[Foster Mom]

Pixie is doing well for the most part. She is off pain meds unless she needs them and is showing no obvious signs of discomfort.

The problem is with Pixie everytime she has ever had surgery she stops eating, sometimes she has even stopped drinking. After she was spayed she stopped eating and drinking for 8 weeks, we have no idea why. I had to syringe food and fluids into her for 8 weeks. When she had her legs reconstructed she did the same thing. Now she is doing it again. She will drink. We thought it was the ketamine valuim coctail the vet had given her before anesthetic so i do not allow them to give that to her anymore but even without it she has stopped eating.

Yesterday I drove 160 miles round trip(I live in a very obscure area) to find raw food, she sniffed it and tasted it but has not decided if she likes it yet or not. I have tried canned food, I have tried almost everything. I spoke with her vet and we gave her a vitamin B6 shot, we are giving her stuff called vet amino which is supposed to stimulate the appetite so far to no avail. I also bught raw goats milk dog food addivtive yesterday it says it is great for fussy eaters, no go.

tonight i bbq'ed Delmonico steak, baked potatoes and asparagus and wouldn't you know it the little fart deicided that was a pretty good dinner, she ate a good meal for the first time in 8 days, since she was hit by the car. She has eaten but just picked here and there, not enough for a 10 pound dog to survive on, so I have been syringing baby food into her to get enough food into her, she hates this and I hate doing it to her.

Any ideas on how I can tempt her to eat or stimulate her appetite. I really do not want to have to syringe feed her again for the next several weeks. I will if I have to but would prefer she eat on her own. My vet said to feed her anything she will eat and worry about breaking the habit later when she has recovered.....not sure I want to feed her human food the whole time as that will be a very hard habit to break