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Hypoglycemia Hi from the UK, Our new puppy has hypoglycemia :(, I am feeding him on hills ad prescription food (trying to feed him every four hours) and also I have some gluco-gel to give him a boost, does anybody have any advice for me. He is 9 weeks and weighs 13.5 oz very tiny but very playful. Any advice very much appreciated, thank you. Toby |
You need to call your vet |
I have heard of people supplementing with Gerber baby food chicken and vegetables.(Sometimes I would cut very tiny peices of chicken and mix it in) I also gave Maddie a little 1% cottage cheese when she was small to boost her weight. Best of luck with your new little one! :):):) |
sorry your widdle darling is having problems......putting just a little clear Karo Syrup in the water will help with the sugar drops....these small ones tend to get it from time to time....my Smokey did till he was almost a year old...i would put a little nutircal on my finger and make him lick it off.....and then take a medicine dropper and put just a smearing of the syrup in it and fill with tap water that was a bit on the warm side...helps the syrup to mix well and have him suck it out...your pup may resist at first...but when it gets a taste of the sweetness it will become like a treat to him....lol........the widdle stinkers.....good luck with your widdle darling |
We went thru that with one of ours. He had eaten a raw hide (which I now know is not good to give to them) so he didn't anything with any nutritional value that day. And he started acting funny, lathargic, wobble gate. We gave him some nutra cal and he was ok. From then on as long as we made sure he ate his food he was ok. I was very catious for some time after the episode. If I thought that he didn't eat enought I would give him the nutra cal any. He's been fine since then. So good luck and it sounds like what your doing is good. |
Thanks for advice, he has been vet checked and is basically all ok and we are doing the right things, I will try some of your ideas. Thank you |
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Rawhide Hi, we have just got our 8 week old Yorkie, is he not supposed to have rawhide. What happens if you give him a rawhide chew. :confused: |
the raw hides just don't have any nutritional value and if yours is like ours he will eat it until its gone or we take it away. He usually gets constipated pretty bad from them as well. We have since been giving the dogs bully sticks. (look them up if you haven;t heard of them) |
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I bought Jackson rawhides when he was about 14 weeks old... he began choking! I was scared to death. Thank God I was there to help him. Ever since - no rawhides. They are of no nutritional value, hard to digest and become really soggy and nasty. I learned here on YT that bully sticks were the way to go! I had never heard of them before but Jackson LOVES them! Once you can get past what they ARE (bull penises! gross!) they are 100% digestible, great for their teeth and a nice treat that lasts a long time! Jackson's last him a good 5 days, some brands last longer than others. |
On Monday my worst nightmare came true. My puppy suffered a hypoglycaemic shook. She is 10 weeks old and weighs only 280g (which is around 0.6ibs) and we knew about the risks, but the breeder recommended feeding her only 3 times a day and she gave us cat food for cats older than 1 year . At first I thought that was weird, but she been breeding yorkies for 15 years and she has great results on shows etc so I figured she knows what she's talking about. I was still a bit worried about hypoglycaemia so I would leave some food with her at all times. Sunday night was the first night when I didn't and when we woke up she was very disoriented and walked really funny. We took her to the vet and he didn't recognize the signs, but thought we were overfeeding her!? and gave her some medicine and sent us home. An hour later we were rushed to the vets because she was unable to walk, stand or sit and looked really ill. By the time we actually got to the vet's office she wasn't responding to our voices and was shaking really badly. We were lucky that the vet who examined her in the morning left the office so the god one took her in and gave her some glucose via IV and some directly into her mouth with a needle less syringe. She spend the next 2 days at the vet's and we were taking care of her during the night. It was extremely stressful for us and her, but 3 days later she's herself again. The main things you need to remember to prevent hypoglycaemia are: Look for the signs of hypoglycaemia - disorientation, dizziness, depression etc Feed your puppy 5-6 times a day with small portions of food Feed your puppy specially formulated food for their age Have a syringe and 10% glucose - water mix (you can get it at any pharmacy) with you at all times If the puppy has the hypoglycaemic shock and is still conscious poor some glucose-water miss into his/her mouth with a syringe. Start with a few drops and if he/she is swallowing the liquid continue. If the puppy can't swallow it stop (cause the liquid will go straight into his/her lungs) and rub some honey or maple syrup into his/her gums and under the tongue Don't count on your vet to do all this for your puppy. You have to be ready to do it, otherwise you can lose your puppy within 20-30min. If there's a traffic jam or your vet's office is far form your home you'll have to deal with the situation on your own (and its not too hard, I had to jump in and help her a few times but she's doing really god now so I'm happy I was able to) And lastly, after the 4th month hypoglycaemia usually goes away so be strong and take the right measures to prevent and deal with hypoglycaemia. |
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