Abstract: How to nurse dogs after delivery? When a puppy is born, it is the most maternal time for a bitch. It takes care of the puppy with almost all its spirit and attention. It is eager to protect its children and may be hostile to the approach of any person or animal, so be very careful to get close to it to avoid being bitten. Therefore, during this period, the owner should try to restrain excessive excitement, avoid noise and commotion, and let their mother and son have a quiet rest environment, because once the bitch is frightened, she will try to resist, not only unintentionally taking care of the baby, but also may step on the puppy or cause other accidental injuries. The following small series brings you the precautions for bitches after delivery. Postpartum care of dogs How to care for bitches after delivery?

Postpartum bitches also need "confinement" to recuperate their bodies, so they must be given high-calorie and digestible food. But improving nutrition is not an increase in quantity, and it is best to feed 3 to 4 meals a day. You can add some meat, eggs, cheese and so on. Dog food, and it is best to change dog food into high-calorie dog food for development. In addition, calcium intake is very important. In addition to absorption from food, it is best to supplement calcium powder.

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It is best to wipe the bitch's whole body with a warm towel first, especially around her abdomen and breasts, so as not to let the puppy eat unclean things or get infected with germs during breastfeeding. The timing of bathing can be 2 weeks after delivery, when the bitch's condition is relatively stable. Maintenance of breasts: In addition to keeping them clean, you must also pay attention to whether there are any abnormalities in the breasts every day, because when a puppy sucks milk, it is easy to hurt its nipples if it is too hard. Once infected by miscellaneous bacteria, nipples are prone to mastitis and redness. Therefore, the bitch may not want to breastfeed. Once the milk secreted by the inflamed mammary gland is yellow, don't let the puppy suck it.

Nursing in weaning period

2 1 after birth, puppies can be weaned and bitches need to fast for one day. Reduce the bitch's food intake when weaning, and control the water, and then slowly restore the original food intake when the milk is gone. If the bitch still has persistent breast fullness after weaning, you can ask the doctor to inject a needle for breast withdrawal. If there is a tumor in the breast, it may be mastitis and must be treated. However, the breast withdrawal needle is a hormone, so try not to use it if you can't use it, so as not to interfere with the normal endocrine of the bitch, but to have side effects. During this period, calcium should still be fully supplemented until one month after weaning, so that the bitch will not be weak and have bad hair because of the loss of calcium during childbirth.

Nursing care of nursing dogs

Mammalian dogs: check breast swelling frequently to prevent mastitis. It is best to wipe the breast with a cotton ball soaked with disinfectant every day 1 time. Exercise properly every day to create a quiet environment. All kinds of strenuous exercise, especially beating, cursing and scaring, are prohibited, so as not to stimulate the bitch and cause the phenomenon of trampling and swallowing the puppy.

On the basis of improving feed management, the bitches with insufficient lactation or insufficient lactation were fed with protein-rich digestible feed. Oxytocin or vasopressin can also be given or injected, but its effect is short-lived. Regular breast massage can also promote breast development.