Kat
Lacey wrote:
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.
> >
>
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