Saving Orphaned Shih Tzu Puppies

Article Title: Saving Orphaned Shih Tzu Puppies
Author: Connie Limon

If you want to save your orphaned Shih Tzu puppies you must be
totally dedicated to them on a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week
basis for the first few weeks of life. Raising orphaned Shih
Tzu puppies is the most challenging and taxing task any Shih
Tzu breeder could undertake. Success is gratifying.

Maintain the Shih Tzu puppies in an incubator environment with
a temperature of at least 90 degrees Fahrenheit to start out.
Reduce the temperature to 85 degrees after three or four
successful days and you see the Shih Tzu puppies are stable.
Slowly decline the temperature by small increments. After a
week the temperature can be slowly declined to 80 degrees
Fahrenheit. Maintain this temperature until the Shih Tzu
puppies are three to four weeks of age. After four weeks the
temperature may be reduced to 75 degrees.

Orphaned Shih Tzu puppies are prime candidates for
failure-to-thrive syndrome. Under normal conditions, the Shih
Tzu puppy is bumped and shoved instinctively with littermates.
These natural instincts insure that the Shih Tzu puppies use
their body, pushing toward the dam for nursing, pushing in
rivalry against littermates. The dam vigorously washes her
offspring, cleaning the Shih Tzu puppies and bringing about
elimination. This tactile stimulation is crucial to the
development of a strong healthy puppy.

You must effect stimulation by gentle periodic stroking with
one or two fingers, awakening the Shih Tzu puppies directly
prior to feeding. During feeding periods it is necessary to
snuggle the Shih Tzu puppies to simulate the same type of
nurturing the dam would have provided. You become a surrogate
dam to orphaned Shih Tzu puppies.

Shih Tzu puppies are born with sealed eyes. The Shih Tzu puppy
is unable to hear at birth. You as the surrogate dam will need
to artificially stimulate the orphaned Shih Tzu puppy to
defecate and urinate. You can do this easily by using a cotton
swab dipped in baby oil. Gently swab the genitalia and anus
area until the Shih Tzu puppy urinates and defecates. The
surrogate dam must stimulate Shih Tzu puppies to elimination on
the same regular basis as feeding intervals. The orphaned Shih
Tzu puppy must be stimulated to urinate and defecate at each
feeding interval until able to independently perform these
functions.

Consult with your vet as to which puppy milk formula you should
use, and the type of feeding method.

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About The Author: Connie Limon is a Shih Tzu breeder. She
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