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02-25-2016, 07:01 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: louisiana
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| Yorkie-poo puppy wont eat. I got my puppy about a weeks ago he is 9 weeks 1.6 lbs. The day after I got him I had to rush him to the emergency room for low blood sugar. once he got out the hospital he was eating fine, every 3-4 hours 1-2 table spoons of food each feeding like the doc. told me. well three days later I could tell he had low blood sugar again, so I did the karo syrup, and of course I had to feed him, and he wouldn't eat, so I did chicken baby food in a syringe. and he perked back up soon after that. But im not sure he liked the fact I had a force feed him to eat, because now he wont eat at all, so for the last two days ive been having to feed him threw a syringe. I put down a plate of food and he wont even go near it, ive tried everything. cooking his own food, dry food, wet food, mush w/e I tried it. But I know I cant do this anymore, not only is its driving me crazy also. Has anyone had this problem, and how can I get him to eat his food, because he has to, even if I leave food in his crate at night he wont eat. |
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02-27-2016, 10:24 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Welcome to Yorkie Talk. Your baby is so young and small, so you have a potentially dangerous situation, as you know. Usually breeders keep pups this small longer for this reason. I had to hand feed Max and get him excited about his food his whole first year. Did the vet say your puppy is healthy otherwise? Did you try tiny bits of boiled plain chicken breast? Maybe a little fresh parmesan cheese with it? Try handfeeding and try to hide your anxiousness for him to eat. Be confident and happy. Please keep us updated.
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02-27-2016, 12:29 PM | #3 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| This is such a sad event....and all too common for new puppy buyers. It does however, shine a light directly in exactly WHY these "breeders" dump these babies on new owners at 8 weeks and earlier....then THEY dont have to deal with this issue in their babies, the new owner has the problem. So now it is absolutely imperative for YOU to be absolutely sure that baby's glucose does not drop below what is required to keep this baby not only alive, but mentally sharp....every time you find your baby unresponsive, or in some cases, having seizures, the baby is affected mentally and brain cells die. There are "breeders" that want you to believe hypoglycemia is a normal expectation in yorkies...this is NOT true....I have never had a baby with lo blood sugar issues from my breedings.....that is not something that happens normally in well bred dogs.....NONE of the breeders, especially ones with show lines, have persistent, consistent, frequent issues with hypoglycemia in our babies, so do not believe it when some backyard breeder or a pet shop unloads a baby that is too young to be separated from its momma to begin with, and it has issues with hypoglycemia. With THAT cleared up, you would do real well to get on line and buy Dr.Millers NutraDrops....the dogs LOVE this stuff, it is easy to give, and it isnt all thick and sticky and gets all in their face hairs.... Most babies love this stuff....I had a bottle on the floor and was giving a dose to one I had just had spayed, I knocked the bottle over, and the others rushed in and I was fighting to keep the group from licking the spilled bottle of NutraDrops up from the floor! They love it and it is to be given with ANY traumatic issues or any disruption in what these dogs consider normal...vet visits, car rides, long trips, post op, etc....it has vitamines and is not only used to bring up a dropping glucose level...you can use this stuff on long car rides when you cant feed the dog because it gets carsick....it is great and people need to have this stuff on hand at all times. You need to give this baby at least 1cc every 4 hours, until the baby starts eating enough to keep its own blood sugar up....offer the pup Gerber baby food chicken, from your finger for meals every 4 hours....if he will not lick it from your finger, get a 5cc syringe from your vet, and give this baby at least 5cc of chicken baby food every 4 hours, advancing to every 5 hours when baby is 10 weeks old....with amount increased to 8cc every 5 hours at 10 weeks old, 10cc every 6 hours at 12 weeks old....then you can start weaning to puppy food, probably canned... If you go to work in the morning, be absolutely sure you dose that baby with the NutraDrops before you leave, and be sure the baby is fed before you leave for work....or you will come home to an unconscious/unresponsive/dead baby. Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 02-27-2016 at 12:32 PM. |
02-27-2016, 12:34 PM | #4 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| When you are syringing anything into a baby's mouth, you put it into their mouth at the back corner of their mouth....then it goes into their mouth, it is deposited on the BACK of their tongue and not easily spit out, and they do well keeping it in their mouth. |
02-27-2016, 01:48 PM | #5 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: louisiana
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| I wish i would have known all of this or to tell you the truth i wouldnt have gotten him if i knew he was to young, thats my fault for not doing my research. Im just afraid im going to be feeding him threw a syringe for the rest of his life. because he will not give food the time or day, and before hand he was eating and drinking fine. but as far as how he acts he plays, and everything fine fairly active, im truly scared. |
02-27-2016, 06:15 PM | #6 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| You just need to keep him alive and seizure free until he is 12-14 weeks old...hopefully, he will have enough age on him by that time (hoping they didnt lie about how old he ACTUALLY is....they usually start dumping these babies at 5 weeks old to keep from spending money on them...), so you have a little over a month to go to keep him alive and learning how to eat.... He wont give food the time of day because he is too young to be eating a regular diet!! Babies this young should be nursing from momma still, with just learning how to address mush dog food in a lid, learning to lap..... Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 02-27-2016 at 06:17 PM. |
03-06-2016, 10:58 AM | #7 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Dubai UAE
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| I'm s it fine to feed Yorky a boiled egg |
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