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Originally Posted by sharong Hi.
Yes, we did try feeding him just about everything but the kitchen sink it seems!!!! When I couldn't get him to eat the "gruel" made from the breeders food, we bought canned and dry science diet food. He wouldn't eat that! We bought the meaty baby food...no luck. I even put a piece of steak in front of him just to see if he would even try to lick it...no go!! He could not be bothered. We did indeed try using the syringe the vet gave us but that really didn't work either. I think I stressed him out more by trying to get his mouth open and when I did get the food inside, he'd spit it out.
I guess what worries me is that when we went to look at him at the breeders, he didn't act perky and spunky like most puppies. We held two puppies and the other was much more alert and "a puppy" so to speak. I really thought this little fellow was nervous and hadn't been outside much and we were strangers to him so I passed it off as that.
Then we got him to our house two weeks later and in the first couple of hours he ate a little, he followed my dog around a bit, he even chewed on my husbands toes. So, we thought everything was okay. The next two days he ate very little and we used the nutrical along with some food which we fed by hand. Then by Wednesday night we were really worried since he hadn't eaten much and wasn't acting like a puppy should. I realize most of it was because of the sugar but he was still acting like he did at the breeders that first time and that's what really worries us.
He's the cutest little thing and I realize they outgrow the hypoglycemia once they begin eating regularly and so forth. I just worry more I guess because he's not very active, etc. I know puppies are like children...no two alike. I guess I'm just worrying too much but I do think about long term health. I just keep thinking that the didn't act perky; but maybe he's still so young. Anyone else go through this?
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It sounds to me like something was wrong even before you got him. When I brought mine home, he was scared but he would still play and seemed very energetic. He wouldn't eat at first, so I put a little cottage cheese on his food, and he ate. I had to hand feed him the first couple days, then he started eating fine on his own. He was 9 weeks old when I brought him home. Like I said, he was scared but he settled in very nicely and loved playing with us.
Does your puppy play with toys at all?