I hope your baby is better! It sounds like hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Did the breeder not tell you about this and what you should do to care for a new chi pup? Also, we are Air Force and have always lived on base. It is a pain to get people on base (just the paper work), but it only takes about 15 minutes and as long as the visitor has everything they need and goes in with the military member it can be done. Keep us posted on Sparky! ~Lacey
In [email protected], "nicksbedwarmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My 12-week-old Chihuahua, Sparky, is at the emergency vet clinic > tonight. We just got him Tuesday night, late, and he threw up in the > car going home. Then, he threw up the next morning before going to > my vet for a checkup and a booster, since he was due. The vet said > it was probably just nerves and getting adjusted to a new home. > Fine. Yesterday, Friday, he ate nothing at all and only drank a > small bit a couple of times. Today, Saturday (just to clariy as it's > 1:10 a.m. as I type this so technically Sunday) he ate a teeny tiny > amount and drank some but then, about 10:45 p.m., he was sleeping > peacefully on my chest while I read a Chihuahua book I got at the > library and then woke up making a lovely hurling noise and I ran to > the pee pads to let him throw up there. He threw up brown stuff that > had a slight odor around his mouth after. He collapsed after that > and wouldn't move from the spot, was even stepping in his vomit. I > picked him up and tried to get him to drink something. He wouldn't > have it. He just looked at me so pathetically and I picked his limp > little body up and put him back on my chest where he promptly went > back to sleep. I made a mental note to call the vet's office > Monday. Well, no sooner had I thought that, he started in again > about 20 minutes later and same thing but this time he was a LOT > limper and just wasn't at all the way I think a puppy, even a teeny > tiny one, should be. I called the emergency clinic and they said to > bring him in so we did. They did a test for Parvo as they said even > though he had had parvo vaccine from the breeder that it could have > been ineffective as some people let them get warm and it's not > effective or something like that. Anyway, fine. That was negative. > They took some blood and popped an IV in him and gave him some > dextrose. He pepped up with that and they are keeping him until > tomorrow evening, she said, so they can see if they can get him to > eat and what he'll eat and run some more tests. She said he may have > to be on a different diet than my two Shih Tzus. I have them > switching right now from the Maxximum Choice stuff they sell at Wal- > Mart to Bil Jac puppy food but he really doesn't seem to want > anything to do with it much though he wolfed down a bowl of it the > first day he was here. I'm just worried about him and hope he's okay > and it is just a matter of finding a diet he will eat. She said his > blood sugar was so low it didn't register so it was good I brought > him in. Pray for my tiny baby everyone!! > > P.s. The vet assistant asked if the other puppies acted okay and I > had to admit that I only saw him and one other that was younger than > him as we met the lady at a McDonald's. She lives on an army base > and said that she "would hate for us to have to try to get on base." > The vet assistant said that, in the future, that should serve as a > big red flag if they won't let you come to their house as something > is usually amiss..dirty conditions..all the pups are sick..whatever. > I'm attached to this little guy though and I told them to do > whatever. Guesstimate was about $365 and I'm hoping it stays around > that and he doesn't have a blockage. He's so tiny I don't know if he > could stand surgery. > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
