My sons hunting dog gave birth to nine puppies last night. eight lived. i had the mom in the house because she was not caring for the pups. She even tried to eat one.Terribly horrible. I have been up with them all night. I fed them a homemade formula that was given to me from the vet when our beagles were born. They are finally sleeping. Is it unusual for a mom to be so horrible to her litter? This is not her first. Her last litter were born premature and didnt make it. Any advice on caring for these little ones? My husband thinks I should put them with the mom, I'm not that stupid. Practical advice please. Thanks.
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Hi pegbabb, you all correctly have done, but now
puppies need a clean, warm, draft-free area. The air temperature in the puppies' immediate area should be 85 to 90 degrees F. for the first week and between 75 and 80 degrees for the next three to four weeks. Two large boxes, a thick newspaper floor covering, and a heat lamp installed over the boxes makes a nice home. Use an outdoor thermometer to monitor the boxes' temperature. Adjust the height of the lamp to achieve the proper temperature. Be sure to use a red bulb in your heat lamp; a white heat lamp bulb may damage the eyes of newborn puppies.
Feeding the puppies is the hard part. Stomach-tube feeding is fast and handy with large litters but can be trick, so consult your vet before attempting to feed by this method. I used the bottle feeding method because I felt the physical contact would help socialize the puppies.
Newborn puppies need five to six daily feedings. At two weeks of age, four bottle feedings are sufficient. Finding the right type of bottle and nipple is tricky. I found that plain baby bottles (without the sacks) and a baby juice nipple worked best. It is important to mark the sides of the bottle with a black marker to make it easier to monitor puppy intake. Please look full article: http://www.askedweb.com/askedweb/orphans...
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Hand feeding pups is hard work. You might want to call a rescue in your area and ask for help. You stand a good chance of losing this entire litter.
You probably should call your vet and get your female spayed.
Many dogs don't want babies. What would you think of 8 mouths hanging off of you. I have to force moms to feed all the time.
Please please contact a rescue to take them so they are not out there unhappily breeding more. I hope this shows you they don't want puppies. Even the ones that take care of their offspring jump at the choice to be free of them!!
Would you be home with them all day? If your not going to put them back with the mom you will have to continue giving them the formula which you can also be purchased from www.jefferspet.com a whole lot cheaper than the vet, also they have to be fed every couple of hours, you will have to clean them for them to be able to use the bathroom by taking a warm cloth and wiping there extremities. Puppies are adorable but if you take them from the mother you have to be the mommy. It will be just like taking care of a newborn and I hope this helped.
Put the mother back with the puppies. They need the colustrum for their immune systems or will be doomed. STAY with her and do not let her eat the pups. You can hold her head while they nurse and hopefully she will chill out soon. You need to take her and the pups to the vet or you are going to lose them all. There may be a reason she has tried to eat them. If she is acting agressively towards them she may have eclampsia and need some immediate care. If she is just not sure what is going on and trying to eat them, then she should stop once she figures it out. This bi tch should be spayed before she is allowed to come in season again.
You need to keep those pups WARM. They do not have the ability to maintain body heat at this age. They stay warm from their mothers or artificial heat such as a heatlamp (not to be left unattended).
The pups will need to eat every 2 hours. You really do need to see if the mother will take them in with your help.
The pups can not poop or pee on their own either so if you don't put the mom back with them to clean them and stimulate them to poop and pee you will have to do that also with wet warm cotton balls wiping their bottoms to stimulate them to go. If you do not do this, they will go toxic and die. So my advice is to get them with her ASAP and supervise!
ALL of the pups should be in the house. Make room somewhere. Get a kiddy pool or whatever you have to do and get the in, warm and closer to you to watch over.
MAKE A VET APPOINTMENT NOW.
When was the last time the pups were put with the mum? Cannibalism normally occurs when the pup has a defect or the mum is very nervous. I would be putting the pups back on mum but only when supervised, hopefully she will still accept them if not ring your vet and get something to sedate her for a couple of days until her milk comes in properly. The chances of you managing to raise 8 puppies by bottle feeding is slim.
If mum doesn't calm down and do her mothering job ask your vet if they know of anyone that has a b*itch that might be able to foster some for you.
Good luck
There could be many reason the the dog is trying to eat them. This has happened to me before. If there was problems with the last litter she maybe thinking that this will happen again therefor she is not wanting to care for them. If you take time to sit with her and comfort the mother while she feeds them she may just let them eat. I would think that after about one week of this they should be ok. You will just have to sit with her and while they are in her care and slowly get her use to them. Make sure that she knows that they are ok. It will take alot on your part but just give the mother all the attention and care that she needs to get comfortable with this.
if the ***** is trying to eat the puppies it is a safe bet that she would have nothing to do with them otherwise. My advice is to buy a large can of a Puppy milk replacer formula, it can be expensive but it is well worth the trouble later on. Dont forget, you will have to wash their bums like mommy dog would too, if you dont they will hold it in and it can make them sick, or even kill them. Talk to your vet some more for probably some much better advice than I can give.
Some females just aren't cut out to be mothers. There could be other reasons she will not rear this litter also.
Your vet would be of great help. They do sell milk replacer for puppies with collostrum.
If they will nurse from a bottle, you are blessed and will need your son's help keeping these puppies alive. They need to be fed every 2 hours. With 8 of them, wow, it's going to pretty much be around the clock.
If they will not nurse from a bottle, your vet will have to show you how to tube feed them. This is (or can be) difficult and sometimes dangerous, because if you can run the tube into the lungs instead of the stomach, so if you need to go that route, make sure you fully understand how to do it before you leave the vet's office.
If the mother has milk, while you are bottle feeding, I would recommend getting your son to sit with her while some of the pups nurse. Some of momma's milk is better than none! Make your son step up and take some responsibility for these pups too!
well it is normal that she doesn't want her puppies, may i make a suggestion for you to try,, have someone hold her down and then put her puppies on her to nurse ,, the more you do that more than likely she will get used to it and then have no more trouble,, but just make sure someone is there all the time watching her so nothing bad happens to the puppies,, i have had to do that many of times with females when they act like that
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