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Got a pregnant female, got 20 days left and she is huge. Thinking she might have 10 or more. I just want to be ready if I have to bottle feed some.

Thanks guys.

You can get Ebselac at Wal Mart or at the Farmer's Co-Op that is made for pupies and kittens.Don't feed regular cow's milk as the pups digestive system can't handle it at a young age and it will give them stomach upsets and severe diarehea.

Shady Grove Beagles wrote:You can get Ebselac at Wal Mart or at the Farmer's Co-Op that is made for pupies and kittens.Don't feed regular cow's milk as the pups digestive system can't handle it at a young age and it will give them stomach upsets and severe diarehea.

Thanks Dana.

I use Goat Milk Replacer.
2 scoops in the mothers feed or use for bottle babies as well.

1 can of Evaporated Milk
Same size can of water
1 egg yoke
1 teaspoon of Karo syrup

dbounds wrote:1 can of Evaporated Milk
Same size can of water
1 egg yoke
1 teaspoon of Karo syrup

Tried and true

You can get a multi species replacer from Tractor Supply. It is a powder and i put on females food 10 days prior to whelping. I then use it again on puppies food when they begin to wean. I also give pet tabs with calcium to mother prior to pups aid help with possible calcium deficientcy. I have been doing this with all my litters and had great success with it. The replacer is a powder and just place on food , it smells sweet and taste like pancake mix mother and pups like the taste.
5lb bag cost approx $15
Good luck , Tom

Goat milk in a small (human) baby bottle . Goat milk is expensive at the store so if you know anyone that raises goats you could probably buy it from them . Amish is where we get it around here

we have bottle fed puppys and used about all the store bought stuff.
heres what we just raised 4 on and had not a problem.
same as gunslingers recipe with plain yogurt.
http://leerburg.com/bottlefeeding.htm

tom summers wrote:You can get a multi species replacer from Tractor Supply. It is a powder and i put on females food 10 days prior to whelping. I then use it again on puppies food when they begin to wean. I also give pet tabs with calcium to mother prior to pups aid help with possible calcium deficientcy. I have been doing this with all my litters and had great success with it. The replacer is a powder and just place on food , it smells sweet and taste like pancake mix mother and pups like the taste.
5lb bag cost approx $15
Good luck , Tom

Ultra 21 is what Tom is probably referring to. I've used it on the last several litters and it is awesome. I start feeding it to the puppies at 3-4 weeks & it helps relieve the strain of big litters. It also helps all the pups get enough nutrition to grow at the same pace. There is a light blue bag and it works too, but I've found the Ultra 21 in the black bag is better. Hope this helps & good luck.

I have used Ultra 21 at Tractor supply seems like it works good also use it on the Mother about a week before the pups are born will help her produce more milk, good luck with the female and the pups.

Put her on milk pro...it works great!

I had a female that got pretty big she only had 3 but they were big pups

Casey Harner wrote:Got a pregnant female, got 20 days left and she is huge. Thinking she might have 10 or more. I just want to be ready if I have to bottle feed some.
Thanks guys.

How many were in her litter and her mother's litter? If her mother was a good milker she should be ok.
The heat will be your biggest issue imho. The best pups I raised were on the ground in the summer heat, in the cool dirt cradled between the roots on the north-east side of an old hard maple tree. If you use the off-ground kennel, I screw a coffee can in the corner and sit frozen 2 litter bottles in it, changing as needed.

when does a female start showing?/