For newborn puppies, breast milk is the best nutrition. Whether breast milk can be successfully fed is related to the healthy growth of puppies. For various reasons, the female dog may not produce enough milk or directly lack milk, so what is the main reason for this?
First, the cause of the female dog without milk:
The reasons include mammary gland hypoplasia, endocrine dysfunction, frail physique, obesity or serious diseases, and nutritional deficiencies in late pregnancy.
2. In addition, the bitch's mental stress is also one of the reasons for this disease.
Second, the main points of the diagnosis of female dog agalactia:
Clinically, it can be seen that the female dog's breast is soft, shrinking, gradually reducing milk, or no milk, or suddenly no milk discharge. The puppies sucked more often and often rubbed their heads against the breasts, and the puppies often barked because of hunger. Bitches sometimes refuse to breastfeed because of pain.
3. Preventive measures for bitches without milk:
1. Improve feeding management and feed nutritious food or soup bait to promote lactation. At the same time, let the sick dog live in a quiet and familiar environment.
2. Warm compress and massage the breast is an important method to stimulate the function of the breast, 2-3 times a day.
3. The female dog is fed lactation syrup or lactose tablets after giving birth, and can also try traditional Chinese medicine to promote lactation. , Codonopsis 12 grams each, researched and mixed with food or simmered in water. Don't give up breastfeeding work because of insufficient milk several times.
4. For bitches who are nutritionally deficient in late pregnancy, they can be fed some calcium powder, such as pet large instant calcium vitamin, supplement a variety of calcium, 12 kinds of trace elements, and 8 kinds of vitamins to promote calcium. After absorbing and balancing the various nutrients of the bitch and conditioning the body, the bitch's milk will naturally be sufficient.