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Should you give puppies milk

Updated: 12/14/2022
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Puppies are like human babies and you should phone your vet for a formula if the puppies are still feeding from the mother or she can't feed them. If they are eating puppy food now, then no, you should give them milk because it can cause diarrhea in puppies (or kittens.)

I'm sorry, but i disagree with the above answer. I raised Great Pyrenees puppies for 22 years and I always fed my puppies extra milk and it did not give them dirrhea. Wormy pups are the ones that have the dirrhea because the parasites keep the intestines distressed and anykind of food change will cause this. If it's a big litter especially, even though mom is still feeding them the extra milk helps take the load off of her.

I had puppies when I was younger whose mom died the vet we contacted said we could use milk but in a recipe for puupie milk.......heres how to make it

One cup milk

One egg

one tbsp oil

mix this and feed through a dropper or you can get a bottle from a ranch store made for livestock.

goats milk is always a safe choice

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Cows milk is bad for puppies and dogs. You can buy special 'Puppy milk' from the supermarket.

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