Pet paediatrics

Continued

 

Last week we started sharing some basic information on newborn pups/kittens. Let us continue with some more of this data.

Newborn puppies/kittens, like all mammalian newborns, need to suckle on the first milk produced by the mother.  This milk which is produced just after the pups/kittens are born is called colostrum.  It contains all the nutrients (proteins, minerals, vitamins, fats, etc) needed by the newborn,