What to prepare for Teddy before giving birth
0 Jul 26,2025
What a Teddy eats after giving birth must not only ensure its own nutrition, but also ensure its milk production needs. Therefore, in the first few days, if the female dog has poor appetite, she should be fed a small but refined high-protein diet that is easy to digest. Feed, such as milk, wheat flour, egg yolk, etc., and increase drinking water.
After 4 days, when the appetite increases, the number of feedings should be increased. In terms of nutritional content, eggs, lean meat, beef liver, milk, fish soup, bone soup, etc. should be added. If the dog's milk is insufficient, brown sugar water should be fed. Milk, chicken soup, etc. to increase milk production.
After giving birth, Teddy also needs "confinement" to recuperate his body, so he must be given high-calorie, easy-to-digest food. However, improving nutrition does not mean increasing the amount. It is ideal to feed 3 to 4 meals a day. You can add some meat, eggs, cheese, etc. to the dog food, and it is best to change the dog food to high-calorie dog food for the development period. In addition, calcium intake is very important. In addition to absorbing it from food, it is best to supplement calcium powder.
Puppies can be weaned after 21 days of birth, and the mother dog needs to fast for one day. During the weaning period, the bitch’s food intake should be reduced and water should be controlled, and then the original food should be slowly restored after the milk has subsided. If the bitch still continues to have milk engorgement after weaning, you can ask a doctor to inject a milk withdrawal injection. If your breasts are swollen and hard, you may have mastitis and must be treated. However, milk-reducing injections are hormonal, so try not to use them if possible, so as not to interfere with the bitch’s normal endocrine system and cause side effects. During this period, calcium must still be fully supplied until one month after weaning, so that the female dog will not be weak and have poor coat quality due to the loss of calcium during childbirth.