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Originally Posted by smartpuppiepets  Wow... big story ... not fun !
Well, first of all, a breeder letting small puppies go home to young, either inexperienced or doubtful responsibility.
Parasites such as Giardia and or coccidia could explain all the symptoms you are experiencing and the fact that she went to you way too young. Not every puppy will stress out to the point of having these parasites overgrow and show those symptoms, so the fact that the siblings did not show any stress signs is not a good reference.
The other breeder gave you great advice as far as the feeding. Not feeding is definitely not an option, she needs to be fed round the clock every 2 hours and the "a/d" food is a great choice. You liquefy it and syringe feed it . Honey is not the best option, nor it is sugar. the more you give, the unstable she will be. Do you know anything at all about insulin levels in the blood and how it is better to get it stable rather than having "peaks" of it , that eventually will cause diabetes?
The thing with smaller yorkie puppies is this: Once the insane cycle of stress and sugar lows is started it is hard to stabilize it. But not impossible.
You need to offer 3 things basically:
1 - energy stability ( sugar stability) by feeding her on a schedule a very good quality food. For now a/d will do fine and as she stabilizes she will show more and more interest on the dry kibble of your choice.
2- You need to free her from the parasites. 5 days of meds probably did not do the trick. "Albon" combined with "Flagyl" for 9 days and "Panacur-C", These 3 meds for the 9 days is what you need to give. Of course you must get these from your vet and i am surprised they have not done this protocol yet.
3- She needs routine and rest. Plenty of rest. 20 mins of play and attention followed by 40 min of rest. She can not handle too much noise, new environment and different people handling her. She needs a quiet routine until she gets that adrenaline rush under a controlled balance and slowly get introduced to different things, new people and all.
From what you describe, this is a tiny yorkie puppy under a whole lot of stress. The fact that she seems happy and it is like a fireball sometimes just confirm this. Too many distractions, too much activities.
Hope i gave you some insights.
Blessings.
XOXO |
Thank You for all your advice & very interesting info.
I must just mention in SA if we waited until 10/12wks old we wouldn't get a pup. They would be sold to some one else. Especially little girls. But I hear what you are saying..
Hollee had stool tests immediately & this particular parasite was found. She was given 5dys of panacur & 3 days of antibiotics. her stool was tested again doing two 'floations' and I was told she completely clear. It now seemed to be that her bowel lining/flora needed to be restored. Which is why she is on the recovery/a/d diet.
I agree with your point that she needs quite routine and rest. We thought the other day when we saw her racing around that we should stop her and calm her.
She is small. But what I question is that the next day after I got her she had soft stools and a glucose drop. The parasites were picked up very quickly and she was treated. Going to vet as often as i did will have stressed her I'm sure..but I was so worried and not familiar with the glucose drop in a yorkie. Both my other yorkies came at 8wks. One passing away at 16yrs and the other two months ago at 11yrs. I never had to deal with this kind of thing. There is just my husband and myself at home. We are retired. Hollee has a quite unrushed life. We make a plan to go out when the other is here to stay with her. I have had two friends visit since I got her so that she is not passed around among many people. We were supposed to make a 6hrs car journey with her yesterday to celerbrate my brother in law's 70th birthday but cancelled it as we said we couldn't subject Hollee to such a long car trip. We have one other dog which is an 11yr old dachie. She is sweet and gentle. Hollee loves playing with her, sleeping with her and generally annoying her daily.
I don't understand why she should be so stressed out in this environment.
i think I am dealing with a small pup who came with an infestation. This is what set her back. vet visits , very soft stools with no shape, lots of meds equals stress ..we are now building her flora again ..until then I am battling with her weight gain as she has frequent loose stools. I am at a loss sometimes when she just wont eat or eats such a little. that's when I have to syringe her..which I hate as I feel this stress's her. I am worried this may become a permanent situation in that she becomes diabetic. The vet said to give her a small amount of honey to lick off a teaspoon once a day..Oh dear..its quite a tough one Ax