Constipated puppy 5 days old any advice? - Page 1

As stated, my puppy has become constipated, poo is hard and dry, what can I give her?

My thoughts were to see if she will take some cooled boiled water,
give a little paraffin oil > olive oil

I also have a Microlax enema, could I give her a tiny dose?

i gave pedialite stuff to my friends puppy who was super constipated i think she was about 14 days or so. and it helped a lot. is the puppy getting enough to eat from mom? is she getting enough water so her milk has more water in it ?

You can give a small amount--about 0.5 ml--of paraffin oil, mixed in with her next feeding, and you probably should increase the amount of water in whatever formula you're feeding.  If need be, you can add the paraffin oil to each bottle feeding, but if it is necessary for more than two to three days despite increasing the water in the formula, it may be a side effect of the amoxi the dam is on.

Also, as long as she is still passing stool, I'd hold off on the enema, unless she's really straining when she passes it...in that case, you can also use the paraffin oil as an enema, or use distilled water; use a small, blunt tipped syringe or soft rubber bulb syringe  [lubricate end of either w/mineral oil or water-based lubricant] and infuse no more than 2-3 ccs...and make sure it's warmed up to body temperature.

Sorry I should have said, puppy was a singleton delivered by C section mom gave no signs of possibly going into labour so it was decided to do c section.

Mum on Amoxyclav and probably due to the lack of hormones?   anesthetic ?  the puppy was feeding from mum & became lethargic , weak & had lost weight.
After I fed her during the next 8 hours she put weight back on and was full of energy again so I returned her to mum ........... then within the next hour she regressed so I took her off mum and have been feeding for the last 3.5 days.

It has been an awful long time since I bottle fed a newborn puppy ......
everything else is good, very keen to feed, I have already diluted her milk with water and stopped the egg yolk and yoghurt, hopefully that will work ...... if not the I will go with the paraffin oil.

Thank you hexe

i never like the puppy milk replacer stuffs because it always binds the puppys up. there is a mix of eggs goats milk and some other stuff i can get the recepie we use it at the shelter/vet here for puppys and i have used it on my guys and they do just like on mom.

under normal circumstances, mama dog will stimulate the pup's circulation and elimination by licking and rolling the pup.
she isn't just cleaning the pups anus, but stimulating it as well.  you can also do this for the puppy with a warm, wet
handtowel.  often a c-section will disturb mother nature and rob the dam of her maternal instincts.  giving the pup
adequate stimulation should help keep the bowels moving.  best of luck.
pjp

*****does the dam appear to be producing enough milk?  sometimes that is a problem also with
c-sections and/or single births.

Is this the pup whose mother was licking her too much ? And hadn't let 
down any milk ?

Evaperated milk and add water works well.

dogshome9, I wouldn't eliminate the egg yolk or yoghurt, just add a bit more water to the mixture.  Sorry I misunderstood--I thought you were supplemental feeding her, but that she was still nursing off of her mom,   too.  Since she's not nursing at all, then, you just need to add more distilled water [or boiled tap water, if need be].  Make sure you're using either whole or evaporated goat's milk, too--NOT condensed.


Since this isn't your first time whelping pups, I'm sure you know about the whole needing to stimulate the anus and genitalia to trigger their bowel and bladder excretion, but for those who aren't familiar with it, I figure I better include this for future reference if this thread comes up during a search:

Newborn puppies do not have the ability to evacuate their bowels or bladder on their own for the first weeks of life; their mother has to stimulate this function in the pups by gently licking the anus and the genitals of each puppy, individually.  The owner of the female may not notice this happening, because the female continues licking until the pup urinates and defecates, and she ingests the urine and stool as she does this--which is why you never [or almost never] will see spots of urine or pieces of stool lying about in the whelping box while the puppies are still unable to walk around. 

If a puppy is being raised on a bottle or stomach tube and getting a commercial or home-made formula, however, it's up to us to do that stimulation--even if the pup is in with the mother at times, because the bitch often does not want to ingest the stools created by anything other than her own milk.  Obviously, not done by us via licking!  Instead, use a soft piece of cloth that you've made damp with warm water--NOT hot [you want body temperature, 95-100 degree F].  Gently stroke the puppy's genitalia and anus with the damp cloth, folding the cloth over to a clean section as the pup defecates to keep the puppy clean; generally speaking, it works best if you stroke from the genitals up, instead of the other way around, just for hygienic purposes...nobody wants a puppy with a urinary tract infection from poo entering the urethra.  Continue until the puppy stops passing any urine and stool. 

This has to be done after EVERY meal and after they wake up from napping...usually, the easiest schedule is to just do it before each feeding, and again right after the feeding. You'll need to continue this until the pups are able to relieve themselves on their own...about 2 weeks or so.