Hypoglocemia

Hypoglycemia:

Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is a health problem that affects many toy breeds of puppies between 5 to
16 weeks of age, especially extremely tiny or teacups and all owners must be on the lookout for it. Stress is
one of the leading causes of death in Chihuahua Puppies. Some factors that cause stress in puppies are:
Vaccinations, Changes in environment, Changes in food, Going to a new home with new faces, noises and
smells, Too much handling from humans, Traveling, or Anything the puppy is not use to.

When a puppy is stressed, it doesn't eat as well as it should leading to hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is
recognized by a healthy puppy suddenly becoming weak, listless, depressed, unaware of its surroundings,
and even unable to stand or walk. Diaherria and Vomiting are also signs. Advanced stages include seizures
before lapsing into a coma, which is sometimes followed by death.

If your puppy becomes hypoglycemic, it is very important that you react IMMEDIATELY!! Give the puppy Nutro
Cal, or Karo syrup. Administer the syrup with an eyedropper or if the puppy is too weak to take it, put it on
your finger and rub it on the roof of its mouth. If necessary, pry its mouth open. Regardless of how you do it,
make the puppy take the syrup. ITS LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!!! Nutro Cal is a fast acting high calorie
supplement and may be given off of your finger. Keep the puppy warm at all times and rub the puppy very
easy, moving the head from side to side slowly rotating it, also move the arms and legs so the puppy will not
get stiff. It may be necessary to give the puppy a couple of doses of syrup or Nutra Stat to bring it back. If the
puppy does not respond, CONTACT THE BREEDER OR GET IT TO A VET IMMEDIATELY!!! Do beware
that many vets do not know of hypoglycemia, therefore, can not treat it and usually end up misdiagnosing the
puppy.

Hypoglycemia can occur without warning if a puppy is place in a new home, misses a meal or is otherwise
stressed.

You must remember that puppies eat very small amounts, yet they exert large amounts of energy. Your puppy
should eat 3 times a day. We feed and recommend Science Diet, which we have supplied a sample for you.
DO NOT CHANGE THE FOOD FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS. If you wish to change the food later do so
gradually, after the puppy has adjusted to its new home and life.

A puppy will play until it drops. It may play so much that it is too tired to eat. It is up to YOU as its new owner to
be responsible. Very small puppies must sleep about 20 out of 24 hours. Please be very careful not to
over-tire your new puppy, especially the first few weeks. It is up to you to establish a schedule for your new
puppy, and your family, especially be aware of the amount of time children play with your puppy and make
them aware that this is a baby and must be treated like one. It is important not to play with your puppy so much
that is becomes exhausted.

We recommend that you try to make the first few days together with your puppy as calm as possible, and
remember that this is a very traumatic time for your puppy. Please resist the urge to take your puppy to visit
friends and relatives during this period. Make this a special time to get to know your puppy, and for your puppy
to get to know its new home.

Many times I sell my tiny ones without vaccinations. This is for their safety. If you don't take the puppy anywhere
during the first few weeks, it can not catch parvo. These are the same doses that are given to large breed
dogs. The tinies do not take the shots well so I do not vaccinate my tinies. Did you know that testing a
puppy that was recently vaccinated will give a false positive on a parvo test?? This is because the
anibodies and live virus is running thru their systems. If you were to take a hypoglycemic puppy to the vet, it
can easily be misdiagnosed as parvo and if it had it shots....walla... parvo even tho it isn't. Most pet owners
don't second guess vets and otherwise healthy puppies are euthanized. This is a personal experience with my
Heather and Heidee as babies and I am extremely glad I went with my gut instinct and treated them at home
under 24 hour attention for hypoglycemia and not parvo. They are alive and doing well because of that
decision.

Some Vet's will tell you that your puppy has Coccidia. Hypoglycemia may cause your puppy to have coccidia
which is a diarrhea stool that sometimes has blood in it - caused by stress. All dogs carry Coccidia, however,
it only presents a problem when the puppy is stressed or has a low immune system. The coccidia is given the
chance to multiply and cause problems. It is a common occurance to have coccidia and hypoglycemia at the
same time since puppies are both stressed and have a low immune, and again, these are both brought on by
stress.

Remember that if there is a problem with Hypoglycemia, it will usually happen during the first few weeks while
the puppy is adjusting, and the puppy will out-grow it. This is a serious problem that ALL pet owners must be
aware of. The trick to AVOID hypoglycemia is to make sure your puppy eats well!!

Breeder is not responsible for hypoglycemia. If you wish to own
a tiny, it comes with the territory

I am producing many tiny puppies lately and feel this needs to be placed on my
site. Please feel free to contact me day or night with help with this condition.

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