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09-11-2016, 02:12 PM | #1 |
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| I REALLY need help with this I've tried everything. I mean it. New bowls. unsalted chicken broth. Unsalted beef. Almond milk, Kafir (although it's not for fluid so much) Pedialyte flavored and unflavored. Ice. Room temp water. Cold water. Metal bowl. Plastic bowl. Ceramic bowl. Clear bowl. Waiting her out, and she didn't drink FOR FOUR DAYS. She was drinking, finally, out of her bowl and then my daughter touched it.. and she stopped. Finally got her again, and then she got sick with this latest bout and stopped. I've told the vets. I've been told it's a behavioral issue, and to just wait her out. When she got sick the first time I posted this latest bout, I got the after hours ER docs, and I told the tech my fears, and for the first time insisted that I try the broth, and didn't get told to wait her out. Yeah, well, the doc yanked her off of any food but the I/d and boiled hamburger. Today I caved and gave her a strawberry and she was so dang thirsty she gulped it. Gave her an ice cube, one lick and that was it. Our trainer is aware. The problem is Chewie will drink from our water bottles in front of her only every so often, and stops for days. I don't know if intense therapy is what's supposed to happen or not. I'm rambling, but this really scares me. I know she needs only 4oz a day, but none is a not what she is supposed to be doing. Yes.. it's in her food. That's nice. She needs to drink. I am very tempted to go to whole foods, get strawberry juice, freeze it, and let her do that. I really need ideas. |
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09-11-2016, 03:18 PM | #2 |
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| I hear your fear... I just want to ask question. She will ONLY drink strawberry juice? She eats other food?
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09-11-2016, 03:21 PM | #3 |
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| My last girl LOVED to drink water from a glass lol. I had no prob. with her drinking like your lil missy, she just LOVED it out of a glass lol. Do you have a short glass like a "over the rocks" glass, it should be short enough for her to get her lil mug in it. 4 days with no water would have me in a thither. I freaked out if mine didn't drink in 24 hours, we were off to the vet, fortunately I have a 24/7 Vet. Instead of canned chic broth why not try boiling a couple of chic thighs, let it cool, skim off the fat and put a teaspoon in a small amount of water. Canned stuff to me has a canned taste to it, maybe fresh she would like it better. Hope you get some answers on things you haven't tried yet, although it sounds like you tried everything.
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09-11-2016, 03:57 PM | #4 | |
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She'll eat anything you give her except kibble. Her tummy thinks otherwise and boiled foods or fromms is what we keep her on. This was before the allergy. | |
09-11-2016, 03:58 PM | #5 | |
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09-11-2016, 04:23 PM | #6 |
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| When she does not drink does she show signs of dehydration? What are the signs of dehydration in dogs? Sunken eyes. Dry gums. Lethargy. Loss of skin elasticity – use your thumb and forefinger to pinch a little skin on your pet's back or top of their head. ... Weakness, collapse
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09-11-2016, 04:25 PM | #7 |
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| I don't see my post so I'm not sure it posted but are you seeing signs of dehydration when she refuses to drink? Do you use a potty pad so you can count pees? Oh there's my post, I see it now
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09-11-2016, 06:17 PM | #8 |
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| Where are you getting the water from? Have you tried filtered and bottles water? Does her food have moisture in it or is she eating a dry food?
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09-11-2016, 06:32 PM | #9 |
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| She pees a lot; not too much but definitely nothing to worry about. we have three pads out, and by the end of the night she has 3-4 spots (and not small ones) on each mat. I saw the post above. No, she's never gotten to that point. When she had pancreatitis, yes, that was a time she was dehydrated. She'll get to the point where she licks our hands and my hand is sticky. Then I'll cluck after her until she angrily drinks about an ounce. This might be from a variety of different things, and it's tedious. The last few days, I've added a few ounces of unsalted broth to her I/D food both meals and snack with some crumbles of boiled hamburger on top. I did it before vet permission, but soon after I posted on here, I saw her message from yesterday afternoon giving me permission to drop some in there. I saw the recipe from above and will probably do that one instead. She won't eat for husband and is NOT pleased with the consistency, but I'm getting the fluid into her that way. I'm very afraid that she'll refuse that and we are back to square one. |
09-11-2016, 06:41 PM | #10 | |
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Water is definitely bottled. My son is severely autistic.. and, well, comes from a city with a hot spot of developmentally delayed children. We might have moved from there, but I'm firmly convinced that the perchlorate found in the Sacramento area and in the well water as a result (which the city draws from) is the cause. I have never since then touched anything but Bottled water. Filtered is for cooking. Call me paranoid.. but, I just can't risk it. Not Chewie, and not us. Not even guests in the home. | |
09-11-2016, 07:29 PM | #11 |
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| I want to honor your love and concern for your dear pup, and I feel a bit remiss reading your post that I do not know the quantity intake of my own little lady- but I feel like perhaps I am missing something, if she is passing sufficient urine (like counting diapers for babies) then she is getting adequate water intake is she not? Are there other signs or tendencies in her behavior that indicate a cause for concern?
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09-11-2016, 08:22 PM | #13 |
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| Have you thought about forcing small amounts of water with a syringe? Just a small amount is fairly easy to squeeze down the inside of the cheek. I've done this when my boy has been a little sick and refusing to drink. I'll give him a little every 20 mins or so just till I feel he's not dehydrated. They can get dehydrated very quickly and then require IV fluids. |
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