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Originally Posted by ChicagoSoul Here is the reason of my asking to put the question into content.
At Manya's first visit to the vet, which was when she was 14 weeks, she weighted according to his assistant 1.38 lbs. It was kind of bizarre because her breeder said that she was almost 2 lbs when we got her.
Anyway, I trusted the assistant's scale. I did not see it myself because Manya was taken to a different room. Anyway, the vet said that she is really healthy and happy, and everything was dandy.
I took her home. She was the happiest and healthiest eater in spite of her weight. She was on the strict schedule and I would normally give her 25 pieces of dry wood, which amounts to 1/8 of a cup three times a day. She would devour her food. My boyfriend unilaterally decided that Manya wants more. So, he started giving her probably double, maybe a little less (like 40-45). She would eat most of it, sometimes leaving some.
When I took her to the vet (her vet was out on vacation and she was seen by a very young vet instead, which I had no clue would happen) two weeks after our first appointment, at 16 weeks, for Rabies shot, she weighted, according to a different assistant, 2lbs. I almost floored. It would make her gain 0.62 lbs in just two weeks (almost third of her original weight). I said, "No way." She really did not feel that on touch and she did not look like she gained that much, but what do I know?
I asked the vet if it's normal and she was like, "Absolutely!" I always considered myself to be a reasonable person. Gaining so much is not reasonable unless there was a mistake made in her original weight, which is what my boyfriend thinks happened. He thinks that Manya was a little less than two and gained a couple of ounces. This makes sense. I just could not imagine that vet's assistant can be so wrong looking at the scale.
Anyway, I was all paranoid about it and said that we need to feed her strictly what I had her eat before, which is 25 pieces. I also decide to buy a scale myself. At least this way, I would know for sure. So, hypoglycemia is not our issue. It is the opposite that might be true. However, it is unlikely. She does not look heavy and she does not feel heavy. It's absolutely bizarre. Again, my thoughts were confirmed when I looked at the chart you, guys, sent me. Every week, the puppy there was to gain 1-2 ounces. That's what I thought was normal.
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