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My newborn puppy won't drink milk from mom. How can I save it?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Pomeranian | Female | 2 years and 9 months old | 18 lbs

Hello doctor My pomerian gave birth to 6pups(25/10/2018)which old a day in that one puppy is not drinking milk from mother, so what should I do for this,for this please give any suggestion to survive by any medicine and presently am giving her ORS and multiple vitamin drops but not recovering, yesterday she was good and drank milk from mother only today she doing like this,my veterinarian said that there is no medicine will reflect to puppy till 15days.so say another ways Kindly please help me

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Answered By Jenna Beyer, DVM, MBA, cVMA

Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

Published on October 26th, 2018

You will need to bottle feed or tube feed the puppy if she is not nursing from the mom enough. You also want to weigh the puppy every day to make sure is getting enough milk to grow. She does not need medications, she needs milk. Puppy milk replacer (not just cow or goat milk) will have all of the necessary vitamins, protein, fat, and sugar that her body needs.

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    Answered By Jenna Beyer, DVM, MBA, cVMA

    Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

    Published on October 26th, 2018

    I would recommend that you have the puppy examined by a vet for any possible congenital defects that are causing her to be different than the other puppies. If she won't nurse, then you can attempt bottle feeding with puppy milk replacer. If she won't bottle feed, you will need a vet to show you how to tube feed her. Here is a good article on raising orphans: https://veterinarypartner.vin.com/default.aspx?pid=19239&id=4951456

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