Hi, i'm new here, my name is Lacey. I came here looking for nutritional information, but i'd best tell the whole story.
Four weeks ago, my family and i moved into a new house. The former owners left behind four or five cats that act as though they belonged in the house, which, with my families allergy situation, is not something we could allow. About two weeks ago, my dog ( a mini-beagle) gave birth to two puppies, but one did not survive. The other grew really fast, and is now the fattest puppy i have ever seen!!
About a week ago, my mom and dad began to hear mewing that seemed to being coming from under their bedroom. We figured one of the cats had crawled under there to have her kittens. My dad could not sleep, since the kitten mewed all day and night (something was wrong, i knew, the kitten was NOT mewing cuz she was happy...), so i crawled under the house looking for it. I could not find it under the house, but we tracked the mewing down to the WALL behind their bed.
We got the kitten out of the wall, still not knowing how it got in there ( it looked to be about a week old at the time.) We approached all of the cats, seeing if they would claim it, none would. We gave it cow's milk for a while, but it did not seem any better off...
So my mother stuck it in with our dog and her puppy...and, viola!!
The kitten, named Iris, is now about two weeks old, the puppy Daphne, just less than that (my chronology is off i know.) Iris is now fat and happy, and my dog has readily accepted her as part of the family...
My question is: Is dog milk nutritious enough for her? Has anyone else dealt with this? Should i suppliment her diet, since she is a carnivore, or can that wait until they are eating solids?
Any advice would help, Thanks!
Four weeks ago, my family and i moved into a new house. The former owners left behind four or five cats that act as though they belonged in the house, which, with my families allergy situation, is not something we could allow. About two weeks ago, my dog ( a mini-beagle) gave birth to two puppies, but one did not survive. The other grew really fast, and is now the fattest puppy i have ever seen!!
About a week ago, my mom and dad began to hear mewing that seemed to being coming from under their bedroom. We figured one of the cats had crawled under there to have her kittens. My dad could not sleep, since the kitten mewed all day and night (something was wrong, i knew, the kitten was NOT mewing cuz she was happy...), so i crawled under the house looking for it. I could not find it under the house, but we tracked the mewing down to the WALL behind their bed.
We got the kitten out of the wall, still not knowing how it got in there ( it looked to be about a week old at the time.) We approached all of the cats, seeing if they would claim it, none would. We gave it cow's milk for a while, but it did not seem any better off...
So my mother stuck it in with our dog and her puppy...and, viola!!
The kitten, named Iris, is now about two weeks old, the puppy Daphne, just less than that (my chronology is off i know.) Iris is now fat and happy, and my dog has readily accepted her as part of the family...
My question is: Is dog milk nutritious enough for her? Has anyone else dealt with this? Should i suppliment her diet, since she is a carnivore, or can that wait until they are eating solids?
Any advice would help, Thanks!