Cría of the orphaned puppy

, A puppy is left orphan generally when the mother cannot give the suitable attention him, this can be because she cannot produce milk (a called condition agalactia), accident, disease, death or because she has problems of conduct or behavior that they prevent him to take care of and to take care of his puppies as she corresponds.

The success of the raising of orphaned puppies requires a series of well-taken care of like: a regular schedule in the food ingestion, elimination of its physiological necessities, a equipped place so that it sleeps and it rests, a healthful atmosphere and time for the game.
Yes the attention is adapted the possibility of success is high or to a proportion of sobrelife similar to the biological mother, by all means that if they have less than 5 days the sobrelife possibilities diminish because the ingestion of the milk of the mother in the first days is fundamental, but also the possibility of taking to the puppy advanced, now if it is more than 7 is very probable that exists with the corresponding cares the cachorrito is developed without problems.
The success of the raising must a:

Good nutrition
Higienización
Temperature and humidity
Prevention of diseases

The healthful puppies are fat, strong, shut up, and sleep most of the times. The ill puppies have the weak muscular tone and cry much. If they are not helped they put weak and comatose (?extinguishing syndrome?).

Nutrition
It is fundamental that the puppy ingests in the first 12 hours of life the colostrum contributed by the mother, the puppies can only absorb the antibodies of the colostrum in the first 36 hours.

Soon they must be fed in artificial form with a special milk for orphaned puppies, by means of mamadera, injects, gotero, etc, are useful the mamaderas for premature babies who obtain in pharmacies, the feeding with nasoesofágico tube is left for experts due to the risk of the ?false one via?, this means that if the procedure is made the liquid incorrectly it can go to the lungs and produce neumonía with serious consequences, stops most of the cases recommends the mamadera.

The milk formulas for puppy commercially prepared, are balanced to satisfy the nutritious necessities with the orphaned puppy. The homemade milk prescriptions for orphaned puppies also are effective.

Not to forget to only place the yolk of the egg, clear the crude one can cause the deficiency of biotina due to an enzyme that knows the clearly one, not to add honey because it can have fatal bacteria for the puppies.

It is only used what it is used and the others keep in the refrigerator by not more than 48 hours, administers tibia, soon to wash and to dry the mamadera and nipples, before feeding.
The feeding is made several times to the day or whenever they cry, the administered amount depends on the race and size, but 30 varies between 10 mililiter to mililiter, with weights that respectively go from 250-350 grams to > 500 grams. In kittens 1 - 7 mililiter to 50 mililiter, with weights that go respectively from 100-200 grams to 500-600 grams.

The puppies will need to be eructados during and after each food. Right Sosténgalos or upon its shoulder and to give taps back.

The first 48-72 hours they must feed every 2 hours. For the rest of the first week, they must feed every 3 hours during the day, the second week feed every 4 hours during the day with an feeding during the night. By the third week, they must begin to take single in playos plates 3 times per day but she is due to continue feeding with mamadera.

The food is due to give dunked with milk and it is possible to be prepared putting 2 tea cups (200 grams) of balanced food premium for puppies, adds 350 mililiter of maternizada milk and the others of water lukewarm, it is put in the beater and puré becomes of consistency similar to which is administered to human babies, with this is fed per day 6-8 puppies of medium race.

In the fourth week, 4-5 must be fed times per day, the nocturnal feeding can be suspended. To the 6 weeks already they ingest solid food, never must lack water when it is begun to feed with balanced food dry premium.

The consumption of a puppy of 500 30 grams is of mililiter every 24 hours, most of the maternizada milk formulations contain approximately 60 each 30 calories by all means mililiter, that this value is only a direction that can vary, is due to handle by the evolution and aspect of the puppy, if they do not gain weight, they need but food and if has diarrea can indicate to us that it is being overfed, is important the gain of weight because closely it is related to neonative young animal disease.

