I have a friend who rescued a female dog with surprise puppies. She gave birth in feb. and the puppies are about 3 weeks old. The mother had a c section and is doing fine. One of the puppies is not nursing and will not take the bottle. She is using a syringe to feed the puppy. Is this the right way to feed this puppy? I would like advice that I could pass along to her.
It's pretty irrelevant now, frankly. At this time, the puppies are being introduced to eating on their own (or should be). It's water under the bridge.
I would, however, be very very careful with what this puppy gets exposed to before vaccinations are complete (and if it were my own puppy, do an earlier-than-usual vaccination protocol using NeoVac products....starting at 4 weeks). Then again, if it were my own puppy, I would have tried more diligently to get it nursing from the get-go, but she can't go backwards now.
The puppies have been to the vet many times,and this one was nursing in the beginning. She lost one at birth and another to hydrocephalus. So sad,she has 3 left.
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Does the vet have any explanation on why she isn't feeding? Has your friend tried to wean the pup a bit?
If she is unable to get the pup to eat I would not mess around at all but get right to the vet. At that age they don't have much to give in the terms of missed feedings/dehydration.
ETA I'm a bit slower then normal today, I'm not clear on if the vet has been consulted on the problem of not eating?
Failure to thrive can be from many things. Not drowning the pup with the syringe would be imperative, it is an easy mistake to make.
Congenital defects is some pups make you suspicious that other pups may not be "perfect". There may be defects which neither you nor your vet can readily detect.
I wish you the best of luck.
I tube fed a puppy because the mother wouldn't nurse it and one of my daughters wanted "the cute tiny little one."
I wont do it again. That pup had health problems most of her life. Not to sound cold hearted but this is one of the reasons dogs today have so many problems.
Some things are just meant to happen and we interfere to much.
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