Oh yeah, Science Diet makes a canned food called A/D. It's the consistency of baby food and most puppies love it (you have to buy it from a vet office). Or you could buy real meat flavored baby food. You should get some nutrical (NUTRA-CAL) from your vet or pet store too. It's a very high calorie food supplement for pups that don't eat well. It's also a very good idea to get up with small chi puppies like this every 2 to 3 hours during the night to offer them food. ~Lacey
In [email protected], "Lacey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" > <samantha_suede@> 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/
