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Saving a Puppy In 2005 a Dam died giving birth to her pups. All of the pups died but one, however the remaining pup was dying as well. The breeder was unable to save the two day old pup on her own. Not wanting to see the pup suffer the same fate as her littler mates, she took the pup to the vet. The Vet took over with the breeder assisting, but they were not winning, the pup was not doing well. They were bottle feeding her, and her tummy seemed full, but she was fading. Three days had gone by, the pup was 5 days old. Afraid the pup was going to die at anytime, the vet and the breeder decided to call Bev Dorma from Misty Trails Havanese / Mastiffs . They both knew if anyone could save the pup it was Bev and her family.
Realizing the bottle feeding was leaving the pup with a tummy full of air, they started to tube feed the pup every 2 hours. Eleven year old Emily inserting the tube into the pups throat. Emily was born with her mother's natural gift of caring for puppies. A puppy needs 1 cc for every ounce of body weight every 2.5 to 4 hours.
The tube is carefully inserted, making sure the tube goes all the way to the stomach, and doesn't stop short, in the lungs. It is wise to mark the tube with a Sharpe marker, to know you are in all the way. If you are unsure, tube feed WATER first. (Do not try this if you are inexperienced without consulting your vet.)
And the food slowly fed
The pup was weighed daily to insure it was eating enough and gaining weight. Every 2 hours, this puppy was fed, around the clock.
At 5 days old, Tira was added to a litter of Havanese puppies. She had tried to nurse, but got mostly air, and could not survive without human help. But what she did get was a foster mom, to keep her clean, and tend to her needs, and a litter to keep her warm. Whenever possible, with an orphaned puppy, it is great to find a foster mom, or wet dam. When Tira was added to this litter, the hope was that the Dam would take over. The Dam readily accepted her, and did everything she could, but Tira couldn't latch on properly for some reason. ? This photo is of Tira at 4 weeks old, the litter is 3.5 weeks old. She could nurse, but it would come out of her nose, and into her lungs. She didn't get much. She could not survive without human help. The same thing happened when we had tried to bottle feed her. Even at 4 weeks old she needed to be tube fed every 3 hours. She could, however swallow soaked kibble whole.
We had tried to bottle feed her, but she slurped air, so we squeezed the sides of her mouth to the bottle, this helped to limit the air going in. Mostly we had to tube feed her (90%) as she would get milk in her lungs, and that could have caused pneumonia. The foster puppy was named Tira.
Four weeks past and the pup was started on small amounts of solid food.
Cleaning the pup after a meal
Four weeks later, little Tira was thriving
. Today Tira now lives with a very nice family who is loving her up
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