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Originally Posted by Lolasmom1211  I brought Lola home about 1 month ago when she was 12 weeks old. She had a bad hypoglycemic episode the first weekend we had her and had to spend 3 nights at the emergency hospital. She has been perfect since then, although she is still very small - 1.5 lbs. She is full of energy and sleeps through the night and is a bundle of joy. She is a very picky eater and will only eat baby food (chicken) if I hand feed her, 3 times / day. I have tried to introduce kibbles and even tried to introduce several kinds of canned food mixed in but NO interest at all. This is fine for now, I feel good that she is eating about 3 jars / food every 2 days. My question is that while I am feeding her and shortly after, she shivers a little bit, but stops after eating. I have seen some posts about liver disease and shaking and now this has me a little concerned. She has no other symptoms, but while at the hospital they mentioned that down the road we may want to have her tested for this liver shunt since her blood sugar was so hard to regulate. They could not do it at the time because they could not get enough blood. Her ammonia test was normal. It has been 3 weeks with no problems. Any opinions on this shaking while she eats? Thanks - sorry for the long winded message! |
My yorkie has liver disease and he had those same symptoms as a pup. He had coccidia as well just like your dog and hypoglycemia like you wouldn't believe. The truth is that the symptoms can range from being a "picky eater" to not being able to keep blood sugar levels normal to shaking to seizures.
My yorkie was the exact same way when he was a pup. We got him at 12-13 weeks of age, and we could not get him to eat anything. We homecooked for a long time and hand fed him, force fed him when he refused all food and ended up feeding baby food too because that's all he could tolerate.
Please don't ignore these symptoms and pass them off as "picky" eating. Dogs who do have liver problems are picky because food makes them feel sick. That's why your dog might try one canned food at one meal and refuse it the next or same goes for dry foods or any food for that matter.
Picky eating and inappetance ARE symptoms.
I would get the bile acid test done for peace of mind.
If you have any questions at all, please ask
