Hypoglycemia, low blood sugar, is a disorder that occurs mainly in small breed puppies between six and twelve weeks of age. It is often precipitated by stress and can occur without warning. It might appear after the puppy misses a meal, become chilled, or exhausted from playing, or has a digestive upset. These upsets place an added strain on it’s energy reserves and bring on the symptoms. Hypoglycemia is a real threat to these tiny puppies so please watch for your puppy to become tired or droopy. The first signs are those of listlessness and depression. They are followed by muscular weakness, tremors, and later convulsions, coma and even death. The puppy may appear depressed or may be weak, wobbly and jerky, or the puppy may be found in a coma. If your puppy has any symptoms of hypoglycemia you must act fast. If the puppy is awake, give it nutritional gel by mouth. You should see signs of improvement in thirty minutes. If no improvement, then call your veterinarian. If the puppy is unconscious it should be taken to the veterinarian at once.
Prevent hypoglycemia from happening by allowing only twenty minutes of play at a time, followed by rest or sleep. Do not allow the puppy to overtire at first. Supervise closely with children to make sure puppy is getting enough rest. Keep puppy warm, don’t let it become chilled. Your Yorkie puppy is a house dog and should not be living outdoors. He has been living with the temperature in the room of 70 to 80 degrees. Prevent attacks by feeding a high quality raw diet. We use and recommend texastripe.com. See that puppy eats at least 3 to 4 times a day. Keep water available at all times. If puppy does not eat, you can mix fresh raw goats milk to encourage it to eat and this is also a great source of a natural probiotic. You can give pea size amount of nutritional gel morning and night for the first couple of days to help prevent the low blood sugar that can come with the excitement and stress of going to a new home.