Hey! I always bottle feed pups bec. my bitch doesn't have milk. But 1 of the pups keeps geeting milk come out of it's nose. The hole of the bottle is just right i think bec. he's the only pup getting that the others don't any ideas?

I may be stating the obvious here, but the pup that gets milk coming out of his nose doesn't have a cleft palate, has he?

I was also told that pups will get milk come out of their nose if they are drinking too fast.

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Hello
I hand reared a litter of Bordeaux pups. A couple of the ones always had milk coming down their noses. Teat was fine and NO cleft palate. Please be careful as this can result in pneumonia (sp) which those two went on to get. If I were you I would consider tube feeding those ones to prevent the risk. Ask your vet to show you how, it is a bit scarey at first but you soon get used to it.
Have the pups had ANY mothers milk? If not they have a higher risk of infection as they will not have received any colostrum which contains vital anti-bodies. This could ive them a higher risk of Fading Puppy Syndrome as would have low immunities to various infections. I lost five pups from a litter of nine - 2 at 2 weeks old with FPS. The other remaining 4 had FPS too and were only saved by receiving a plasma transfusion, thus iving them anti-bodies o fight the infection as they had received no mothers milk.
If you want any further info on Plasma Transfusions for FPS please type in Fading Puppy Syndrome as a search and you will find my experience and the results of Plasma Transfusion.
I hope everything goes OK for you but please consider tube feeding at least if there is no cleft palate.

Hi Neelia,
How's the pup that was getting the milk out of its nose? Any improvement?

HI! i've been busy... The pup stop getting milk come out of their nose for a while, but it's starting again just now. He doesn't have a cleft palate.

If the pup gets too much milk too quickly from the bottle it will come up through the nose. You need a teat with a smaller hole so that this doesn't happen.

It can be as simple as that you are giving too much milk and it is going into the lungs.
Just give drops of milk onto the toungue around half a teaspoon every two hours once born. Then it increases. Never over feed a newborn.
Or it could be a cleft palate. Check inside the mouth and if you find a hole in the roof of the mouth contact your vet.
Nutkin

Forgot to say I stopped using a bottle and used a syringe. As I find I can just squeeze a drop out easier. Others cant use a syringe, so use what you can. If no cleft palate then its just too much milk going down. I will add I learnt the hard way about this and drowned a pup with giving it too much milk many,many years back. So remember just a few drops onto the tounge and let it swallow. Once your pup gets sucking you can change to a bottle.
Nut