Annette,
There is a replacement formula that you can get from a vet or possibly one of the large pet supply stores. When I worked for the vet many years ago, he ordered very small bottles just for this purpose--probably not more than 2 ounce size if that big and the nipple was very tiny-it fit most puppy and kitten mouths. I can't remember where they came from, but I know that you need it now. What about an eye dropper--tedious I know, but that might alleviate the milk in the nose. Sending strong vibes and prayers for this little girl!
Vida
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From: Annette Hake <annettehake@yahoo.com>
To: boxer lovers yahoo groups <boxerlovers@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 11:37 PM
Subject: [boxer lovers] Question about feeding a puppy milk
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...
Annette
Alan and Annette Hake
and the animals we love,
on Menookhaw Mountain
Ravenden, Arkansas
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