Molera is a soft spot in some Chihuahuas skulls and people pups too. It is where the skull has not completly closed so only skin and membrane sheilds the brain. Your vet would know if your pup had one and should have warned you. Nutrical is a food substitute for ill or non eating dogs much like Ensure. It is a calorie packed gel and you should use it after offering food or if she gets hard to wake. Honey rubbed on gums is quicker to get sugar to the bloodstream and Nutrical backs it up just as a peanut butter sandwhich on whole wheat does diabetic people. Chihuahuas and really tiny pups are notoriusly bad eaters. Alice was hand fed when her first owner bought her from a BYB at 8weeks and for two weeks after I adopted her at 7 mos. Monte was handfed for his first 2 weeks with me and he is 4 yrs old-. I read a book Pups in a Teacup and the author, a vet, explains many wee pups do not have the instinctual need to eat to survive that say a German Shepherd pup has. Very tiny Chihuahua pups and Yorkie etc that people wrongly call teacup size are kept by reputable breeders for 3 mos because of the many problems they can have. Ask your vet your best way to go or if there is a reputable breeder you can ask them. Really tiny pups can not eat much at one time so need to be fed several times a day. Nutrical has instructions for how much to give as a food substitue and as an additive..two diff amounts.
Robin, Dobe Axel CGC, TT, German Pin Ranger CGC, TT, Chihuahuas Alice CGC and Monte CGC, foster Blue and MinPins HoneyB, and Brutus www.minpinrescue.org www.chi-rescue.com Http://chihuahua.rescueme.org/florida -------- Original message -------- Subject: [Chihuahuas] A couple more questions, please From: leanneb65 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] CC: Hello I really do hate to be a bother. I do use the search link to find answers when I'm freaking out. What the heck is Molera and is it something to be worried about? Do I need to wrap my pup in bubble wrap to protect her? Also, how much nutri-cal is to much? My lil pup has been doing good for the most part. I dont think she likes her food crushed up and softened as she doesnt eat much. But I dont want her to choke again. So I finally got some nutri-cal today. If she gets that will that prevent her from eating her food? We left again today at 5pm and got home at 915pm. I gave her a small taste of the nutri cal but also put some fresh softened food in her crate and water too. When we got home she was wide awake, she always shakes a lot when we first get home assuming she is excited. We noticed she didnt really eat any of her food so my son held her and she ate about a half of a teaspoon full. Would that be enough? If she isnt eating the food should I then give her the nutri cal? Reading the tube it says to give her a 1/4 teaspoon daily per pound of body weight daily. I thought it was for blood sugar emergencies. Every night I come home and she is awake and we take her out of her crate and she will run around with us but she doesnt seem to eat much. And I loose a lot of sleep worrying about her and what will happen in the morning. The food we have her on is Diamond Puppy. Is it possible she just doesnt like her food all that much? Could it be the coccidia or the tape worms? Am I just being paranoid? I have resorted to taking my anxiety meds at night just to get some sleep. I say a little prayer then say it is what it is and then go to sleep. Am I a nut or what? And I have read and reread over some of my posts and what others say. Leanne
