Sick, 1.1 pound puppy is lethargic, not eating/drinking. Please help!!!
 

Hello! Our Baby Bella Dolce is about 6 weeks old. we've had her for 2 weeks. She has lost 3 ounces- and now weighs 1.1 pounds. For the past 2 days she has had green diarrhea. Today she vomited twice. She is lethargic, not playful, and just looks out of it. She hasn't eaten solid foods in almost 48 hours. Won't drink much either. She peed about 3 times today- bright yellow pee. We had a funeral to travel to from Atlanta and she got sick on our 2nd to last day there. Took her to the vet this morning (Banfield/Petsmart) in Raleigh. Parvo test was negative. Worm tests were also negative. Rectal Temp was low/normal at 99.5. They didn't know what was wrong with her! We haven't changed her food. She was on Science diet puppy ground food- not hard. She wasn't crazy about it. The vet gave her Metronidazol and some Florifauna stuff to put on her food-which won't help because she isn't eating her food! I have been giving her Pedialyte this evening- she fights me and I give it to her in a syringe along with Nutri-Cal. She doesn't like either. I am so scared and I don't want to lose her. What do you think could be the problem? She's not been around any other dogs. Should I take her back to the vet in the morning? Could she need an IV drip or blood tests? Can she survive without solid foods? She's so tiny. What signs do I need to look for to tell if she's getting worse or critically ill? Shouldn't the vet have done more for her? Please- help us- I'm not sure what else to do?

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Ok let me start by saying I am very sorry for what you are going through and I truly hope this poor baby Bella is restored to health quickly..

Now if I am to understand this right you have a 6 week old puppy and you have had her for 2 weeks? This would mean she was taken from her mother at 4 weeks? If this is true, I can tell you what is wrong and I can't imagine the vet did not? This puppy was removed (not weaned) from her mother WAY TOO SOON. I raised 25 fine black lab pups, I never ever let one go at 4 weeks, 6 weeks or even 8 weeks. All my pups stayed for 10 minimum, and some longer. Puppies get important nutrition and immunities from their mothers milk, they need this time with their mother, period.

You need to get this poor baby to an emergency qualified vet where she can be properly evaluated and properly cared for. Run, literally. PLEASE.

Good Luck and please let us know how this turns out. Please do your homework in the future, the breeders who took this poor baby and gave her to you should not breed EVER again.

Lynn

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Ok let me start by saying I am very sorry for what you are going through and I truly hope this poor baby Bella is restored to health quickly..

Now if I am to understand this right you have a 6 week old puppy and you have had her for 2 weeks? This would mean she was taken from her mother at 4 weeks? If this is true, I can tell you what is wrong and I can't imagine the vet did not? This puppy was removed (not weaned) from her mother WAY TOO SOON. I raised 25 fine black lab pups, I never ever let one go at 4 weeks, 6 weeks or even 8 weeks. All my pups stayed for 10 minimum, and some longer. Puppies get important nutrition and immunities from their mothers milk, they need this time with their mother, period.

You need to get this poor baby to an emergency qualified vet where she can be properly evaluated and properly cared for. Run, literally. PLEASE.

Good Luck and please let us know how this turns out. Please do your homework in the future, the breeders who took this poor baby and gave her to you should not breed EVER again.

Lynn

Hi. I'm so sorry you are going through this. She's so young to be away from her mother. I would go to another vet asap... I don't have much confidence in the one you saw based upon what you've written. Also get some nutrical and give that to her. I'll be praying for you and the pup.

Deff take her to a vet 1st thing in the A.M. & give her the nutrical throughout the night. She is & was WaY too young to be away from mom. Also try some plain boiled skinless chicken ASAP to see if she will eat. I would not wait till A.M. I would be going to an ER Tonight.

She needs nutri-cal through out the day and night to keep her blood sugars up. She also needs a good Vet and possibly to get her some Hill's A/D food and syringe feed her a little at a time about every 2 hours. A good Vet will help get that for her. She was taken from her mom way to young and is not getting the nutrients she needed.

This pup is way too young for you to have. She'd still be weaning from the mother at this age. I would be taking her to a vet (preferrably not Bannfield because I personally (IMO) no comfortable with them, and seeing if you can get a puppy milk replacement formula.
I'd also be rubbing nutrical on her gums. Hopefully a breeder will jump on this thread and give you some advice as well. I pray this little one makes it. For future reference, please know that toy breeds need to stay with their Momm unitl 12 weeks. That way they're weaned phyiscally and socially have learned what they needed to from their Momma. I'm guessing at 6 weeks his litttle teeth haven't even fully come in yet. Poor thing.

Hello everyone. Thank you got your advice. Our baby is in the hospital. She was dehydrated. The vet is testing her for a different virus, giving her IV FLUIDS and antibiotics. Please keep baby bella in your prayers.

As frightening as her being in the hospital has to be, at least she can get the fluids she desperately needs and hopefully you'll get a diagnosis that is treatable. Will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers.

Besides everything that has been said, this puppy needs a good mush, go buy "GOATS MILK" you can find it in your supermarket or at walmart, a good can of WET PATE puppy food, and make a mix, put it in a small saucer and with your finget put some in her mouth, YOU are mama and your hand is her mama teaching her to eat and drink, if she still not eating it you need to scoop the mix with you finger and open her mouth and put it in her mouth make sure she is swallows it, you most do this at least 5 to 6 times a day, specially before bed, I will also add a ration of puppy nutracal so she can sleep the night. for water I will add a drop of Karo syrop to her water for now,she needs it to also keep her sugar levels up.
Hope this helps.
hugs,

You got the poor pup at 4 weeks she is now 6 weeks , She is too young to be away fr her mom.
I will pray for this poor pup, hope she mades it.

I'm so glad you took her in and she is getting help. For one so small and so young, it doesn't take much to make them go downhill fast. I hope they can turn this around for her.

I will be Praying for your baby. Others here have given you very good info as to feeding your pup, Please do as they suggest as your baby was taken away from mama way too soon & needs to be supplemented with other things besides puppy food.

Thank goodness you got her to the hospital. Praying for baby Bella to get strong and recover unharmed. Please keep us updated on her status.

Praying for your baby girl!! I do remember in another thread the breeder told you the puppy was 8 weeks. I am so sorry you were decieved and I am so sorry you are going through this. I do believe prayers work in numbers...there have been so many good outcomes here on YT. We will all pray for you. Hugs, Nichole, Teddy & Piper