i have a litter of pups, they are 16 days old and they were very keen to try weeabix last night and this morning. Can you feed them nature diet at this age??

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Yes, but just a very little - about a teaspoonful - for the first couple of days, then a teaspoonful twice a day for a couple of days before you gradually increase quantities.

Is Nature diet quite smooth, would it need pureeing a little?

Good point, I should have specified that the food must be absolutely smooth at this stage with no lumps for them to choke on.

Why were you giving them Weetabix ? puppy porridge or finely scraped/fined meat would be more nutritious for them

Energy (Kilojoules) 1432kJ
Energy (Calories) 338kcal
Protein 11.5g
Carbohydrate 68.4g
(of which sugars) 4.4g
Fat 2g
(of which saturates) 0.6g
Fibre 10g
(soluble) 2.3g
(insoluble) 7.7g
Sodium 0.3g
Salt Equivalent 0.7g
weetabix ingredeants check out the sugar and salt content 

You missed out the important details that this is per 100 grams :) so given the small amounts given when first weaning it will not add up to much.  Personally I use a complete food, pureed, right from the start but traditionally many breeders have used weetabix with no ill effects.

its full of wheat and salt and sugers its Not the best start to a puppy life .but if it makes life easy why not try co- co pops 

It is certainly full of wheat :) but salt and sugars no, it contains a little.  I don't think there is any point in exaggerating the ingredients when you have listed them for people to see for themselves :)

its a human food, made for humans.its eaten by dogs the same way that Bakers is eaten by dogs it contains high levels of  added salts and sugars . Dog food needs high levels of meat, no added salts and no added sugers . Dogs are not humans in furry jackets,   

It's not a complete food eaten in the same way as Bakers, it is a short term weaning food given along side maternal milk, shortly supplemented and then replaced with a more permanent feeding regime.  As I say, I would not bother with it preferring to go directly to the long term feeding regime but I cannot see how it can harm in the manner it is generally given.

It's used as a thickener for milk, to make it easier for pups to learn to lap. It's not a complete food, and to think of it as such sends you down the wrong track.

Sarcasm demeans you, Jo. :rolleyes: Try being helpful.

So you what this thred locked by provoking me in to a Slanging match. Wont happen  sorry J. No sarcasm intended . Weetabix is made for humans, dogs are not humans and have different dietry needs weettabix is not one of them. As for being Helpfull do not feed your dogs lots of wheat, salts ,sugars,-jo        

Nobody is provoking you we are just answering your points.  There is no need for anybody to get upset :)

Thank you. :) That's certainly more helpful than suggesting something containing chocolate, which I thought you would have known is toxic for dogs.