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Gizmo is anemic, hypoglycemic and won't eat! I don't know what to do for my little guy. :confused: He is only 9 weeks old, and I just got him last week. My husband is in the navy, and we're stationed in Japan. I took him to the vet, but I don't speak much Japanese. Gizmo has diareah real bad. When I took him in they drew blood and took a stool sample. His blood sugar level was about half of what it needs to be, so they gave him a shot. He also had Coccidiosis (a parasite) and the vet gave me medicine to give him once a day for 8 days. His WBC count was fine, but he is low on red blood cells. I'm afraid if he doesn't eat anything he'll get worse. :( I tried baby food, canned puppy food, milk(which he usually loves), and I got nothing. All the poor little guy will do is sleep. Anything would be helpful. This is my first puppy. |
Welcome to yt sorry to hear gizmo is poorly there are a lot of people on yt who will be able to give advise it is a little quiet at the moment. Chicken and rice seems to be helpful for diarea try that and if gizmo won't drink try to syringe water into the side of his mouth .Good luck. |
There isn't a veterinarian on base there? You NEED to get some karo syrup right away since you will not be able to find nutrical and give him a little on the roof of his mouth to get and keep his blood sugar up. Keep the karo in his drinking water after you get him stabilized until he gets over the hypoglycemia. Where is your breeder? Maybe they can help you. You also need to get this puppy to eat try boiled chicken, canned food anything you can. Go back to the japanese vet if you need to, this is a very young puppy.Good Luck. |
Do not give him anymore milk tho. |
If you got the puppy from a breeder, contact them. They'll tell you what to do and I'm sure they've got karo syrup or nutrical on hand. Are there any pet stores nearby that you can get to? Try boiled chicken breast, little rice (for diarrhea), canned baby food (gerber chicken sticks or turkey) - you can get them at the grocery store or anyone with a toddler at the house that you can contact? Try water and the syrup or Nutrical if you get to it gently to the roof or side of the mouth, a few drops at a time. Good luck. |
If you cant find karo syrup you can also use honey |
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As for eating, as he feels better he will get back to normal but in the meantime cook him some chicken or hamburger in water and try to get him to eat that. Also you need to keep his sugar level up, add some karo syrup or honey to his water and if need be syringe him some of it. If he at anytime acts like he's staggering, rush him back to the vet. If needed you can put karo or syrup directly in his mouth which will bring him around fast. Contact the breeder for help also. Good luck. |
Welcome and I am sorry for all the problems with your first puppy. It can be very scary when they are sick, more so I'm sure when thier is a language difference. My CAli had coccidia, kennel cough and went hypoglycemic 3 times when she was a puppy. Like everyone said you need to keep his sugar levels up and food and water regularly. I had to feed CAli every 4-5 hours at first, and she would only eat chicken, which she still eats a year later. So make sure he is eating and get the Karo, pancake or honey into him. If you can get to a petstore they should have some sort of high nutritional paste you can get or ask the vet if they have anything. AT 9 weeks he should be perky and eating and getting his sugar level up should make a big difference. Good luck and keep us posted. |
An Update on Gizmo He really liked the chicken! Thank you all for that great suggestion. The vet on base is on emergency leave, that's why I have to go out in town. He still has diareah, and he won't drink any water. I have been forcing him with a syringe about every hour or so. I just tried the karo syrup, so hopefully that will perk him up soon. If he's not better by this afternoon, I think I will take him back to the vet. Gizmo thanks you!!! and so do I!!!:animal-pa |
Oh so glad he's eating the chicken at least. Keep the syrup going and hopefully he will be better soon. My vet said that when they have coccidia it weakens their immune system. Luckily the medicine works pretty quickThanks for the update. Keep us posted. |
To get Gizmo to drink water, boil the chicken and give him the broth (cooled of course - no salt). You can save the water in the fridge. When I did this for Jewel, we put a 1/4 cup per container so we can monitor how much water she was getting each day. The smell of the chicken really helped Jewel take in her daily required amount of water. Jewel was 4 pounds and we were told by our vet that she neede minimum of 1/4 cup a day. She drank almost 1/2 cup of the chicken broth daily and the improvement was amazing! Hope Giz get's better soon! |
Also try Pedialyte....if he won't drink it voluntarily, put it in a syringe and give it to him. Hope he feels better soon! |
We are praying your baby feels better really soon. |
keep us posted! And I'm happy your pup's doing better now, keep feeding and giving water. Once he gains some energy you'll be amazed how active and energetic they get. It's so scary though when they get sick being so small. |
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We put Baby Blessing food and liquid in ice cube trays and froze them, she loved it like that, so when she doesn't want to eat or drink that is what we did. It worked for us. |
Way to go guys :thumbup: :thumbup: How is he doing now ? I didn't see this before and I hope he's back to normal - it's really scary when they're that small and young |
How is Gizmo doing today? Better I hope! |
devoted to Lucy! Is he better, now! I'd love to hear. |
Was hoping there would be good news here regarding Gizmo, has anyone heard how he is doing ? Prayers that he is doing better and will be fine. Patti |
So sorry to hear about your baby...i had a similar experiance with mine when i first got her. eveything everyone has said it perfect. my bella would not drink so i had to give her liquids through a syringe....i bought pedialyte for her and gave her that...it really helpd for her dehydration. she also loveeeedddd chicken. i will be praying for your baby. keep us updated...... |
My vet suggested Popsicles for peeka when he wouldn't drink they are sugary and will help with low blood sugar also pedialyte is very good to also you can freeze it in ice cube trays they love to knaw on them but nutrical honey karo syrup anything sugary will be a good start good luck |
Gizmo's playing again! Sorry I didn't reply yesterday, but my internet wasn't working. Gizmo is doing much better. :D He is chasing my feet again, and he's drinking, which is a big relief. Now he's spoiled and won't eat anything but chicken! I have been trying to trick him into eating his puppy food by mixing the chicken into it, but mostly he just picks it out. He's a smart little bugger. There's still one problem. I woke up this morning and there was diareah all over his pen. He seems to be fine. He's playing, but I thought that the medicine I'm giving him was supposed to stop the diareah. Do you think it's because he's really only been eating chicken? I tried to give him some rice, but I got scared when it stuck to the roof of his mouth. I don't want him to choke on it. Anyway, thank you all for your help and your prayers. :aimeeyork Val |
I forgot, I looked for pedialyte and nutrical on base, but they didn't have any. I am going to look out in town today, but in case they don't, I did see dog vitamins. I don't know if it's a good idea, since he's a puppy, but I am concerned he's not getting enough variety of nutrients. What do you think? :aimeeyork Val |
Before you start feeding him just human food, I would get some canned food and try mixing it with his hard food and see if he'll eat that. |
He can't eat hard food yet, so I have been giving him canned Science Diet puppy chow. I mixed it with some chicken this morning to try and get him to eat it, but he just picked the chicken out of it. He would eat it before he got sick, but now I just want to make sure he's eating something. :aimeeyork Val |
Cali is still eating chicken but the last 2 weeks I have her on 1/2 chicken and 1/2 dog food. Right now you just need him to eat until he gets stronger so give him whatever he will eat, you can worry about unspoiling him when he's better. Glas he is feeling better. |
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