Orphaned Puppy
Emergency Milk Replacer Recipes
1
Lawler, D. F. “Neonatal and pediatric care of the puppy and kitten.” Theriogenology, vol. 70, no.3, 2008, pp. 384-392.
2
Peterson, Michael E. “Care of the Orphaned Puppy and Kitten.” Small Animal Pediatrics: The First 12 Months of Life, edited by
Michael E. Peterson and and Michelle A. Kutzler, Elsevier Saunders, 2011, pp.67-72.
Recipe
Ingredients Directions
Emergency home-
formulated replacer
1
• 1 cup (240 ml) cow’s milk
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 drop high quality oral multivitamin
solution, if available.*
• 1 tablespoon (15 ml) corn oil
• Small pinch of salt
Blend uniformly and warm to
95-100°F.** Refrigerate between uses.
Discard any unused milk replacer 24
hours after mixing.
Homemade milk replacer
for puppies
2
• 1/2 cup (120 ml) cow’s or goat’s milk
• 1/2 cup (120 ml) water
• 2 to 4 egg yolks
• 1 to 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1,000 mg calcium carbonate, if
available.
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Blend uniformly and warm to
95-100°F.** Refrigerate between uses.
Discard any unused milk replacer 24
hours after mixing.
* Some examples of oral multivitamin solution for pets are PET-TINIC
®
, Liqui-Tinic™, and Hi-Vite™ Drops.
+
TUMS
®
is Calcium Carbonate and it comes in 500 mg, 750 mg, and 1,000 mg tablets.
** Avoid warming the milk up in the microwave. Instead, warm the milk by placing it in a warm water bath. You can warm the water
bath in the microwave, then soak the milk in the water bath for a few minutes (or however long it takes to warm the milk up to
about 95-100°F.)
(Either recipe is fine depending on what
ingredients you have available at home.)
(For temporary use only until commercial milk replacer can be obtained.)
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