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Originally Posted by Pix  How old is your puppy ?
My Pix is 3 months old and home for 3 days only, and I've been through the same until yesterday. She wasn't eating much, boiled chiken, wet or dry food, and I am supplementing with Nutracal. After the check up with the vet, she told me to try Science Diet Puppy small bites, and that made all the difference. The last 24 hours she is eating plenty on her own, and doing just great. She also recommended to start her on dry food if she will take it, to help with teething.  |
Zoe is 3 months/12 weeks also! And the ironic bit is that my vet recommended science diet, even gave us a sample bag of it.
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Originally Posted by Ellie May You could try sloooooowly switching to another kibble but if she doesn't like the next one you may just end up having to get tough and making her eat the new one. I really prefer to see a dog enjoy what they eat. If she enjoys homecooked, that would be one option.
You could mix one ounce of chicken with 88 grams brown rice, pasta, peas or sweet potato and 60 grams cooked mixed veggies (carrots, squash, celery, bell peppers...) and 1 tsp. canola or olive oil and see how she likes that. You would have to supplement if you do it for an extended period of time and the recipe would have to be balanced for a pup.
While some people will say to get tough and make them eat kibble, I think she is a bit young for that. Have you tried mixing plain yogurt in her kibble or low fat, low sodium cottage cheese or mashed potato? |
Home cooked wouldn't really be the preferred option but if it winds up being that then that's what it'll be. For now, I want to see how chicken, chicken broth, and plain water (and combinations of the above) go. If I can get her to eat her normal food with those than that's great. If she won't then we'll try the next step.
Though to be honest I'm not thrilled she's eating Eukinuba (there's certainly better brands/foods) but it was what she had been eating her whole life. If she needs to switch than I'll be glad to try another (better) food. But again, I'm so hesitant to try to switch foods with her right now. She's barely eating so changing, even slowly, is bound to mess her up and I'd hate to do that.
So for now, here's hoping the chicken will do the trick. And in the mean time, as she still struggles to eat enough, I'm going to supplement with nutrical at night.
Till the morning,
Vicky