1. Precautions for dogs when they open their eyes
Even if they are dogs in the same litter, The speed of eye opening is also fast and slow. Dogs can open their eyes quickly in as long as 7 days, and the slowest in 20 days, with an average of about 10 days. The speed of a dog’s eyes opening is related to its physique and personality. Generally, dogs with better physique and more lively personality will open their eyes earlier. If the dog opens its eyes late, we should not worry, pay attention to observe whether the dog’s breathing rate is normal, whether it is feeding normally and stinking.
Be careful not to open the dog’s eyes with your hands, because our nails and skin are likely to injure the dog’s eye corners and conjunctiva, which may cause permanent damage to the dog’s eyes.
Second, how to feed a newborn dog?
1. It is easy for a dog that has not opened its eyes to eat milk. If there are more puppies than me, the owner should help allocate time so that each puppies can eat the milk. Can drink enough milk to prevent dogs from being fat and thin.
2. For the poor dog without mother’s care, we need to artificially feed it, and pay attention to feeding the puppy’s special goat milk powder suitable for the puppy’s physical development. In addition, the dog mother will help the dog to urinate and defecate by licking the dog’s anus, and the owner may also use wet wipes to stimulate the dog to defecate.
3. If the dog has not opened its eyes after 20 days, you can drop a little saline into the corner of the dog’s eyes to stimulate it to open its eyes. It is also necessary to use a medical cotton swab to clean up the secretions and eye mucus around the dog’s eyes, and observe the operation for a few days. If the dog still does not open its eyes, it is recommended to send it to a doctor for treatment.
4. After the dog is born, it needs to eat breast milk or goat milk all the time. After 45 days of age, it can be slowly weaned and fed a small amount of puppy dog food that has been soaked in warm water. When the dog is 3 months old, Can be completely weaned, eat dog food.
