Hypoglycemia

Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is a health problem that effects some toy breeds between the ages of 5 and 16 weeks. All owners must be on the lookout for it.  Hypoglycemia is recognizable by a healthy puppy suddenly becoming weak, listless, unaware of its surroundings, and even unable to walk or stand. Advanced stages include seizures before lapsing into a coma, which is sometimes followed by death.  Steps should be taken IMMEDIATELY to give the puppy honey or Karo syrup with an eyedropper. If the puppy is too weak to take the honey, let the puppy lick it off  of your fingers. Regardless of how you do it, make the puppy take the honey or syrup, ITS’ LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!!! Toy breeds are susceptible to hypoglycemia because they are very active. If you will give your puppy honey or syrup EVERYDAY until it is 4 months old, you should not have a puppy go down so do not forget to do this. There are a couple of ways to give it:

• Mix 2 tablespoons of honey with ½ cup of water each day and let the puppy drink it throughout the day.
• Mix about a cup of creamy peanut butter and 2 tablespoons of honey. Store in a jar in the refrigerator.  Take a dab with your finger, roll it in to a ball and give it to the puppy. If the puppy does not want to eat it, put the ball on the roof of their mouth and they absolutely cannot spit it out. Be careful not to give to large a ball that the puppy might choke on it. This is good for hypoglycemia and it is also great for the coat.

Once again, if you will be a responsible pet owner and give your puppy honey or syrup EVERYDAY, you will not have a problem with this.

Chihuahua Puppy Growth Chart To use this chart; Find your puppy's age in the column going down the left side-then follow it over to your puppy's current weight. You will be able to approximate how much your puppy will weigh at different ages all the way to down to the 18 Months column. Birth 2 1/2oz. 2 3/4oz. 3 oz. 3 1/2 oz. 4 oz. 4 1/4 oz. 4 1/2 oz. 5 oz. 5 1/2 oz. 1 week 3 3/4 4 5 5 1/2 6 1/2 7 8 9 9 1/2 2 weeks 5 5 1/2 6 1/2 7 9 10 11 12 1/2 13 1/2 3 weeks 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 16 17 1/2 4 weeks 7 8 9 1/2 11 13 15 17 19 21 5 weeks 8 9 11 13 15 17 19 1/2 22 24 6 weeks 9 11 12 1/2 15 17 1/2 20 22 24 27 7 weeks 10 12 14 1/2 17 19 1/2 22 24 1/2 27 30 8 weeks 11 13 16 19 21 1/2 24 27 29 33 9 weeks 12 15 17 1/2 20 23 26 29 32 35 10 weeks 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 38 11 weeks 14 17 21 24 27 31 34 37 42 12 weeks 15 19 22 26 30 33 37 41 45 13 weeks 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 49 14 weeks 17 22 26 30 34 39 43 47 52 15 weeks 19 23 28 32 37 41 46 51 56 16 weeks 20 25 30 34 39 44 49 54 59 17 weeks 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 57 62 18 weeks 22 28 33 37 43 48 54 60 65 19 weeks 23 29 34 39 44 50 56 62 67 20 weeks 24 30 35 41 46 52 58 64 70 21 weeks 25 31 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 22 weeks 25 32 37 43 48 56 62 68 74 23 weeks 26 33 38 44 50 57 64 70 76 24 weeks 26 33 39 45 51 58 65 71 78 25 weeks 27 34 40 46 52 59 66 72 79 26 weeks 27 34 40 47 53 60 67 73 80 18 Months 2lbs 2 1/2 lbs 3 lbs 3 1/2 lbs 4 lbs 4 1/2 lbs 5 lbs 5 1/2 lbs 6 lbs