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Yorkiemom1 · 07-11-2015, 11:14 PM

If I were you, I would be feeding chicken baby food at least every 2 hours, depending on how much baby is eating....let him lick as much off your finger as he is able to do....if he wont lick it off your finger, you must get a syringe from the vet/doctor, load it up with the chicken baby food, and squirt at least 6-9cc, in 1-2cc squirts, on the back of this babys tongue, at least EVERY 2-3 hours AROUND THE CLOCK.....get Pedialyte for human babies, and give this to the pup aqs drinking water....if he wont take it by himself, you will have to give hime about 6cc with every meal he eats. Dont dilute the baby food chicken with the pedialyte water.....he needs all the nourishment you can get into him....give the food first and finish with the pedialyte. You are going to have to feed like this until this baby manages to get a grip on life and living.

After maybe 2 weeks of doing this, advance feedings to every 4 hours around the clock. Now you can also add a little Royal Canin canned puppy food for newborns to the chicken baby food....he may really like the Royal Canin puppy mousse....most of them adore this stuff.....you have to be sure this baby is eating 1cc of puppy food for every ounce of body weight around the clock, every 4 hours.....continue with the pedialyte as hydration, with a syringe if he will not drink it on his own.....he has to have about 12cc of water every 4 hours to keep him hydrated. This will get you through the next 4 weeks....next step is advance feedngs to every 4 hours during the day, like 8am-12noon-4pm-8pm-12midnight.....You need to play it safe with supplementing his metabolism and sugar levels with NutraCal 1 inch, between meals and last thing before bedtime to carry him thru the night until his next feeding. Lets see how you and the pup are doing in 6 weeks, and we will talk about adjusting feedings! Good luck, it is terribly hard work, but this baby deserves no less than this attempt to keep him alive.

Do NOT give this already debilitated baby ANY raw food....I almost killed an entire litter of HEALTHY babies tring to do the "best thing possible" for them, and feeding them during weaning, raw food....their systems can not handle the barrage of bacteria that is released into thier guts and it will kill him.....

07-11-2015, 11:14 PM	#12
Yorkiemom1 Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 9,462	If I were you, I would be feeding chicken baby food at least every 2 hours, depending on how much baby is eating....let him lick as much off your finger as he is able to do....if he wont lick it off your finger, you must get a syringe from the vet/doctor, load it up with the chicken baby food, and squirt at least 6-9cc, in 1-2cc squirts, on the back of this babys tongue, at least EVERY 2-3 hours AROUND THE CLOCK.....get Pedialyte for human babies, and give this to the pup aqs drinking water....if he wont take it by himself, you will have to give hime about 6cc with every meal he eats. Dont dilute the baby food chicken with the pedialyte water.....he needs all the nourishment you can get into him....give the food first and finish with the pedialyte. You are going to have to feed like this until this baby manages to get a grip on life and living. After maybe 2 weeks of doing this, advance feedings to every 4 hours around the clock. Now you can also add a little Royal Canin canned puppy food for newborns to the chicken baby food....he may really like the Royal Canin puppy mousse....most of them adore this stuff.....you have to be sure this baby is eating 1cc of puppy food for every ounce of body weight around the clock, every 4 hours.....continue with the pedialyte as hydration, with a syringe if he will not drink it on his own.....he has to have about 12cc of water every 4 hours to keep him hydrated. This will get you through the next 4 weeks....next step is advance feedngs to every 4 hours during the day, like 8am-12noon-4pm-8pm-12midnight.....You need to play it safe with supplementing his metabolism and sugar levels with NutraCal 1 inch, between meals and last thing before bedtime to carry him thru the night until his next feeding. Lets see how you and the pup are doing in 6 weeks, and we will talk about adjusting feedings! Good luck, it is terribly hard work, but this baby deserves no less than this attempt to keep him alive. Do NOT give this already debilitated baby ANY raw food....I almost killed an entire litter of HEALTHY babies tring to do the "best thing possible" for them, and feeding them during weaning, raw food....their systems can not handle the barrage of bacteria that is released into thier guts and it will kill him..... Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 07-11-2015 at 11:17 PM.