Awww..so many problems for such a wee thing..My Bino is also a tiny and a failure to thrive. And I took him knowing he might not survive. But he is now six years old and going strong. Amazing what care and the power of love will do. He didn't make 2 lbs until he was way over 6 months. But he did not have the health challenges your little one has. His molera never did close so I am very careful with his little apple head lol. Just hang in there with your little one and enjoy him day to day and not worry about what might happen. Miracles do happen. Pam
From: Crystal Thirion <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 10:50 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Snookie Well my little 5 month old chihuahua, Snookie woke up this morning and wouldn't eat or drink anything. Usually she eats like a horse. All she wanted to do was lay down and she was shivering. So I took her to the vet. He said he didn't know how she was even alive. He confirmed that she does have hydrocephalus and her skull is not developed. He said her bottom jaw also didn't develop. She's way under size and weight, she's 1.8 pounds and her teeth haven't come in except molars. He also said she has a hole in her heart but wasn't sure how undeveloped it was. Her lungs are good tho. So she was running a fever of 103.4 and he said it could be just an infection of some sort or it could be the heart or hydrocephalus starting to cause problems. He put her on antibiotics and said to give her pedialyte but not to expect much because she wasn't going to be alive much longer probably. He said you could spend $20,000 and she still might not make it. So I gave her the meds and pedialyte and took a nap with her. As soon as we woke up she was wanting to eat and drink and play. She is definitely a miracle baby. My little freak of nature lol Crystal . >
