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Originally Posted by Calleasto Sorry this post is kinda long 
Hey everyone, I have a 3 1/2 month old Yorkie pup who has had a couple of hypoglycemic seizures over the past two weeks. The first time I took him to our usual vet when he was having a seizure, the vet kept him all day. He said I was lucky I brought him in when I did. Anyway, once they let me come pick Chewie up, I asked the doc what I could do to prevent this from happening. He said "just make sure you leave food out for him at all times", which I had already been doing. So, a week passed and then yesterday, Chewie had another seizure so this time I took him to a different vet to get a second opinion. The vet there explained to me that I should be giving him light white Karo syrup, about 50cc's a day either by mouth or in his food. I'm not supposed to feed him canned food, and if he doesn't eat every 4-6 hours I have to forcefeed him....
So, my question comes down to is there anyone on this board who has a pup sensitive to hypoglycemia, and if so what do you feed to prevent attacks?? I have changed Chewies food three times to find one he will eat. Judging from his attacks, he'd rather kill himself than eat any of them! I'm getting really concerned about him eating.  So far the only things I can get him to eat are canned puppy food (any brand, eating Authority right now), but I mix the canned in with his regular hard food (Canidea). Or he'll eat chicken that I boil for him. But I'm not sure if these things are good on a constant basis. So, what do the rest of you do to pervent hypoglycemia? Or what do you feed a puppy who'd rather starve himself than eat anything you give him?
Oh, and I've also been giving him nutrical twice a day since I got him, so even that doesn't prevent his attacks, but it does bring him out of the seizure.
(sorry again for the long post!)
Thanks! Jamie |
This is such a tough one. We puppysat for one of our little boys a couple of weeks ago and although he's a healthy adult, I was stunned at how picky he was about his food. I offered him every yummy thing I could imagine and he turned his nose up at all of it. We were trying to do some training with him, so it was frustrating, but not a threat to his health.
I'm with the vet who says to force feed him if necessary. They need some calories every few hours until they grow out of this.
The only thing I didn't try with Mr. Picky Eater was adding some salt. I was going to suggest the nutrical, but you're already on that.
We have more than one dog and I think having competition for food makes for good eaters. I also have a DH who is a genius at getting them to eat. I wish you much luck with this. It is SO frustrating. I'm anxious to hear if others have found a solution.
CJ