Try giving her goat's milk watered down with a little boiled water about 10 -20%. I used to find that Carnation sometimes gave puppies diarrhea. That might be why she is not gaining. Goat's milk is usually available in larger supermarkets. It really puts on weight. I had to hand feed a litter once and tried Carnation formula and they really got the runs. I changed to goat's milk and they thrived.
Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Baldrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 1:45 PM Subject: [CKCS-L] Fw: Problems with a newborn > > > > > > > > Hi List, > > I have a singleton puppy born last Sunday, her birth weight was 91/2 ounces. > Within 36 hours she went down to 73/4 ounces. I know it is not unusual for a > newborn to lose some weight at first but this little one is still 73/4 > ounces at almost 5 days old. She is a strong puppy and seems quiet and > contented. > Mum has lots of milk but when she feeds she makes quite loud sucking noises. > I tried squeezing the milk into her mouth at first, but decided it would be > better to feed her myself until she started to gain weight. > My vet is unable to find anything wrong with this puppy, said maybe she > picked up an infection during the quite traumatic birth and has put her on > antibiotics as a precaution. > I have been feeding her with the Carnation milk mixture recommended in Betty > Bloomfield's book, which she seems to like and is taking 5 mls at a time. I > just cannot understand why she is not gaining weight. > > Has anyone else experienced this? > > > Carol > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:LISTSERV@;APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:LISTSERV@;APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > Hollambrie CKCS (UK) > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:LISTSERV@;APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:LISTSERV@;APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
