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Originally Posted by pstinard  Our Bella was 2.1 pounds when we got her at 8 weeks. We had to watch her like a hawk, but even then we didn't know about hypoglycemia until she started showing signs of uncontrollable shaking during the first week we had her. We had to call the vet, who told us it was an emergency situation, and to give her karo syrup or honey, or whatever sugar source we had on hand to stabilize her. We gave her karo syrup, and it worked like a charm within just a few minutes. We took her to the vet anyway, and they gave her a clean bill of health, but told us to watch out for hypoglycemia in the future. She only had one more episode a few days later. We had nutrical on hand after that, but Bella HATED it, so we treated her hypoglycemia by rubbing karo syrup on her gums, and she tolerated that well.
Bella's breeder kept her in a home situation, so she was probably well socialized because of that. She was on us like a tick on a hound from day one. But we got to choose her from among five other littermates, and we chose her because she seemed the friendliest and most well adjusted. We probably just got lucky. One of Bella's brothers ran from us and hid under the furniture at the breeder's. I always wondered how he turned out... |
Yeah, I had Karo too at the advice of my breeder, but Cookie never got hypoglycemic. It was more that I'd have to give her Nutrical to spur her appetite a few mornings when she wanted to do zoomies around the house before eating anything, and when she was so young I always wanted her to eat when she woke up so I wouldn't have to deal with hypoglycemia.