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Originally Posted by thburton1  She throws up a lot, can barely keep food down, then her sugar plummits and we have to take her to the vet for ivs. My dad called the vet today she told him to give her lean hamburger and boiled chicken to see if she will eat. She ate the burger up at their house but threw up a hour later. She has been pretty puney today. I am frying her up some more right now to see if she will eat. |
Here is the problem, this is not normal. If a puppy can't hold food down, something else is going on. Have they ran blood panels and bile acids on her? Often with "chronic hypoglycemia" there is an underlying cause. Try Innova Evo 95% Beef. I went through this with a puppy and that was the only thing she would eat. If you need to force feed/sryinge feed use Royal Canin Recovery Diet. It contains lots of water and is mushy so can be easily sryinge-fed and keeps them from getting dehydrated. Suggestions are that she have a full cbc and bile acid test to rule out other issues, and that she is sryinge-fed. Medication-wise she may need something like metoclopramide to keep her from getting reflux and vomiting the food, and/or something like metronidazole to calm her stomach and clear up her stool. This is not normal, even for a young or very small puppy. Puppies naturally have an appetite and although small babies have high metabolism and can easily get hypoglycemic, this can easily be prevented and the puppy should not be vomiting.
