Can 4 week old pups be given normal baby milk??

Question

Can 4 week old pups be given normal baby milk??

Answer 1

No.

Answer 2

no they can't you need to get a puppy milk or give them goats milk, babies milk contains they wrong type of things for puppies

Answer 3

Nope.

Answer 4

No, too rich.  

Answer 5

no,the mother should be feeding it until 6 weeks,if the mother cannot feed it then you can get puppy milk from a pet shop

Answer 6

No, you should be supplementing with mash.  Take a can of PUPPY dog food and add equal amounts of water to it, then mash it around a bit.  Mash their little faces in it so the food gets on their snouts.  They learn to eat this way, but don't drown them.  It's a bit hard at first, but they learn to l**k the snouts and then eat the food.

Answer 7

No, it would be far too rich for them and they could get diarrhoea.

At 4 weeks old they can be weaned on to a good quality Puppy Food which you can soak in hot water, until it reaches a mushy consistency, allow it to cool, then spread it on to a flat plate or tray and just place the puppies around the edge and let them lap it up.

It's a bit of a messy business at first as the puppies will want to walk through the food but as long as you keep a watchful eye on them while they are feeding they'll be fine.

You will need to weigh the pups and look at the instructions on the packet of food as to how much food they should be having per day according to their weight and age.    They will need  5 small meals per day until they are 6 weeks old then you can go down to 4 meals until they are are 12 weeks, then 3 meals up to the age of 6 months when they can be then given 2 meals per day.

Once the puppies are eating solid food well,always ensure they have access to plenty of water.  If they are on a dry food this can absorb a lot of water from their bodies and they will need the water to make this up.

Good luck with your litter.

The puppies should be wormed now if you have not already done this and wormed every two weeks thereafter until they go to the new homes with instructions to the new owners to visit their Vet who will give them a worming regime after that.   Get a prescription wormer from your Vet. OTC wormers can sometimes make the puppies very sick.

Don't forget to worm the mother one week after you worm the puppies each time as she may well have ingested the worms which the puppies have passed when she has cleaned up after them.

Answer 8

milk causes worms in puppies they should be old enough to be given dog foodand water,