The best bottle I have found over the years ois Dr Brown's baby bottle. You can find them at walmart baby section. Air escapes through a tube running up inside the bottle. Nipples are very soft. so much like mamma boxer. They even come in premie size.
Kat
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To: boxerlovers@yahoogroups.com
From: lawiser@att.net
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:57:33 -0400
Subject: Re: [boxer lovers] Question about feeding a puppy milk
They make an actual puppy bottle -- you should be able to get it from
any of the big box pet stores and even possibly a local farm supply
store (like Tractor Supply). The nipple should be small enough to make
it easier for her.
Ok. going to sound cruel -- how is the mother treating this puppy? Some
just don't thrive, period. And a lot of times the dam will tend to
ignore or even push those away. The bitches just KNOW the ones not
destined to make it. Sometimes it's nothing we can see ... something
internally that means they can't handle the food properly. I mention
this because if she's nursing and not swallowing ... there may be a
problem with her swallowing.
Are you feeding straight goat's milk? That may not be what sufficient
for the pup. There are recipes online for "homemade" puppy milk substitute.
Annette Hake wrote:
>
> How do you get a little week old puppy to drink milk out of a baby
> bottle without it going into their nose... I have tried tiny bottles
> and regular 4 oz bottle with only one hole in it and she still sucks
> hard enough to get a bunch in her mouth and some always goes in her
> nose and then it takes a bit to get her nose cleared... I'm worried
> about getting milk in her lungs.
>
> When she is nursing, she sucks really hard on a teat for a little bit
> and then she stops and just lays there sort of half asleep and one of
> the other pups knocks her off of the teat before she gets full...and
> her tummy is only about half full while the others are all pooched out
> full...She is the smallest now but was the same size as the others
> when she was born... I don't want to lose her and I keep putting her
> on a teat so she gets enough milk. She is plenty lively but small.
>
> Any suggestions I have not thought of...
> I am giving her and the other little gray one, canned goat milk...as a
> supplement..but they are drinking off momma, Boo, most of the time...
>
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