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Originally Posted by Jhm71  Thanks everyone for advice. I have been researching tube feeding pups so I can be prepared if this were ever to happen again. I have also read that it might be that pup had a cleft palate as he did not suck from the beginning. |
Be sure you have pups seen by a vet ASAP after they are born. Your vet should make the effort to see you, as a breeder, and examine new borns as well as momma, ASAP....there are just too many things that can go wrong to not start immediately with a clean, healthy slate...or when you see a baby is not nursing, look for yourself for deformations of roof of mouth. Just have any newborns seen as close to immediately after birth, so you know if there are issues with cleft palate, etc.