Hi - I went through exactly the same thing with Bridget. I was so worried that she wasn't eating that I started hand feeding her - I even fed her her soft food off a spoon. I put kibble down before I left for work in the morning and it didn't seem to be touched. I tried changing foods thinking she just didn't like it - but it seemed she didn't like anything. So in order to get her to eat I'd make a game out of it...I'd throw a toy - she'd bring it back and she'd eat some kibble I was giving out as a treat. At first I didn't mind - it was like "our" time. This went on until she was about 6 months old or so, and no longer needed it to be a game - just wanted to be hand fed. We even went as far as my fiance getting on all fours and pretending to eat her food...which worked some of the time. Someone posted that Parmesan cheese sprinkled on her food would probably attract her, and it did. She started eating her soft food on her own, then we tried it with the hard food. It was like a miracle, before too long she was eating on her own. I also found that the soft food gave her a "jump start" in the morning. I'd put down just enough to mask her joint supplement - she then finished breakfast with her kibble. I think that because I had always had large dogs I "felt" she wasn't eating enough, when actually she probably was, I just didn't realize it - a small amount of kibble goes a long way in a tiny tummy. I've always left her kibble down all day, just in case I get delayed at work, and most of it is usually there when I get home - it's for my own piece of mind. Oh the things we do for our little fur-babies....I don't know that I can say I had this much patience with my "skin-kids"! |