That's the very 1st thing the vet checked for when I took my Chi pup in for a check-up. I told her, "Nope, she doesnt have one" as soon as I saw her feeling her head lol is there any rhyme or reason as to which pups have that soft spot? Or is it just random? Mitzi Oklahoma .
On Aug 7, 2013, at 1:28 AM, GinbarMinPins <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > >
