can you believe im writeing this because i carnt! im with the pups 24/7 still their 3weeks old today i saw 2 poo yesterday and was abit sloppy still mist didnt get to the box quick enough so i had to clean it up before they ate it :( ther lapping milk very well now mum only feeds them every4 hours now and last night i started with Nature Diet soaked in cooled down boiled water they went made for it but none have pooed yet mum cleans them now and again ,they are weeing and was pooing on their own ,should i give water to them even tho alot of water in mixed with the ND ,from today im going to give 3meals aday they are very hugry babbies mist dont have much milk at all.
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Mine always have a bowl of fresh water in the corner. I've rarely seen the drink it, but from the amount of pee on the paper they must drink loads.
Never had puppies try to eat po. This lot will go away from the bed to poo, but will then happily run through it and roll in it while playing if I'm not careful. It's almost as if once they have done it, it ceases to exist !!

Hi sassinak i really dont know why ther eating it thats why im feeding them more ther starving i think! im worried about leaving water with them at this age (3weeks) i normaly leave it from 4 but i will give it ago :)
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Hello White Lilly,

If the pups are eating poo it is usually because they are hungry.   You could increase the ND to 4 meals a day, supplemented with mums milk in between.   If they are not hungry they will just walk away from the food.   Don't forget that as puppies grow they loose the enzyme that allows them to tolerate/digest milk so they may well be better on the ND and not as much milk as before.

I am sorry to read of all your problems with mum, but hope it all goes okay from now on.

Forgot to add that once you begin weaning fresh water should be available,  take it up when you are not able to monitor what the pups are doing, you do not want one to fall asleep in it, and take up last thing at night.

My bitch didn't have much milk and 7 pups to feed so I topped them up with bottles and decided to try solids at 2 weeks. They absolutely loved it and were eating 5 meals a day at 3 weeks. I'd never tried it so young before but it has worked really well. They are 5 weeks now and still feed from mum every 4 hours or so, but I think it is more comfort than nutrition lol

thanks dogsdinner mum is doing great ,they are consipated bless them! i think i will start to give goats milk to some water to get them to drink their loveing ND i will start giving it 4 times aday for the next few days till they start pooing ,mum will still feed them when she feels like going in bless her around every 4/5hours
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Mine are always on 4 meals a day once they have been tried on the solids for a couple of days.