Has anyone had to use their other bitch who has milk for a new litter? how does that affect the relationship with the puppies and their mom? will she reject them after say a few feedings? Just waiting to see when my females milk is coming in full force.. been 48 hrs and i have a tiny puppy that went from 13.5 oz to 12.5 and the rest of the litter has also gone down from 595 grams to 551 and another 677 to 598 grams... all vigorus still, no crying, its nice and warm in there mom is staying with them... unless my scale is wrong i did change the batteries from the Feb litter... the Dec litter seemed ok... Yani's last litter the puppies lost for like 2 days and then slowly started gaining and then got normal... but i dont remember what her mammary glands looked like.. now she looks just as if she was pregnant <sigh> No i dont have tube feeding kit but do have bottles and espilac with goats milk... vet said hang tight this morning but for some reason now i just want to prepare myself and think about my options... thus wondering if i should have Catja who has 5 week puppies, nurse them.. someoen told me Yani could reject the puppies!! not sure what to do... never happened before :( thanks Dawnmarie Dawnmarie http://hometown.aol.com/wymargsd/intro.html http://hometown.aol.com/designsdawnmarie/home.html ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================