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Originally Posted by kjc  Hi and Welcome to YT! (better late than never!)
So sorry to hear your baby is having problems.
Some suggestions:
I would have her Bile Acid tested prior to her LP surgery. You will need to have pre-op bloodwork done anyway, this is just a more intensive test to check her liver function. (Symptoms: picky eater, failure to gain weight, skinny looking) |
Thanks for the welcome! I'm going to try not to be so shy.
I hope I'm replying the right way.
I'm sorry, but are they prone to liver problems? I've known only one yorkie for years and she never had a thing wrong with her. Also, with all the visits to the vet for her tummy troubles, he never mentioned this test. She's had shots to help with acid in her tummy, but he's never mentioned this. We were told after I bought her that she may not get much more than 6 lbs...but even at 5 lbs-she looks like the scrawniest thing.
She IS the pickiest eater I have ever seen!!! We have done dry, canned, home-cooked(Wellness, Avoderm, Royal, Nutro, Iams, Cesar, Purina, Eukanuba) even yorkie specific that we've come across, I swear our other dog thinks she's nuts!! lol It seemed like if she didn't run away when we put it in front of her, she'd like the new food for about 2 weeks..then she was done. Right now we have her settled into Beneful stew, which I run through the food processor first. She is more spoiled than my kids ever were..and they were spoiled!