feeding and weaning:
normal circumstances, the nest by the female dog nursing puppies to 3-5 weeks, after 3 weeks of age, can dish containing some of the milk or breast milk for puppies to learn from the dish lick to nutrition, so to avoid malnutrition retarded, reducing the burden of bitches.
weaning from bitches:
fast for three weeks of age puppies can begin to give education slot foodstuffs, commercial teaching materials according to instructions to use slot. Can also be self-preparation, the method for adding baby milk mixed with cereals placed plates, the puppies to the plate, dip your fingers into some of the puppies mouth, twice a day, after the puppy is eating itself. When given to teach tank material, in some cases, required to bitches with open, so as not to interfere with puppies eating bitches. When the puppies used to feed from the dish, you can gradually increase the amount fed to day three or four times and thereafter may be given meat. If you give meat (meat due to lack of calcium) need to add some bone meal to maintain nutritional balance. Take turns using a variety of brand canned puppy food, adult dogs of canned meat better than meat, but still have to add some bone meal.
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rapid growth and development of puppies, adult dogs more than a day to feed a few times, if sufficient bitches milk, breast-feeding well, do not rush away from the milk, but Ruoyi to 5 weeks of age should follow the steps above from the milk, 6-week-old puppies have no bitches breast-feeding.
development of feeding in adult dogs:
puppy reaches 12 weeks of age, feed three times to one day, until 6 months of age, fed two meals a day later reduced to 9 months of age, then can with the individual or the environment maintain a day to feed a meal or two meals.
In general, small dogs (especially toy dogs) eat two meals a day is appropriate.
correct eating habits:
Do not let your dog become picky eaters.
When fed to the puppies when put into food, the dogs to the food and keep quiet, dog food, 20 - 30 minutes after the food dish and take away food residue, food remnants can be refrigerated , next meal (heating, feeding) and then fed.
artificial rearing puppies:
general bitches will automatically take care of newborn puppies, need to manually raise the following special conditions: 1. orphans, 2 weak, 3 sick, 4 premature birth, 5 were female dog exclusion, 6 can not be nurtured by the bitches. Artificial rearing, including bottles breastfeeding, clean the body and stimulate bowel movement and heat.
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artificial rearing healthy puppies:
milk substitutes can be used directly (with ready-made goods), milk replacer with household blender modulation, modulation fresh generation of milk per day, stored in a refrigerator, heating, when fed to 38 ℃.
weak artificial rearing puppies:
milk substitute for weak puppies may be too strong, you can milk 2 parts water and 1 part of diluted and then added about 10 grams of glucose after the instillation of the infant vitamin drops , heated to 38 ℃ and then fed every two hours feeding time.
weak little puppy every time food intake, feeding time may take half an hour, if the weak can not eat puppies, will quickly failure and death. May try to milk infusion puppies mouth, if still unable to eat, to the veterinary treatment.
artificial rearing can return bitch puppy feeding:
Some of the more tense or nervous bitch's puppies, if it is interference or a slight change, it will be completely excluded puppies, or constantly cleaning and lick and touch had been artificially raise the puppies until the puppies killed, and even eat. A weak or has been rejected puppies bitches, the best artificial rearing, not to return to the bitches.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com some bitches like someone to help it take care of the puppies, feeding periods should try not to touch the human puppies, if necessary to touch the puppies, do not wash their hands with soap or detergent, so as not to remain in the puppy who taste the most hold or touch a good first bitches, and then hold the puppy, so can mask or confuse the people who stay in the puppy smell.
premature artificial rearing puppies, it is best done together with the bitches, on the one hand may stimulate lactation bitches, on the other hand early end to the artificial rearing, feeding by the bitches.
puppy's urine:
bitches in the breast-feeding at the same time will continue to lick the puppy's face and body do the cleaning work, and licking the anus and other parts of the puppies to stimulate bowel movements and urine. Discharge of urine is also clear from the bitches lick, artificial rearing, the raising of people's movements to simulate the female dog, clean up puppy dip in the milk on the face and fur and dirt, scrub the anus to stimulate the puppy urine.
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constipation:
breast milk substitute when feeding puppies prone to constipation, glass rod or thermometer can be coated with petroleum jelly or mineral oil into the anus, lubricating fecal pellets, and it can add a few drops of mineral oil or sunflower oil feeding of milk replacer until the constipation improved, if the constipation does not improve more than one day, by the veterinary treatment.
