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Originally Posted by Ellie May  You can also do peeled and boiled potato and sweet potato.
Can you mash up a small amount of potato and mix it with the NB to get her to eat? |
Yesterday I joined the DogLiverDisease Yahoo group and filled out my new member questionnaire, complete with all lab values, diet, etc... I have been telling you that her BUN was normal because it was 25 with a normal range of 7-27, but apparently Olga (the moderator) felt that was actually too high. She said that she "would not recommend [*adding mashed potato to her NB Vegetarian to make it more appealing to her*] because of her BUN number. Try soaking the NB vegetarian in water so that it soaks up the water (distilled is preferred)-some dogs like it this way." I have a question in to find out why potato is not okay but haven't heard anything back yet.
Anyone know why it's not okay?? I tried soaking it in water this morning and she ate it right up, but I tried that again around 1:00 and she wouldn't touch it. Around 4:00 she walked over to where her dry food is sprinkled on the floor (she won't eat dry food from a bowl and seems to eat it much better if none of the pieces are touching each other
), picked up a piece, walked over to where my boyfriend was sitting on the floor, and set it down. Then she looked at me and wanted to play. I tried to get her to eat it, but she wasn't interested. *sigh! How am I supposed to get her to eat 3-4 times per day if she doesn't want to eat it???!!
Sooooo, I've thought about buying a few grocery items (celery, carrots, etc...--suggestions WELCOME!) and boiling it all to make a broth, which I would then be able to poor over her food to let it soak and make it more appealing, hopefully. Would that be okay?? Could I put chicken in there....i.e. is chicken broth ok even though chicken is not? Also, is her BUN considered high? I'm going to have a urinalysis done ASAP (Thanksgiving is next week, so I don't know if I'll be able to do it then) to make sure there aren't any crystals.
Any suggestions?.......I'm open to anything! I don't want to feed my baby something that's dumping toxins into her system, but at the same time I want her to enjoy her food and get to be as normal as it is possible for her to be. Help!