sea4th Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Is anyone familiar with fading puppy syndrome. From what I've heard, no one really knows the cause of it----a seemingly thriving puppy, stops nursing, fades & dies, all within a couple of hours? My friend's bitch had a litter delivered by C-section last week, & lost 2 of the six pups this way. Could the fact that it's an older bitch, first litter have anything to do with it? My vet, who breeds pugs, has had this happen and does necropsies on the pups & has found fluid in the lungs in many of them. So just trying to make a connection here---concerned that the remaining 4 are in peril of the same fate. Thanks. Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 I?ve heard of it in a couple of BC litters here in Tasmania. In one case, 4 out of 6 pups died, but the remaining 2 seemed to do well. One certainly grew up normally and was a fine healthy dog. The bitch in that case was not an older bitch, as far as I know, but I guess that could be a factor. There?s been some speculation that it may have something to do with some low grade infection in the mother, but I didn?t hear in either case whether there was a definite diagnosis. ------------------ Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyB Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 it can happen in all breeds i had a shih tzu litter and they were all healthy in the morning and than in the afternoon the one puppy was not as strong would not nurse very limp when you picked him up so i went out and bought pet tonic which is like a stimulant and gave it to the puppy and fed him some milk by hand to strengthen him up and it took a couple of days and he got his strength back he was always a little smaller than the other puppies but he survived If you keep a close watch on the puppies you can see the change in the puppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sea4th Posted December 3, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Please tell me more about pet tonic. Perhaps "fading puppy syndrome" is just a catch all term for pups that die in a similar way? Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyB Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 if you go to a website jbpet.com in the puppy care section there is a product called pediatric stat which is the same as pet tonic basically it is a high nutrient vitamin if you can't find it let me know Nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyB Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 vicki on the same website if you go into the supplements section they also have the pet tinic (i spelled it wrong before) nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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