My dog had 6 puppies a little over 2 weeks ago of them only 4 survived. She has little milk and we try to bottle feed the puppies but they don’t want it so we have to force them to drink. Should we be concerned?

Updated On March 29th, 2020

Pet's info: Dog | Pit Bull Terrier | Female | unspayed | 8 years and 8 months old

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Yes you should be worried. The puppies need nutrition so you will need to bottle feed them if mom doesn't have any milk. She is a bit old to be having puppies - you should consider spaying her now. Here is link on how to bottle feed puppies.

https://www.maddiesfund.org/assets/documents/Institute/Puppy%20Bottle%20Feeding%20and%20Stomach%20Capacity%20Chart.pdf\\

https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/feeding-orphaned-puppies

You
must use milk replacer for puppies - not cow or goat milk.

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