I just got Roo about a month ago, she was 3 months- at our first vet check up she was 1.12 lbs and was not eating much at all! We had some concerns that she might have bacteria or worms in her tummy so the vet put her on some medication and she's perked right up and started eating a little better (though she's still pretty picky)! Yesterday we went back to the vet and she's 1.5 pounds! We've tried her on a bunch of different wet foods and her favorite so far was Eukanuba puppy food- it's good because it's really really soft. She's also on Royal Canin dry puppy food part of the time and she seems to like that okay. The only treat I've found that she likes so far are yogurt drops (which have sugar in them- which if I had seen in the first place probably would not have gotten!!)- but she only gets them sparingly as they make her a little hyper- she won't eat anything hard and even the little moist treats she doesn't eat so she's a hard one!
I would definitely take a stool sample in to the vet and get her checked out for worms because I think a lot of puppies get them- they're easy to spread so if one had them or the mommy had them...all the puppies will have them! Good luck with your new pup and congrats! =) |