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Originally Posted by LittlePaws  When I took her to the vet the day you came, he told me her cleft was bigger than I had been told. I was already in shock over what had just happened to her.. I was told by her breeder that the cleft was very small nothing to worry about.. It was when the vet I took her to saw her cleft that he gave me her odds as 1 in 3. He did say however that he has seen much worse and he felt that she truly did have a chance to pull through..
On her feedings, do you think 1/2 cc water 2cc milk and 1cc flush would be better? She needs to gain.
Do you plan to take her to the vet tomorrow?
Oh, the pigment in her nose will come as she gets older. It will get a molted look and turn all black by the time she is about 8 weeks old.
Your doing a great job with her! |
The size of the cleft did take me by surprise because you had told me it was a pin hole. But it doesn't matter, we will beat those odds!
She seems very strong and moves alot.
I have already increased to 2 cc of formula at each feeding and will gradually increase to 3 cc a feeding by tomorrow. I think that is what she should be getting IAW the formula for figuring amounts I wrote to you about (25-35 milliliters of formula for every 100 grams ). As she grows I will adjust. That kept my lsat bunch at a nice gaining pace and their little bellies round. I am also going to hold off on the tail docking. Will probably just let her keep it. I have always had mixed feelings about that anyway. Now I have an excuse to let it stay.
That is strange about the nose. I do not remember any of my pups going through a pink nose stage. I guess I am not remembering the first few days. I saw on YTCA they are black by the 1 week mark. I also did not remember them being that small. I thought she was smaller than my last litter, but then when I weighed her I was surprised -- she was 3.8 oz! I had 2 that were 2.5 oz and 1 that was 3 oz. So, my memory is definately slanted by whatever I see last! LOL!