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Originally Posted by Pattie Hi Brenda, Just to let you know, when Chloe was little - she stayed with her mom until she was 3 and 1/2 months old - she would not eat her Iams very well either unless I diced up boiled chicken and mixed it up good. I slowly put less & less chicken in her mix and within 2 months I think it was, I mixed it no more, THEN when we got Sissy, my vet just told me to remove CHloe from Puppy food and start the adult (mixing half & half for a week or so) Well guess what, back to square one - She also went back to taking the puppy food instead of her own, what a nightmare to sit and watch them eat and not let one into the other's dish (different rooms of course) but all it took was the phone to rings, in a split second, the puppy food was gone, who ate it??? I'll never know but my guess was it was Chloe. Now we have Sissy for almost 2 months now, Sissy is turning out to be a good eater (too good I fear!) and Chloe is back to no chicken in her adult food by me taking less & less away each week, she still hasn't made it back to dry only (which I know is best for her) but at least I have Sissy in the puppy food in the dining room and Chloe in the kitchen in adult food, so I figure I am doing ok, that is a step in the right direction to get back to what you were advised to by Gracie. Sometimes the steps to perfection with taking care of my girls seem slow, but as long as I reach it, I figure it doesn't matter when  |
Hi Patti! and thank you! I got Sadie when she was 6 weeks old (
I know.....WAY to young) She has ALWAYS been a finicky eater which, I know yorkies can be..I only feed her human grade food. But to get her to eat ANYTHING I HAVE to put some kind of meat in it. I feel chicken is the least fatty and easier to digest. I have tried decreasing the chicken but she has figured this out and won't eat. She is 5 1/2 lbs so she doesn't look malnutritioned...she has a nice coat, bright eyes and is very active...a happy little girl! I don't want Lillie (new puppy) to get hooked on the chicken thing. she will eat her wet kibble (and dry..no more, until all her teeth are in). I know the kibbles are better for them than wet food...especially for their teeth. Sadie WILL NOT touch Lillies food if it is mushed (can't say that I blame her!) So I am not worried so much about Sadie...It's Lillie!!! as soon as she is done with her lunch and I let her out of her pen she runs like the wind to Sadies bowl...Where Sadie eats when she wants there is always food in her dish...I now have to put it up on a living room chair so Lillie can't get to it...(for now anyway!)
Thank you for the info...I am always open to learn everything and anything when it comes to my furbabies!