preemie puppy with green stool
 

I have a litter that was born on 12.13.15 about 5days earlier than expected due date. 2 girls and 2 boys.
Everyone seemed fine except one tiny girl(less than 2oz )which looked very dehydrated and with hairless hind toes. She couldn't latch, so I tube fed her first 4 days and 1/2 tube feeding + 1/2 mommy for following week.
Esbilac and just born formula was way too strong for her to digest.
1 part goat milk , 1/2 water, 1/2 pedialyte with karo and nurtidrop was just perfect for her little tummy. She's been on 100% mommy's milk for about a week now, and slowly gaining weight(now almost 3.5oz)
she's been eliminating stool every 3~4 feedings, and color and consistency of stool was perfect, except starting yesterday color of stool has changed to dark green(normal consistency) I'm just wondering if she's over eating and can't digest the milk well.(I reduced her feeding to every 3~4hrs) Other than color of her stool, she's doing great. I'm taking her to the vet on Saturday, but I'd love to get some thoughts from knowledgeable ladies of YT. She was checked by emergency vet from Animal Medical Center which is considered the best animal hospital in the city, and the vet made a huge mistake and almost killed her, so I'd love to get some input from experienced ladies here before I meet with vet(Sorry to say this, but many of ladies here are more knowledgeable than many young vets out there!)
PS: Anyone know vet who's experienced with newborn in NYC area?

thank you

OH how precious!!!!!!

I don't know about puppies but baby people poo is often greenish the first weeks in a newborns life.

Best wishes for your litter of babies.

I've read that human babies can have green stool, when they drink too much of diluted mommy's milk. However, in puppies supposedly, they can have green stool, when they can't digest milk(too rich) properly...

I was wondering about the food changes as well, but she's been on 100% mommy's milk for about a week now, so why now?

ER DR. told me that she won't last more than couple of days, but she has been proving her wrong. She's such a fighter, but I'm still very nervous about any little changes she makes....

By the way
"HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!" :D

Is the food high in iron? Not sure about dogs, but I know that can cause green stools in humans. I am not a breeder, but her weight gain must be really encouraging.

I don't know, since I haven't tested mom's milk...
other litter mate(boy who was about the same weight as her, but not preemie) is doing fine,
so I'm guessing she being about 1.5 week preemie could be the reason for her not being able to digest the milk properly... I'm just hoping its not infection issue...

Just came back from "Hudson animal hospital", and Dr. Angiello was very nice and caring. He was amazed(his words) that not only she survived,but also she's thriving!
We both agreed that as long as her stool is normal consistency, we'd just wait and watch... (I might give her probiocin to balance her flora)
I've been praying for this little girl everyday, and hope god will help her to grow healthy.:hands:

that is so cute! Good luck with that tiny baby...look at that worried mom!

Thank you!
so far, she's doing great (She gained .75oz since doctor's visit which is the most weight she ever gained in such short time) She's still 4.25oz, and her balance is not there yet, but can't complain considering how she was 3weeks ago.

What a sweet picture.

thank you
just want to share one more picture of her with her little friend who keeps her warm at night:)

Great job keeping her going! She looks so tiny and precious... Looking forward to updates!

This is exciting she is improving. Slow and steady growth sounds fabulous!!!!!

Congratulations and I hope the rest of the litter is making great progress.

Thank you!
She's turning 4weeks tomorrow and 4.5oz!
She's a determined little girl!

Sweet little baby, she's such a fighter. keeping baby in my prayers for a full recovery.

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What a sweet little girl, looks like a real Yorkie pup now:) Congratulations on all your hard work and TLC to keep her well and growing. Soon she will be getting into everything and keeping you even more busy.
Thanks for sharing her story and progress, and so happy it all turned out so well. Hope we get more pics as she grows up more.

Good Luck with here, so sweet,

Does she have a "soft spot"....open fontanel? Precious little baby.....thrilled she is doing well!

Thank you & yes, she has already started trying to escape her little box :)

Thank you.
Yes, she has one which is one of the biggest I've ever seen.
It's been getting smaller, but still big enough to notice. I've been giving her infantcare(twinlab multivitamin drop for newborn/human). I'm hoping it will close with time. Her stool on the other hand, she's been plugged for couple of days, so I gave her enema and she finally had beautiful BROWN stool! She's been defecating every other day which I don't really like,but hope it's due to her body absorbing as much nutrition as possible, so there's less to come out...

She may only be pooping every other day due to the vits as they can often cause some constipation. So happy to see she's doing so well now.

I've been giving her .5ml per week, which is not much, but I'll stop it to see if it works. Thank you for the info:)

Wow, such a fighter! Have you named her?

You're doing a great job with her. Wishing continued success and looking forward to regular updates.

Thank you
No she doesn't have a name yet(My bf's been calling her mrs. burns/simsons = she looked like mr. burns when she was born):D
I've been sleeping 3~4 hrs every day for about 4 weeks now, but it's worth!

Just checking up on this little one. Hope all is well.

Any up-dates on the baby, please.

I am thrilled this baby is doing so well.....please be alert for hydrocephalus in this baby....watch her closely, have her vet checked at frequent intervals for this.....I am concerned......

thank you

Sorry for late reply, I've been busy (I was in a car accident week before little girl was born, so I'm trying to keep balance between my hospital visits & taking care of furry babies) Little girl is getting so strong despite her size 6.5oz @ 5weeks. Only concern I had was that she didn't poop for 5 days, and she didn't seem bloated at all. I didn't want to keep giving her enemas, so I took her to the hospital, and dr. wasn't sure about why she wouldn't defecate. My guess is that maybe mom's milk is diluted as it's time for her to wean babies off, so even if little girl drinks a lot, there's not much to digest? Little girl got saline solution enema at the hospital, and I've been feeding her baked pumpkin with puppy gruel, and she finally had full stool on 7th day! She's a little bully, and she likes to chase the biggest boy and bite his ears:D

Thank you for your concern.
I was worried about the same thing as well and other issues she might have.
So far, she's been proving everyone wrong... and I hope she continue to do so.
Dr. and I decided to wait until she's big enough(8weeks) to have enough blood to run full tests on her.

Precious, absolutely precious! God bless this tiny Angel of His!