Excellent help you are getting and I am so thankful for that.... I just had a litter three weeks ago.. lost two puppies on day 6 and 7... I do not know how to do subq fluids.. but I will learn as the vet would not do this for me..so I lost them.. tube feeding was just not enough even every half hour of giving some fluids through out the night..
then on saturday I lost one at 19 days old.. had a post mortem done and all they could find was an empty tummy but no cause for death.. I was last with him at 2 a.m. and by 8 a.m he was gone..same female has had litter that was no problem except for gracie who we had to tube feed every two hours night and day.. but she was given subq fluids at night as the tube feeding began and then first thing in the morning.. we still have her..
we have one girl left that so far at 23 days old she is weighing 1.5... when we lost the boy last saturday morning.. he was weighing 1.1 and I was more concerned with our girl as she was not gaining.. she was not losing but she was not gaining over a 2 day period..
I am not recovered from this past week yet..
good luck with your babies.. anne |