what to do

[bigoy19706 276]

hi all a mate of mine had just bread a litter of patterdales the bitch had 8 pups one of them diad at 4 week there naw 6 week old and one of the pups is very weak and finding it hard to eat he has been letting it eat away from the over pups but it is geting weaker ever day and has not got any biger then it was 2 weeks ago he,s wormed them up to date and all the over pups are eating well and look good he wont to no if there any more he can do for it thanks

[christian71 3,187]

no pts

[Work them hard 339]

If its weak and suffering i would have it ended soon, Only the strongest survive its natures way.

[keep digging 35]

survival of the fittest bud it happens

[OHIO STEVE 11]

As a young cockfighter years ago, an old timer told me this bit of advice...." THE BEST MEDICINE ON A ROOSTER MANS YARD IS A HATCHET" A sickly weak pup that you have to battle to keep alive has something wrong with it. Better for the individual pup and the breed as a whole to just humanely put it down.

[hogs head 19]

mate pts

[northern lad 2,292]

he could even take it to a vet !!i agree with survival of the fittest etc but it could be something simple ie swallowed something it shouldnt have atb with it

[Plong 21]

Trouble with keeping weak sick animals is they are more likely to pick up disease and pass it to the healthy animals. Even if it survives chances are it will never make a worker as it will never be as strong when animals get a bad start to life they carry it through life. I have met vets who have tried telling me that runts can grow into normal animals but on the farms I have worked they either die or are still runts come slaughter time.

[paulus 26]

if you or he carnt do the right thing by the pup then you should never have put the bitch too, in the first place.....imo

[Tally Ho Hunter 60]

get rid lad man up

[sallie 67]

Looking after a sick pup takes a lot of time i would have thought it best to have it checked out by a vet so that you know what you are dealing with.