The owner of the puppies should make an effort to receive adequate nutrition from the first days of life. If possible, infants should try to drink at least one serving of expressed mother's milk called colostrum. This will provide them an initial immunity, which is very important for the development and growth of puppies.
During the first weeks babies should feed every 2 hours. This applies not only to daytime but also night. Gradually, the interval between feedings should be increased so that by the end of the first month, the frequency of this procedure was 5 to 6 times a day.
Approximately two weeks until the puppies don't open my eyes, the food should consist of whole milk substitute (WMS). The mixture can be purchased ready-made in stores, but you can do it yourself.
This mixture can be prepared from 1 fresh chicken raw eggs and 100 g of milk. In egg batter added milk, all well mixed and is decanted through cheesecloth. In the resulting feed, you can add a couple of drops of vitamins A and D.
Enough nutrients is considered another part. In 80 g of milk added 1 egg yolk, 20 g cream, 20 ml glucose (40%), 3 ml of ascorbic acid and a couple drops of vitamins A and D.
When feeding puppies you can use a baby bottle with rubber nipple. Special containers for feeding puppies can be purchased at pet stores. You need to choose this option so that the hole in the nipple was not too big, otherwise the puppy can choke. Too small hole as well uncomfortable for feeding, as the animal tired to suck before use the necessary portion. And this, in turn, can affect the growth of the puppy. In some cases the feeding can be done with a pipette or a syringe without the needle.
Formula feeding should be the optimal temperature. To determine this figure could, dropping a bit at the elbow joint. If the fluid is not hot, but lukewarm, you can begin feeding your pet.
Before feeding should RUB the tummy of a puppy. It improves peristalsis. To understand that the puppy ate you for his behavior – he starts to turn away from the nipple. It is important to sure that the baby had malnutrition. On the packaging of the finished feed, typically needed, depending on the weight of the animal.
Subsequent feeding puppies
Once the Pets will open your eyes, you need to give them to lap from the bowl and accustom to the cream cheese. Last better to do it yourself. A jar of yogurt should be put in the water filled pan. Once the liquid boils, you need to wait a few minutes, stirring the yogurt. Thereafter, the resulting product recommended strain through cheesecloth and squeeze. Turning to the feeding curd for a long time in parallel to continue to give the puppies milk replacer.
After 5 days of feeding cheese to it should begin to mix and different food. If you use dry food previously to soften them in hot boiled water. Gradually the diet of the Pets need to enrich various food products. This will ensure their healthy growth.