OK now loads of us are well in to this weaning thing and to be honest it is being very hit and miss at this end.
I have established that mine will generally eat what I put down for them but I really have no idea how often I should be feeding them and how much.
I am using soaked kibble with a bit of puppy naturediet or cottage cheese or mince or scrambled egg and I am also feeding them whelpi. I know the mum is feeding intermittently and still has quite a lot of milk although I do hear some 'smacking' sounds which is supposed to indicate a lack of milk. They have gone off weetabix now.
According to the food bag it is 50-100gms per day for pups 1-5kg so here that would be around 240-300gms of food (for 6) or possibly more per day which I assume you either divide in to 4 meals or leave out for them to graze putting more down when the first lot is finished. The whelpi is 100-200mls per day (per pup) over 4/5 meals or 40-50gms powder per kg of weight diluted at the right rate. The whelpi will stop when the tub is finished as I don't think they actually need it and will be fine on water next week.
I'm guessing that is an either or and you adjust according to which you feed, both together would be a huge amount of food for the tinies to eat, they are probably eating about 1/3 or the quantity of either of them at the moment so I'm either underfeeding them or overfeeding them!
I give them a dish with the whelpi in to share and same with the food and they graze as they wish with the mum looking on wanting to eat it all anyway!
What do others do and what do they advise since the jolly old books are not that helpful if you have healthy puppies?
All advice welcome, remember some of us are on our first litters and are learning all the time
Thank you for your kindly advice in advance
