How often should my puppy be eating..tiny, hypoglycemia.???

Question

My yorkie just suffered from a bad case of hypoglycemia that lead to him having a seizure. He was in the hospital 5 days. The vet said that he is healthy, but since he is so tiny, he cannot store any food therefore leading to a drop in his sugar level when not fed on a consistant basis. He said that I should feed my dog every 4hrs, including throughout the night, for about 3 weeks. I am wondering if this is ok, or if I should more often. Anyone have a puppy that experenced this??

Torbay...?? Do you ever leave this site? I'm obviously not looking for your negativity. I've received some valuable information on this site in the past, along with some good insite due to peoples' past experiences. I'm 22, and I don't have too much experience with tiny puppies, but I think I know a lot more than you. Please, keep your comments to yourself. I don't respect you or let your bs remarks effect me. My dog is healthy. Thanks.. :-) We will have a happy little life together.

Also, hypoglycemia is very common in these tiny dogs. It is not a health defect.

Actually Sherlock, its not. When you were an infant, you couldn't either, that's why your mom had to feed YOU every 4 hours. When you got BIGGER, you could go without eating for longer periods of time.

Oh yeah, Torgbay.. I never said I'm an expert, but I'm not the one on here 24 hours a day answering dog questions! You're a vet TECH! That is a job that 16 year old high school drop outs get while in Technical School! You are no expert either. I'm not on here to trash anyone, but you, you just need a life. Really! I ask a simple question about my new little puppy (who is in fact bouncing his cute little butt off at my feet and biting my ankles, yep, he's an ankle biter), and you attack me like a just commited some vicious act against your mom. Geez. Just stay away from my questions. Alright. I don't need a "Vet Tech's" advice! My puppy actual VET said he's healthy, and he's a much more reliable source than some internet loser. Have a beautiful evening. :-)

Oh yeah, Torgbay.. I never said I'm an expert, but I'm not the one on here 24 hours a day answering dog questions! You're a vet TECH! That is a job that 16 year old high school drop outs get while in Technical School! You are no expert either. I'm not on here to trash anyone, but you, you just need a life. Really! I ask a simple question about my new little puppy (who is in fact bouncing his cute little butt off at my feet and biting my ankles, yep, he's an ankle biter), and you attack me like a just commited some vicious act against your mom. Geez. Just stay away from my questions. Alright. I don't need a "Vet Tech's" advice! My puppy actual VET said he's healthy, and he's a much more reliable source than some internet loser. Have a beautiful evening. :-)

My puppy is not a newborn, and the reason you have never heard of this is 4 month old puppies is BECAUSE YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM! Type in "hypoglycemia puppies" on google, and just find out how common it is in breeds such as Chihuhauas & Yorkies and most other toy breeds. Ask your vet, no, your butt buddy torbay does not count as a vet. Here in FL, you can be a vet tech with a 9 month class at a Technical or Vocational school aka school where dropouts go with GED's. Why don't you ask Torbay where he graduated? I'll bet his story will in some way coincide with mine, unless he lies.

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Answer 1

I think the vet will know far more than some random claiming to be a vet online. Do as your vet says but use some common sense and keep an eye out for anything that isn't healthy.

Answer 2

"hypoglycemia is very common in these tiny dogs. It is not a health defect."

Actually, the inability to regulate blood sugar levels would most definately be a health defect.

"When you were an infant, you couldn't either,"

Oh, is your puppy a newborn? I have NEVER had a puppy have glucose problems, at 8 weeks they are at 3 meals a day. But if your puppy is a NEWBORN, then that is different and you should be feeding it more often then 3X's a day.

BTW - Vet Techs, at least here, have to have a 4 year college degree and I think that is pretty standard. So no, not really a high school kid thing.

"I'm not the one on here 24 hours a day answering dog questions"

And I am sure we are ALL thankful.

" BECAUSE YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM!" "

I have been showing dogs for 30 years. I have taught training classes (including puppy kindergarten) for 25 years. But, yes, I am sure some newbie PET owner knows much more than I.

"Type in "hypoglycemia puppies" on google, and just find out how common it is in breeds such as Chihuhauas & Yorkies and most other toy breeds."

Oh, I am not saying it isn't a COMMON health problem. But just because it's common doesn't mean it is ok. If that were the case and breeders ignored/accepted the defect, then most Shelties would be blind, most GSD wouldn't be able to walk at all, and most Bedlingtons would be dying from copper toxicity. Thankfully, good breeders have worked at trying to breed OUT the health problems instead of just accepting them as 'normal' as the crappy breeders and newbie pet owners will do.

"Here in FL, you can be a vet tech with a 9 month class"

I realize that Fl is 'backwards', but you are probably think Vet assistant.

And "butt buddy"? What are you, 12???

Answer 3

purely feed your domestic dog a first classification domestic dog foodstuff 3 or 4 cases an afternoon and the domestic dog might want to be effective. it really is healthier to no longer supply the domestic dog too a lot sugar. i does no longer worry about the hypoglycemia. enable me allow you to recognize the adventure i had with a Maltese breeder that insisted that small toy canines mandatory to be fed Caro syrup as a supplement to stay away from hypoglycemia. Get this the Maltese breeder had offered a Cavalier King Charles spaniel and fed the Caro syrup to him besides. I truly have the Cavalier now. he's 3 years previous and his tooth are 0.5 way rotten. Its puzzling to describe how they provide the effect of being despite the indisputable fact that it looks that his infant tooth had rotted out and the his grownup tooth tooth is thinned out 0.5 way up his tooth. i have not in any respect considered something like it. i fairly believe his tooth are like that because he change into fed too a lot sugar at this kind of tender age. Plus feeding too a lot sugar may reason diabetes. i recognize she fed him the Caro syrup because i have been given a freelance and a domestic dog %. explaining the thanks to take care of this kind of small canines. and that i could not believe what i change into interpreting.

Answer 4

Gee....why take the dog to a vet if you are not going to listen to them and seek better advice here????????

No one can change the fact that the dog is TOO SMALL!!

Wonder why people think the "teacup" thing is a BAD IDEA!!!!
Do you think it is "normal" and "healthy" for a dog to be so small that it cannot maintain it's blood sugar level???????

Yeah, your dog knowledge FAR surpasses mine!!!!!!!! I look forward to your NEXT question so I can lean some more!!!!!!!!

MJ...she doesn't think it is a "health problem". She thinks that the dog has nearly DIED from hypoglycemia is NORMAL and HEALTHY!!!! She also thinks that having a micro-tiny puppy is good and they have no health problems!!!!!

But then again...she IS the expert!!!!!

Answer 5

Be very careful with this I had a teacup yorkie who suffered from the same thing, you should give them some corn syrup in one of those oral syringes if he doesn;t eat, I hope you have better luck than I did, I lost my puppy.

Answer 6

My pup is 8 weeks today, we free feed all our 4 dogs. Pup gets to eat whenever she wants too....

Answer 7

Read what I wrote you last time. Complex carbs are what you need. Email me if I can help.