More advice needed - sorry!

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You will all be so fed up of me by the time these babies are safe.

Anyway- the first born pup is a lot smaller than the other two. He seems to wheeze all the time and it's beginning to worry me. Would you take him to the vet or is it normal for them to be very wheezy

Edited to say that he also seems to breath much faster and heavier than the other two puppies.
 
They were all checked over on Thursday - the morning after they were born. The vet said they were nice and healthy. He just seems to be a bit too wheezy for me and Bunny is not happy - she is doing a bit of whining herself.
 
Good luck at the vets, hope he's ok
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I would agree with the others - wheezing is not normal in puppies - it may be nothing to worry about but get the vet to check the puppy just in case
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I wouldn't worry too much about Bunny though, like I said before some first-time mothers find things easier than others - like humans I suppose LOL
 
Back from the vets. Little puppy has fluid on the lungs.
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Bunny has mastitis so she is on two types of antibiotics and we have to massage her and use hot wet clothes to try and make her more comfortable.
 
well I'm thinking of him so plenty from me (and Darcy my pup
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Hope they are both on the mend soon enough and you don't go grey and lose all your fingernails in the meantime
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Don't be too panicky about him being small, obviously keep an eye on him but don't go into panick overload.

Do you remember my posts about the litter of wire Vizslas we had last year? About my Bridget? She was only 4oz, should have been about 1lb and she was a little fighter. Well she's caught up now and is in very good health, so keep positive
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Sending positive vibes and a tiny hug for the little fellow!
 
I'm sorry to read this Nuala; I hope the little chap recovers. Good luck with little Bunny too, hope she feels a bit more comfortable soon.

Just a thought, does your vet not do home-visits? Perhaps it would be worth the vet coming to you? When Lily had her puppies, my vet told me not to bring them into the surgery incase they caught something. She left me to it and was right at the end of a phone line if/when I ran into trouble with one of the little ones. She helped me over the phone and the pup died whilst I was talking to her - she said that she expected that to happen and not to dwell on it; it was just natures way.
 
Have to agree with Tia, I wouldn't take a bitch and young pups into surgery unless it was for an emergency like a caesarian. Most vets will happily do a home visit for a recently whelped bitch and litter, if you should need the vet again Nuala (and fingers crossed you don't) I would ask him to come to you. Sending loads of positive vibes to the little one, at least you spotted the problem.
 
My vets do not do home visits anymore - they stopped them years ago. Hopefully we will not have to go again. Bunny is quite chirpy in herself - running up and downstairs to go outside to the toilet and being very waggy. She is just very uncomfortable with very swollen boobs.

The little boy is just the same -still wheezy and small but still feeding so he's a little fighter.
 
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