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jathompson · 07-29-2013, 07:47 AM

My baby is 2 months about to be 3 on aug. 3. He was given to me by my mothers friend. My concern is him eating. The first night I brought him home he ate about a pinch of pedigree can food. The next morning he had less then what he had ate the night before at about 8am. He slept all day and woke up once energetic and happy to play. He was sleeping to much so i did some research and for being this age its completely normal, but i discovered some other things that really caught my eye.. like becoming hypoglycemic, pedigree being low quality food,He slept all throughout then woke up at 4pm looking weak and gagging. He did throw up very little so I begin to assume the food upset his tummy and that maybe his sugar levels had dropped. I ended up buying nutri-stat, blue diamond hard puppy food, and natural balance lamb & turkey meat. I have him the nutri-stat and it seemed as if he got an appetite very quickly! So he scarfed down the lamb at that moment then at night. By the next morning he was interested in it. So I tried the hard food and he scarfed that down too. Then throughout the rest of that day he wasn't even very well. He wasn't taking as much as he had the first time. He typically has 1-2 very good meals during the day. When late evening comes he eats like several pinches of food. Today is my 4th day with him and this morning he didn't eat to much. What scares me is that he slept through the whole night and did not touch his food that I left out so I would assume he's hungry but he didn't eat to much??? He also pushes his meals very far about (about 6 hours) mind you sometimes he doesn't even consume a good size meal. Is this normal for his age? Is anyone going through the same thing I'm going through? How often should yorkies eat at this age? I'm really scared his sugar levels are going to drop again so I'm trying to feed him at least every 4 hours. Any tips/ info is helpful! Thank you!

Oh his behavior seems normal. He plays, has so much energy, he's wild! So could I just be scarring myself? Haven't seen him down/lazy/weak/droopy since that day when his sugar levels dropped.

07-29-2013, 07:47 AM	#1
jathompson Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Twentynine Palms, California Posts: 91	New Yorkie mommy with concern :( My baby is 2 months about to be 3 on aug. 3. He was given to me by my mothers friend. My concern is him eating. The first night I brought him home he ate about a pinch of pedigree can food. The next morning he had less then what he had ate the night before at about 8am. He slept all day and woke up once energetic and happy to play. He was sleeping to much so i did some research and for being this age its completely normal, but i discovered some other things that really caught my eye.. like becoming hypoglycemic, pedigree being low quality food,He slept all throughout then woke up at 4pm looking weak and gagging. He did throw up very little so I begin to assume the food upset his tummy and that maybe his sugar levels had dropped. I ended up buying nutri-stat, blue diamond hard puppy food, and natural balance lamb & turkey meat. I have him the nutri-stat and it seemed as if he got an appetite very quickly! So he scarfed down the lamb at that moment then at night. By the next morning he was interested in it. So I tried the hard food and he scarfed that down too. Then throughout the rest of that day he wasn't even very well. He wasn't taking as much as he had the first time. He typically has 1-2 very good meals during the day. When late evening comes he eats like several pinches of food. Today is my 4th day with him and this morning he didn't eat to much. What scares me is that he slept through the whole night and did not touch his food that I left out so I would assume he's hungry but he didn't eat to much??? He also pushes his meals very far about (about 6 hours) mind you sometimes he doesn't even consume a good size meal. Is this normal for his age? Is anyone going through the same thing I'm going through? How often should yorkies eat at this age? I'm really scared his sugar levels are going to drop again so I'm trying to feed him at least every 4 hours. Any tips/ info is helpful! Thank you! Oh his behavior seems normal. He plays, has so much energy, he's wild! So could I just be scarring myself? Haven't seen him down/lazy/weak/droopy since that day when his sugar levels dropped.