Posted by Dinah on August 2, 2006, at 13:04:18
In reply to Anyone Know anthing about raising a 3lb pup?, posted by Phillipa on August 2, 2006, at 12:37:00
Part of it you just have to endure. She'll outgrow it. She's a baby, and she just lost everything she knew, her mom, her littermates, and her familiar surroundings. She needs time to get her bearings.
Leave the food out, but if you're leaving out moist food, remember that it gets kind of icky pretty quickly. You need to just put out a bit and pick it up before too long.
She's probably too discombobulated to want to eat or drink much. I assume she's been checked out by your vet and she's healthy.
Whatever helps her feel comfy and at home will help her with eating and drinking. I often lay on the floor when I have babies. I'll just watch tv or read a book, and let them come explore me. Let them take the lead in how much contact is comfortable for them. It usually doesn't take long until they're climbing mount Dinah and nibbling various Dinah parts.
Nighttime crying just *is*. Even after they're having tons of fun with you and following you everywhere nighttime is lonely for someone used to a mound of warm playmates. You can try ticking clocks or warm water bottles or one of those womb bears, but I've never found any of that to work. Babies just cry at night until they learn to sleep alone. And since they sleep so much during the day, they'll wake up and get bored at night as well.
They outgrow it, thank heavens.
If I remember correctly, it was approximately a month of h*ll with our seven week old. We swore never to get another baby. Fortunately time mellows those memories.
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