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I really need some advice.
I have a 15 day old puppy who weighs 7 ozs. In the last couple of days he has lost 2/10's of an oz. Considering he should be gaining this isnt good news.
He had a rough start. For one he was born at 2 ozs. and early by 3 days. He was the only baby. I always stay with moms during birth but this birth was unusual, I didnt hear a sound until about 3 am, which was a frantic mom with no idea what to do. The puppy was chilled when I found him. Mom and baby were in the kennel in the kitchen. Instead of him being on the bedding he was on newspaper and she was upset with this new boy, her first litter.
When I found him I put him on a heating pad and calmed mom. I didnt think he would make it, he was pretty lethargic. But the warmth of the pad helped him. Although he had to be assisted to nurse for the first 2 days, he began nursing on his own and doing well. Mom calmed and took care of him.
He started gaining weight steadily until the last couple days. He started crying off and on. He wasnt nursing anytime I looked and mom wasnt laying with him. So I gave him nutradrops then later karo syrup. He appeared active and would lay with mom but I didnt see him nursing except once. He still cried alot so I started him on antibiotics(amoxil). 4 doses later in two days, he still cried and was not very active and lying on his side sometimes. I kept up with the karo and nutradrops.
I put him on a heating pad again and he didnt cry anymore but he just laid there on his side even when I picked him up although he was breathing regular. He would yawn but not move at all, but open his eyesl and even let his head fall back..........but he didnt cry at all with the heating pad ! But he didnt move at all except twitch. Temp of 97 degrees.
But I took him off the heating pad and held him again later, he opened his eyes and yawned, I put him on the carpet and he started crawling. I put him with mom and he nursed..........but just briefly for 2 minutes or so. then went back to sleep.
His gums look pale to me, almost white.
His mom is up to date on shots and wormed right after breeding with panacur. He shouldnt be wormy.
If you have any tips, they certainly would be appreciated. Mom has plenty of milk for him.
Sorry for the book but I thought the more background the better.
This little boy has been handled at least a dozen times a day. Maybe I handle him too much.
Im all ears!