[yorkielady06]

I have had a pup do the exact same thing. At 3 days vet said no cleft, at 2 weeks no cleft, then at 6 weeks a cleft was noted. I knew there was something because the pup just would not latch on. I tube fed also and the pup grew slower than the rest of the littermates but grew regardless. At 6 weeks I knew for sure it was a cleft because when I attempted to add the rice cereal to the goats milk and let her eat the mush it came out her nose. She ended up with pneumonia and we went back to the vets and then a "huge" cleft was noticed. There was no other option at that point than to put her down.
I will tell you I had her many times when she did the mouth breathing in an ICU set up that I have made with oxygen going also. But looking back I think I did her more harm than good, but you just never know.

Have you tried a tiny bit of saline up the pups nose to maybe loosen whatever may be up there and then suctioning it out? Other than that I think continuing to tube feed is your best option.
I do not know if I mentioned with the goats milk it is 1cc per ounce of puppy weight in each feeding. So a 5 ounce pup would get around 5 ccs per feeding. That is a general rule but not studied. It is just what I have used on my many times feeding and it seems to work.
How is the pup doing at this point?