Re: [PyrNet-L] pups need help

[carol kirk <carol_kirk@rocketmail.com>]

I have used pedialyte and reg baby formula whatever
works, the main thing is to get them eating or at
least not to dehydrate as a start.





---Dogsownme@aol.com wrote:
>
> I am having a very difficult time getting one of
the rescue puppies to eat.
> (Somewhere between 12-16 weeks of age)  I tried the
sniff test with science
> diet growth, eubakanuba dry and they have no
interest so I resorted to canned
> waltham growth.  I can get the larger to eat the
canned, so I am grinding the
> eubanakuba into a powder to try to get some added
nutrition into them (and
> hopefully wean them off the canned and onto the dry
totally).  I think it is
> lack of human bonding, fear, and depression over
leaving the only life they
> knew (living in an acre fenced in area with 6 adult
dogs and the rest of their
> litter with no human socialization, eating whatever
food they could get from
> the adults' dishes). The first pup went to his new
home, but these 2 females
> are going to need a lot of help.  The vet checked
the first one and said
> "undernourished, underweight and probably full of
worms".  They weigh 20-25
> lbs each and have now been wormed.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  I
try giving them fresh water
> every 1/2 hour or so, and they do drink, but even
that is not great.  I just
> resorted to a syringe and squirted 2cc at a time of
ground eubakanuba (a
> whopping 10cc total) and she vomited it back up.
Last time I used pedialyte
> when I had similar problems with pups, do you
recommend that?
> 
> Thanks again for all the help and support,
> 
> Marcie
> 
> 

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