[sydneegunter]

Last Thursday I got an 8 week old "teacup" yorkie. He's a tiny little thing, weighing in at only .12 lbs. I just recently found out that puppies should not be separated from their mother until 10 to 12 weeks, and that it could be causing my puppy to not eat. Well, Friday he was great. He was running around and had so much energy. Saturday night he seemed to hit a wall. He slept for hours on end, and wouldn't eat or drink anything. We thought it was because he was re-homed so early. On Sunday, he started having seizures. We rushed him to the emergency vet Sunday night, and they put Karo Syrup on his gums, and he instantly bounced back up, yet the vet wanted to keep him overnight for safety measures. At around 2 AM Monday morning, his health went downhill. They then had to insert IVs, as he was barely alive. He had bloody diarrhea and still would not eat. The vet had to force feed him, and he had to stay another night. They ran all the major tests, and they all came back negative. They believe that the problem was his low blood sugar. Now he's home, and we're continuing to have to force feed him every two hours. Along with the food we're giving him, we're also giving him Nutri-Cal. We contacted the breeder, and they claimed he was fine when they had him, and to feed him the food they were using, but the vet took him off that, (because it was not nutritious enough) and put him on Royal Canin puppy mousse. He will drink water, but refuses to eat by himself. He hates being fed like this, and also hates that we have to get him up every two hours to feed him. Does anyone have any advice on how to get this little guy to eat, without forcing him? Also, is puppy formula an acceptable replacement for his food, since he's so little?