If she eats kibble, it's probably not the pet food recall thing. More likely she's got an upset tummy. Everyone gets those now and then, even humans. Has she been eliminating regularly? Our babygirl won't eat when she's constipated. So usually we can get her to eat a small handful of honeynut cheerios which, because of the fiber, seem to help loosen her up. Or if that fails, I've heard feeding them canned pumpkin will help. She may be wandering around in strange places looking for somewhere to do her business, since she is feeling bloated (if that is indeed the reason at all).
Also, we have a really good trick to get our little girl to eat when she's feeling peckish. We put a tiny dab of liverwurst on each piece of her food. Of course she eats soft food, so it's easier because we are talking about chunks rather than kibble. But you might give it a try. Liverwurst is the one thing that is almost totally irresistable to dogs apparently. Professional trainers use it to get their showdogs to do just about anything.
Oh, and then we also have a backup emergency mush we make that was posted on this forum. It works great when fed from a syringe and they won't eat anything else.
1/2 cup half and half (or goat's milk for easy digestability)
1/2 cup instant baby cereal (rice is a good choice, but we've used oatmeal as well for extra fiber)
1 whole jar Gerber's baby meat (no turkey)
1 tsp. karo syrup (or maple syrup if no karo is availble)
Warm up the half-and-half and mix the cereal in, add the jar of meat and tsp. syrup. Add a little water if too stiff. Mix well and feed by syringe to start. Usually once they get started they will eat it voluntarily. |