Good luck Kelz it's hard work hand rearing but worth .

Another thought. If he has had a bad start, then he may be lacking in colustrum. That is available from Canine Chemists online. Pedigree do milk replacement or you can give Lactol.

If he has teeth within the next week start introducing puppy porridge, previously frozen raw mince etc. He won't need Farley's really, or the baby rice....

Mary

I would be interested to know the circumstances of this little ones past.

Glad you managed to get the replacement milk for him.. its the next best thing for him , to hims mums milk.

I really hope you can get him through this crucial time.

Rather than mince which can contain fat and gristle I have always used scraped beef to wean tiny puppies
You take a piece of steak, stewing steak is fine and scrape it with a sharp knife to produce a thick paste. This can be mixed with puppy meal or porridge. I have always given it raw but you can cook it in a little water then add the puppy meal and soak till soft.

Good idea Mini, the beauty of this age is they eat so little! (I was emphasising the point more about the frozen bit to kill off bacteria!)

Thanks Mini i'll bear that tip in mind when I get the little man eating a bit better.

Sounds like this pup has a fighting chance, just from the outline of what happened sounds shocking, not all puppy rearing goes to plan, just as my friends dog who got milk fever twice, it is definitely a labour of love and please let us know how the pup is going and what you call the pup when you get a chance

vinnie and holly were hand reared by me starting at 5ish days old.

I used welpi
http://www.hyperdrug.co.uk/Welpi-Mil...uctinfo/WELPI/

I used normal baby bottles and teats as rottie pups can handle them better.

I then went on to adding pedigree puppy porridge

http://www.petfoodpronto.co.uk/Product.asp?ID=1007

after that I soaked Eukanuba puppy food untill it was similar in texture to the puppy porridge and fed that,

I kept there welpi going untill they were 7 weeks.

cant say either of mine did badly on it though it was expensive with 11 hungry little chops to hand rear

I start weaning mine at 3 and a half weeks onto puppy porridge and then Eukanuba. Not sure why you feel the need to crush down rusk and other baby products. You really need to be looking at good quality puppy food or as Mini has said fresh meat.
Good luck its hard work xx

it can be a good idea to keep a weight diary, that way you can make sure hes gaining weight steadily