@crurescue: 🚨PSA- check the very back of your puppy’s throat and push down their tongues to ensure they do not have a soft palate cleft in the WAY back of their throats if you have a newborn puppy having difficulty latching or nursing. 🚨 Today we tried flash soaked kibble for the first time with Birdie! I noticed her getting snotty after eating which wouldn’t make sense for a puppy without a cleft. You can imagine my shock when I looked in the way back of her throat, an area that is not visible unless you were to depress her tongue, and found a small round soft palate cleft. She had been vet checked at surrender and it was never found as it was not visible. This answers all of our questions about Birdie and we will move forward from now on treating Birdie as a soft palate cleft puppy and take all necessary precautions.