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Originally Posted by jcwuvzu  update on cleftie, yep, that is what doc suspects too, but too early to do anything, obviously. All the others are gaining, she is almost two ounces behind the biggest and a little shorter than the rest. It is very hard to feed her without her sneezing formula, she is hungry and wants to gobble it up fast.  But I am just trying to be patient with her.
They have all opened eyes, and yesterday morning I trimmed all their nails with baby clippers. I hope its that easy when they get older. Somehow I doubt it...
I noticed they all seem to have water coming out of their nostrils, and they all have watery stool that shoots out  Hopefully thats normal while they are on formula, mommys stool has gotten much better since I put her on dry puppy food. (She still gets her daily yogurt treat though)
Hubby took back the kodak easy share, turns out it is not so easy after all, he will get something else and we will post updated pics soon.
I have to go back to work today after taking the last two weeks off to be with mommy and babies, I dont want to go!!!!!!!
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Oh, I was so hoping this wouldn't be the case. If she does have a cleft, you will find that she will steadily fall behind the others in weight and size. Don't worry about it, she will catch up later. (possibly much later)
Zacchie is right at 6 pounds, and the same size as the runt of his litter.
Here is the thread I started way back when.
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...eft-puppy.html
I didn't start it until he was eight weeks old, when I found this forum. To read what I wrote when he was younger, go to my blog at
there's a circus in my brain and click on the label Zaccheus on the left side of the page. Scroll down to the bottom and read to the top.
I did feed him with a bottle, eventually switching to a tube.
Now he is almost one year old, and eats regular food, and drinks out of a water bottle that hangs on his crate.
We have decided not to have corrective surgery because he is very healthy and strong. We don't want to mess up what's working for him. He is healthy in every way. We don't have problems with stuff getting in his cleft anymore, and he doesn't know he's different.
I'll post some pictures of his cleft, so you can see what it looks like.