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Topic Dog Boards / Breeding / What do you feed your pregnant bitch?
- By 308280 [gb] Date 21.04.21 10:42 UTC Edited 21.04.21 10:48 UTC
Well my girl is due her pups 2 weeks today and she barely touches anything to eat. She was on raw but went off it, puppy food then went off that, now scrambled eggs, goats milk, cooked chicken and mince which she loved and she's gone off that too... any other thoughts on what my little diva might love between now and her due date? :grin:
- By MamaBas [gb] Date 21.04.21 11:53 UTC Upvotes 1
All our pregnant bitches were fed the same top quality food they normally have.  As the due date approached and depending on how big she was, I'd cut back on the bulk, concentrating on extra protein, and instead of 2 meals a day, often fed several smaller meals over a 24 hour period (not during the night).   I have never fed mum 'puppy food', while pregnant or post whelping - puppy food is for PUPPIES!!   What I fed post-whelping depended on how many puppies she was catering for.  

Apart from the fact that the puppies will be taking what they need from mum before arriving into the world, I'd be a bit concerned that she's ok if she's refusing all food.   Is she drinking?     Overfeeding mum before she's delivered her litter could simply result in overly big puppies which she might have difficulty delivering without help.
- By 308280 [gb] Date 21.04.21 15:38 UTC
I have bought her good quality food, several different brands, both raw and kibble but it seems she's only interested for one day and goes completely off it. I'm running out of ideas. She has barely eaten much at all these past couple of days, apart from a couple of chunks of lambs heart that she wolfed down! I was feeding her three times a day but now she's not eating meals, I just leave food out for her to help herself but as I say, it barely gets touched :sad: She is drinking plenty though
- By MamaBas [gb] Date 21.04.21 16:04 UTC
Well it's good she's drinking  - she may just be full of puppies!  It's always of concern when they actually stopped eating however, so best I can offer is to keep a close eye on her (nasty discharge).   I'd be a little careful re offal in case that gives her the runs.   Breast of chicken/scrambled egg/cottage cheese/raw mince....... ?   Something bland.   On that note, would she take tinned Chappie at least to get something inside to keep her strength up.

On the other hand, are you sure about her due date .... perhaps she may be closer to whelping than you think?  In this instance, what does her temperature show?
- By furriefriends Date 21.04.21 16:06 UTC Edited 21.04.21 16:09 UTC
I've heard of breeders feeding all sorts  in late pregnancy just so they will eat. For example.tinned rice and steak.  These are experienced breeders too
I expect as u are aware toomuch heart can give the runs .its a case of too bowel tolerance . Some dogs can manage loads others not so good
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It was kind of the dog must eat so she has what she wants as long as she gets calories
- By onetwothreefour Date 21.04.21 17:25 UTC
In late pregnancy, you often need to pander to the bitch and feed her whatever she will eat (but not high calcium foods). Feed small meals - little but often - because her stomach won't have much space due to the growing pups.
- By 308280 [gb] Date 21.04.21 17:26 UTC
I’ve tried all those things. She will have it once and then turn her nose up at it. She will be 63 days on 5th May and her scan also confirmed her due date for the same day so I’m pretty confident she will have them then if not maybe a few days before as she already looks ready to pop bless her
- By JeanSW Date 21.04.21 19:20 UTC Upvotes 1

> I've heard of breeders feeding all sorts  in late pregnancy just so they will eat


You've got that right!!!  I've lost count of the times I've hand fed just to get anything inside them.
- By Admin (Administrator) Date 22.04.21 07:26 UTC
Have you tried boiled/baked white fish? You can pick up bags of frozen 'white' fish quite cheaply in the supermarkets. You can cook a fish or two at a time, so hopefully no waste. That's if you can stand the smell of course :lol:
- By furriefriends Date 22.04.21 07:32 UTC
Microwave works well for this and the smell doesn't last as long as it takes minutes
- By 308280 [gb] Date 22.04.21 16:17 UTC
Thank you I will give the fish a try!! She is definitely more inclined to eat it I hand feed her tiny pieces of food...!
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