HELP immediate guidance needed
 

I have a 5 week old yorkie. Since birth, he has had white bowel movements. I have spoken with his vet who thought it may be liver shunt. The very first symptoms occurred yesterday. He and his brothers were out playing and all of a sudden he started falling and his head was swaying back and forth. I put him back into bed and in a few minutes all problems stopped.

Just now I was taking in some food for the babies and he was flailing on the ground. He could not even get up but he did eat. About 5 minutes after that he appeared fine.

He still has totally white stool and his urine is very yellow.

I have a vet appt at 5:30 today so can someone please advise me what could be wrong.

How much does this puppy weigh? When was he weaned? Did the symptoms happen awhile after eating?

That doesn't sound good.:(

I have no idea what it is but a pup with those symptoms needs to see a specialist immediately in my opinion.

How is your baby doing?

Wish you the best, please let us know what you find out.

Any update? Sounds really concerning...

I am very sorry your puppy is not doing well. Any news from the vet yet?

Anything yet??

Sorry to hear about your little guy. Wish I had some advice for you but I only have get well wishes.....:(

....anything :(

back from the vet
 

Well we are back from the vet and they really don\'t know what the problem is. A couple of weeks ago I took in a stool sample and there were no parasites. It is not diarrehea. Normal except it is whitish, yellow.

He is 5 weeks old and weighs 14.3 oz. He is still nursing off mom but I am starting to feed them to wean them from her. When I fed him today, within 5 or so minutes he was acting normal. This has the vet puzzled since liver problems would flare up after he eats. He is just the opposite, eating helps him. The vet said it may be low sugar level so she suggested I feed him every two hours. She wants me to weigh him every day but I do and he is gaining weight. In fact I weighed him Friday and he was 13.9 and today he is 14.3. She also wants me to take in another bowel sample and urine so they can test them. She said he is way too little to take blood so it is more or less wait and see. By the time we got him to the vet, he was acting and looking like any other "normal" puppy. Very frustrating. He is not in pain so we have to wait til he gets bigger to take blood.

Please pray for my little guy. He is sooo little and helpless and just a little sweet heart.

Thank you all for your concern and if I find anything out I will post. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. I am open to try anything.

Thank you again.

praying you get an answer and this little one can be stabilized

praying your baby feels better

He may be getting hypoglycemic. Do you have nutri-cal to give him?

I\'m guessing it\'s okay to give one that young??