We lost the two brown males during the night... I'm wondering if Piper's got bad milk and debating with myself about taking over and bottle feeding the remaining two... One seems to be getting plump but the other doesn't, so I am sorta/kinda thinking her milk is good...
She's had a lot of meds, the litter was born in filthy conditions, she's got a LOT of nasty infection inside of her (when she was pooping during all of that, the uterus was apparently sucking in the poop that was pushed out around it) - there could be a hundred different reasons those pups aren't making it... I could drive myself crazy, trying to second guess decisions, options, etc....
Piper hasn't pooped for me since the surgery, so I'm worrying about that as well... She has started turning her nose up in regards to the commercial puppy food too... She's using the pitty pad and widdling, so at least the blocked uretha is functioning now...
When I come in to feed her and love up on her, she readily gives me kisses and is glad to see me... This morning I took a leap of faith and switched her over to what my dogs and the fosters eat around here (Royal Canin kibble with home cooked chicken and rice, peas and carrots) - she did not turn her nose up about her breakfast this morning! HURRAH... another hurdle overcome!
It seems though that we have gotten ahead of the fleas finally - when you pet her, they aren't jumping out all over you... We put garlic powder under the blanket and above the bedding - if they are jumpers, they won't find an agreeable environment there...
I am emotionally shredded over all of this though... I can't stop worrying about her and the remaining two pups (1 male, 1 female)...I care about all of the dogs that I foster - other than not being allowed to sleep with me, I treat every foster like I would one of my own... I have bottle fed orphans before, and have never lost this many in a litter... But even after re-thinking all that I have done and the decisions made, I'm not so sure I would have done things any differently...
It seems Piper is improving each day along with the male pup, but the female pup doesn't seem as active or fat... worried.
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