 New baby with Hypoglycemia
Hello Everyone..
I have previously had two yorkies I lost to old age..and now have a new baby for nearly two weeks ..She was 8wks old when I got her and weighed in at 18.34 ounces. She has one little brother who was roughly the same size.
We got home late afternoon and she ate well. The next day she ate fairly well but had her first glucose drop during the early hrs.She then went onto to have a least one everyday.She had come to me with a larvae infestation which in her first week needed treating for 5 days as well as antibiotics & probiotics.. I had only know very soft stools to loose with blood and mucus. I lived at the vet which couldn't have been good for her. I also tried a honey& water solution syringed at home which did help. But last week fri we had a day out planned..we couldn't avoid and she became HG again. I stopped at the vet on the way home who admitted her for the weekend. At this stage he started talking about 'liver shunt' as a possibility. I was devastated to hear this.. he said due the the up and down pattern we were seeing with her glucose levels..
The vet put her onto recovery soft diet and later a/d prescription soft diet with her soften 'Hills' kibbles. I also had to feed her every 2hrs. Which I did..but she often wouldn't eat! We are still at this point where she shows no interest in what I offerer. I let her change kibbles to Royal Canin which she loved for two days but today very picky.
She is a happy perky little thing most of the time, at times seems super charged, and will run at high speed chasing our older dachie.
Then I spoke to another breeder who lives near by and she said you dont need the vet! Just syringe the glucose sol when necessary and eating is not negotiable. If she wont eat her meal, liquidize it and syringe it but no more then 2mls at a time every two hrs. So now I have had to do this. For most of the time she has been with me she hasn't put on any weight! Her little brother has had no problems, eats 3 meals a day of hard 'Hills' kibbles and has formed stools. Another little girl different parents same breeder went at six weeks and was much smaller then mine and she has had no problems.
has anyone had this experince with there new baby. Would love to hear. |