Hi all can anyone please give me some advice ive got a runt of the litter she is a lot smaller than the other 4 pups i took her to the vets and he suggested lactol since ive been giving her this ive noticed rhat shes having real problems breathing through her nose she sounds very snuffly and shes started to be sick after feeds and its coming down her nose and she starts to struggle for breath i phoned vet who said i was feeding her to quick but shes lapping im not bottle feeding her shes 4 weeks old and because shes lapping herself i didnt think shed be feeding to quick could the milk coming thew her nose the reason she cant breath properly or do you think theres another cause for this the vet did check inside her mouth so if ther was anything ther he would have picked up on it dont you think?has anyone had similar problem i would be grateful for any advise im worried sick thanx mel...

if shes 4 weeks id try her with something a touch less runny, can you get pedigree weaning porridge mix it to a yoghurt type thickness, it wont come down the nose etc then, --good luck

I had the same problem with one of my pups, although a bit younger, I mixed a farleys rusk in with the welpi, seemed to do the trick and it helped put the weight on too. At 4 weeks mine had started the weaning process (only because of eclampsia problems) try her on something a little more sloppy rather than just milk, I even added a touch of ready brek which they enjoyed.

Hope this helps

It sounds like a cleft palate, he may very well have missed it. Good luck.
RudyandMum

One i of my puppies kept snorting milk out of his nose from the day he was born, he was smaller than the others, i soaked it up with a tissue straight away, and rubbed is back that helped to bring it all out, i fed them solids at four weeks but also kept them on the breast milk twice a day, until they were six weeks, try putting the milk in a slow flow bottle the pup will still take it, my small puppy turned out to be the biggest at eight weeks.