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Originally Posted by suz  If there is anyone ot there that can answer this right away, I would really appreciate it.
My little one is 8 ounces and 11 weeks old I have been feeding him Nutra-Cal and chicken and whatever else he wants. Last night, he started going down hill. Now he is not even taking the Nutra-Cal. I am having to force feed him water!! Does anyone have any ideas? |
I am so sorry your baby is not doing well. As a breeder myself, I would be very concerned about his size. Has the vet considered that he may have a liver shunt? Often puppies with liver shunts do not thrive and they have blood sugar problems. What kind of food did you wean him on?
If you have been giving him a lot of Nutri-cal then his pancreas might be exhausted. Please read the following article:
http://www.showpapillons.com/formula.htm
From the above article: ....make a 5% glucose solution by mixing one teaspoon white corn syrup with a few grains each of sodium chloride (table salt) and potassium chloride (salt substitute) with four tablespoons boiled water. This resembles a Ringer’s glucose-sale fluid but, of course, cannot be used for subcutaneous or intravenous injection because it is not sterile. We put the solution into a dropper bottle.
I realize your little one is an older puppy but this solution might help him. The first thing is to get him stable. If you keep giving him different types of food then you might be doing more harm than good. It could be upsetting his tummy. I recommend you get a good quality dry puppy food and grind it up. You can make a mush using 1/2 goats milk mixed with 1/2 water. Or in place to the goat milk you can use some canned Pedigree Puppy food mixed with the ground up dry food.
I will be praying your baby recovers and starts to thrive.