This is VERY stressfull I know it . I have been in your situation and my puppy was not even as tiny though. he weighed 1.5 lbs. I know everyone is stressing to get a Bile Acid Test. But the honest truth is HE IS TOO TINY to have this test done. If you go and read some threads about what has happened to several people who have done the Bile Acid Test on a tiny puppy because the Buyer insisted before buying. Well they should be bigger than this tiny size. I had this done but only when my puppy was like 2 lbs and he still was shaking like crazy because he had not eaten anything.
I know telling you to calm down is not simple to do. Head pressing is not just liver shunt. It could also be an ear infection or something else. My puppy did not want to eat when I brought it home .I struggled to feed him and ended up getting a syringe and adding water to his food and syringe fed him about 4-6 times a day. I also syringed water in his mouth too. I did this for like 2 months straight.
After my puppy was already over a yr old he was diagnosed with Mild form of MVD which is a type of Liver Shunt but can be totally managed with a special diet food. He has been great ever since.
Please talk to breeders here about considering a Bile Acid Test on such a tiny baby.
Syringe feeding is one option until he starts eating on his own.I did that .Then he would only eat it off my hand,then he would only eat it off my leg then finally like 2 weeks of eating off my hand and leg..yes my leg! he finally started eating out of his little bowl.
The day he ate out of his bowl he was like 5 months old I think. I caught him eating and I started to cry and cry. Just thinking all I went through and finally he was eating on his own.
By the way one of mine did the "Head Pressing" and did not want to eat... I was a nervous wreck thinking this was Liver Shunt.Well it turned out to be a bad ear infection .
If you are afraid and in doubt I would syringe Hills Science Diet L/D canned food mixed in with a tiny bit of puppy food.
Good luck,
Genie
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