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Originally Posted by suz  He's been to the vet already. I am giving him Ringers twice a day 5 cc's a day. And he's getting fluid by syringe about every 2 hours. |
If the sub-q solution has no glucose, you may not be doing the good you think. Most solutions are some type of sodium chloride w/out glucose. They help with hydration only. Not eating and not taking nutri-cal is not good. The baby's not getting any glucose or protein. You could try some karo instead of the nutri-cal. It tends to get into the system faster than nutri-cal, but this one sounds like it needs more intensive care than just that.
Chachi, I doubt that a vet could do IV on such a small one. The veins are too tiny. The fluids I'm mentioning would be most likely given sub-q.