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As with humans, a mother’s milk is the perfect food for newborn puppies and kittens. Nursing is a natural and beautiful process and anyone who has ever seen a litter Nursing contentedly will attest to this. Young puppies and kittens have very high nutritional requirements for their extremely fast growth rates and high Energy Levels.
In fact, eating and sleeping are the two major activities of the first two weeks of life! Puppies and kittens generally double their birth weight by the 8th or 10th day of life.
Because the entire litter’s energy requirements must be met by the mother, Lactation is a very nutritionally demanding time for your female dog or cat. A complete and balanced diet is very important and she will need between one and a half to three times more food than usual - as well as a lot more fresh water - while nursing.
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