Jaquetta,
I am sure you have contacted the vet by now and are probably feeding the babies mother's helper milk (Esbilic).

First you mention the pups are 3 days old. Is that 3 days from their normal delivery date or are they preemies? Are they able to suckle from a bottle or are you tube feeding? Other considerations are keeping the puppies warm, hydrated and getting them to eliminate reguarly.

Puppies can not eliminate on their own until they are about 2 weeks old. Mom usually does this for them. You need to take a warm cotton ball and rub vigorously over their genitals. Pee about once a hour and poop about every two hours.

I really feel at a loss here since I do not know what the circumstances are and that does make a major difference in how you respond. Please email me at [email protected] so I can get your phone number and perhaps call you.

One last initial thought is to check around your area to see if there is a bitch who has whelped recently. There is no substitute for mom and a surrogate is better than none. Even if it's not the same breed! A friend recently had 9 pups who had two surrogate mom's and they are doing great today. Don't think they would be here if they had to do it all by hand.

Please email me if you need to talk or want more information.