Higienización
A puppy new born is incapable to tinkle or to have a movement of the intestine by itself, has still not been developed the muscle that makes these functions.
A puppy must stimulate itself to tinkle and to defecate, normally this makes the mother licking the anal zone of the puppy stimulating it to tinkle and to defecate.
The orphaned puppies must be stimulated manually by the tutor to stimulate the micción and defecación. The puppy must stimulate itself after each food, this maneuver is done dampening a piece of cotton and it rubs smoothly on the anal zone and genital, within the one to two minutes puppy it will tinkle and/or defecate. Some puppies will respond well before eating while others respond after eating, suggests themselves to make this action both times to assure that the animalito makes its necessities, this stimulation is due to make until the 21 days, as of that date the puppies already control their necessities.

To clean the puppy after ingesting food and controlling tinkles it and fecal matter if it is normal, to observe any signal of disease, tinkles it normal has a yellow color sure if she is yellow dark or orange, indicates that it is not sufficiently well fed, to feed with more frequency.
The fecal matter must be of clear a brown color to the dark chestnut tree, if he is green indicates an infection, and too much evacuation indicates that the used formula is not the adapted one because the animal does not absorb in its intestine the sufficient thing and eliminates too much fecal matter, if this one is of consistency too much hard one is necessary to feed with more frequency and not to increase the amount, often is common that it is fed the puppy with sufficient amount but not in the frequency indicated, when ingests much food of a single time causes to swelling, gases, regurgitation sometimes and, ?false via? with spill of the formula towards the lungs.

Temperature and humidity
In order to be healthy the cachoros must be to an appropriate room temperature, to this age do not conserve or the heat, are necessary to put other caloric sources like a lamp, hot water stock market, electrical blanket, always taking care of of not burning them, also are important a good isolation of the ground, on a wood or mattress of newspapers or another type.

Simple center of 25 watt on box small will contribute heat sufficient Has to have thermometer to supervise temperature, like also to control to puppies that not moves away too much of source calorific like of that danger approaches much by to burn, if it is not left another alternative to use a source that is in contact with the enemy with the animals, to surround them with one tohalla to avoid burns.

During the first week, room temperature 32 must stay - 34ºC and one relative humidity of 55-65%. During the principle of the second week, gradually the temperature is reduced to 29ºC, during the third week; 26.5 °C, during the fourth week; 24ºC. Beyond five weeks, temperature of diminution to 21ºC or the room temperature, to use the sense common, if the puppies crowd all along among them, tienenl cold, if the puppies separate among them feel heat, if they stay together without crowding the temperature is the suitable one.

To the hypothermal puppies (temperature of the body low) they must be warmed up more than 2-3 hours slowly to a temperature of 36ºC, that is the normal one for a neoborn one, once they reach that temperature, just is begun to feed them.

If the atmosphere is very dry, a normal humidity rank can be obtained superficially putting one tohalla humid and in a flank of the box where they are lodged the puppies.

Prevention of diseases
The orphaned puppies run a greater risk to suffer infectious diseases like moquillo and parvovirus, in special those orphans who did not receive colostrum of the milk of their natural mother.
Colostro that takes place during the first 24 hours after the birth is rich in antibodies protecting it of diseases, the colostrum contains antibodies which it provides passive immunity of type against many diseases, therefore, the puppies that never have fed themselves with the milk of the mother do not have a good immunity.
Due to the possible lack of immunity, to vaccinate the puppies is very important. Some veterinarians can recommend to begin the first vaccinations to one more a earlier age. More information to see Plan of Vaccination.

Desparasitación
Ver ascaridiasis

Nutrition and socialization
The puppies need the mental stimulus and physical, it is necessary to stimulate them to eat and to move, is necessary to wake up them to eat and to play.
It is important for the orphaned puppy has interaction with the members from the house to 5-6 weeks of age, still she is a baby and it must be handled with care, but it is necessary to accustom them to the movement, domestic noises, other people and other animals.

The early socialization allows the puppy to feel safe in its own atmosphere and will help to prevent problems in the future.

Conclusion
Is a task difficult of raising an orphaned puppy? Not as much, with a time commitment, cares, common sense and the suitable information can be a very satisfactory and positive experience.

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