Definitely always prepare if your momma will give up cause even if she has had babies before ( in this case no I’m guessing) so here are the 4 main things I used the absolute most with my pups: (1) A one-ml syringe or a small dropper (1 ml syringe preferred, the drops are smaller).
(2) A box lined with a towel, and a liter plastic pop bottle that you can fill with hot water - cover with a thin towel to allow heat through.
(3) Some Q-tips and a small bowl of warm tap water.
(4) Some Kleenex
Here is how I fed them:
Warm a small amount of kitten milk replacer or human soy-based infant formula in the microwave until JUST skin temperature. NO warmer than that.
Take a baby, and hold him or her in the palm of your hand, curled around her, and drop a single drop of milk into one of the creases, near her mouth - she must suckle the milk from your skin.
An alternate position is to hold the baby in your fist, upright, head up, with the mouth near the top of your curled index finger - and place one small drop of milk at a time on the flesh of your index finger, right by her mouth. Once they learn the milk is there they will eagerly suckle it from your skin. The excess can just run down the inside of your hand.
DO NOT DIRECTLY PUT THE SYRINGE INTO THE BABIES MOUTHS THEY CAN EAISLY IN HALE THE MILK AND SUFFER FROM PNEUMONIA.
Keep them warm, very important. If they are cold, they will not even digest what they take in.
Take the whole litter out at one time, and nestle them under towels next to an object - along the water bottle, or a bowl set out for this purpose.
Keep track of who was fed and who needs it - place one bunch on one side of the object, and the other bunch on the other side.
Keep the cage very warm and dark. Gallon plastic jugs filled with HOT water, around the outside of the cage, then drape towels over the cage. Always put the babies back in the nest, together, after feeding.
Mom may very well turn into a good Mom if you can just keep them alive in the meanwhile. If not, with enough dedication and doing the procedures right, you will be able to hand raise all of them yourself. I have done it twice.
During the second week, you can back off the feedings a little - feed every 3 ot 4 hours all day long, and get up once during the night.
If you take them out for a feed, and they have visible mild milk bands before you start, Mom may be feeding them!
Don't give up. Give it a try, it is one of the most rewarding things to do ... save those little lives.
(2) A box lined with a towel, and a liter plastic pop bottle that you can fill with hot water - cover with a thin towel to allow heat through.
(3) Some Q-tips and a small bowl of warm tap water.
(4) Some Kleenex
Here is how I fed them:
Warm a small amount of kitten milk replacer or human soy-based infant formula in the microwave until JUST skin temperature. NO warmer than that.
Take a baby, and hold him or her in the palm of your hand, curled around her, and drop a single drop of milk into one of the creases, near her mouth - she must suckle the milk from your skin.
An alternate position is to hold the baby in your fist, upright, head up, with the mouth near the top of your curled index finger - and place one small drop of milk at a time on the flesh of your index finger, right by her mouth. Once they learn the milk is there they will eagerly suckle it from your skin. The excess can just run down the inside of your hand.
DO NOT DIRECTLY PUT THE SYRINGE INTO THE BABIES MOUTHS THEY CAN EAISLY IN HALE THE MILK AND SUFFER FROM PNEUMONIA.
Keep them warm, very important. If they are cold, they will not even digest what they take in.
Take the whole litter out at one time, and nestle them under towels next to an object - along the water bottle, or a bowl set out for this purpose.
Keep track of who was fed and who needs it - place one bunch on one side of the object, and the other bunch on the other side.
Keep the cage very warm and dark. Gallon plastic jugs filled with HOT water, around the outside of the cage, then drape towels over the cage. Always put the babies back in the nest, together, after feeding.
Mom may very well turn into a good Mom if you can just keep them alive in the meanwhile. If not, with enough dedication and doing the procedures right, you will be able to hand raise all of them yourself. I have done it twice.
During the second week, you can back off the feedings a little - feed every 3 ot 4 hours all day long, and get up once during the night.
If you take them out for a feed, and they have visible mild milk bands before you start, Mom may be feeding them!
Don't give up. Give it a try, it is one of the most rewarding things to do ... save those little lives.
