The puppies are doing better!! The little red collar boy I took to the vet Monday is doing great, and they are all starting to grow and gain weight noticeably, as they should. The diarrhea is clearing up and Ellie is starting to clean them!! Yahoo!! This is good for the puppies, and for sure it's good for us, since we don't have to do it anymore! We are still rotating the puppies for nursing every couple hours, so we are still sleep deprived but things are looking up.
And they are getting so stinking cute!
This is an early set up for the whelping box: we removed the pig rails since the puppies are supervised 100% of the time, and if Ellie is moving around we move the pups to sleeping boxes (you can see those on the left).
The pups are also getting weighed every day. Now that the diarrhea has cleared up they are gaining nicely.
Their nails are also getting trimmed each week, more often if I can get to it. Since they aren't really walking yet, it's not so important for the structure of their feet and legs. But it's really important for the comfort of their mom - also reduces the chance of them scratching each other.
Before: you can see they are sharp as cat's claws!
And after:
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