it is just absorbed by the food, they don't need much water to drink. As they get older, you let the food soak less so it is slightly harder and keep doing that until they are eventually eating hard food by themselves. They really need to stay with their mother until they are at least 10 weeks old, preferably 12 weeks old. At that age they learn crucial social skills and letting them go too young can result in some serious behavior problems.
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