Hi all!
I am brand new to the forum and to Yorkies. To make a long story short, I now have a 11-week-old female yorkie pup (Zoe). She's had a terrible time since we "saved" her from her previous owner (18-year-old girl in a college dorm, who carried her around campus in a book bag...and worse)
. Came to us at 2 1/4 lbs, not able to eat dry food, very lethargic, tape worms. Since then she's been de-wormed, has regular nutri-cal or karo syrup, and we have to force feed her dog or baby food in a syringe. She frequently gets bad, unable to hold her head up, shaky and can't support her weight on her feet.
She's been to vet and emergency vet multiple times--hypoglycemia issues for sure and??? As of now she's to be fed once an hour, was put on mitronidazole today, and her blood work is concerning to the vet. She said her protein levels and the blood-sugar tests she's run (60 and 38 on two different occasions about one hour after a meal including karo and nutri-cal) lead her to believe there is a greater than 50% chance she has liver shunt. Her weight is down to 1.5 lbs, in spite of syringe feeding for 5 days. She is very sleepy and we are sooooo worried. Any thoughts or ideas for us?
By the way...this is an ADORABLE little baby and so smart!
