10 week old puppy refusing to try to eat Hi. I have a little bitty girl, who is under 1 lb. at 10 weeks of age. I don't breed for tinies, both parents are at least 5 lbs. She has been getting supplemental formula almost since birth due to her diminutive size. All siblings are now weaned but her. She is sassy and playful and eagerly laps up formula, but when I try adding rice cereal, or putting anything (including chicken) in her mouth she violently spits it out. She will lick at chicken, or other foods and gets excited, but refuses to allow anything inside her mouth that she may need to chew. Any suggestions? I've tried boiled chicken, rice cereal in formula, baby weiners, canned food, softened kibble, crushed kibble. She just is very hard headed. |
Does she have all her puppy teeth? I would just go at her pace or sometimes I know it helps me out greatly when puppies see their mom eating they automatically want to eat what they see she's eating. |
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This is what momma did for me so maybe it will help with your pup. If you hit a snag go to the previous step and start that step again until the pup starts progressing with the food. If the pup stops again, take that food out of the formula. Maybe she just doesn't not like that taste. Listed in the steps Momma used. 1. Milk 2. Milk with 1 teaspoon vanilla ice cream 3. Milk plus ice cream plus 1 teaspoon mashed potatoes they never had instant so I suggest putting potato thru a blender after it is cooked without seasoning. 4. Milk plus ice cream, plus potato, plus 1 teaspoon finely mashed boiled egg - again you can put everything thru a blender to get the egg fine enough to lick up without chewing. 5. Milk plus ice cream, potatoes, egg, 1 teaspoon of strained chicken baby food. 6-whatever it takes to get your pup to start eating. Try her on just one or two chews. This may take awhile to get the pup to eat solid food. You should get puppy vitamins and crumble it up in the milk mixture. Momma said it took about 3 weeks to get me to take the first bite of anything. It was a milk product. Which I still have need of. I'm Use only very small size bite of one product when starting to do pieces of food. Add extra bites every couple of days once you get her to eat the first bite. When she gets the idea, then you will be able to make more bites and start decreasing the milk. Since most dogs are lactose sensitive I would start with a lactose free milk approved by the vet you go to. Might even be best to get the milk replacement for dogs. Can get lactose free ice cream. Hope this helps your puppy. Called my friend and he said the milk products must be lactose free and to blend 1 raw egg whites into the basic mixture and change this out every other day. None of the items listed inot small quantities will Harry a puppy. He looked up the recipe and said that he did Not Have find any of the products harmful to dogs. Just feed small quantities at a time to start. He would rather have you feed more often than more at one time. |
I have messaged a yorkie breeder who is a member here. I am hoping will be able to assist you. :) |
I found that a saucer seems to help the stubborn babies. Mush with ground kibble and replacement, or soft scrambled egg surrounded by replacement etc. I also have sprinkled kibble, or chicken etc. in front of the food bowl. For some reason they seem to want to try it. Sometimes they just don't get the idea of eating out of a bowl, although the do lap up milk out of a bowl. Go figure. I never have had food in their mouth work.. have you ever tried to give meds in food. They immediately know something is going on. Lol Good Luck! |
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Stinky Girl Thanks Deb. She does lick at the chicken, so Im hopeful she will decide she wants to eat it. She runs to the saucer with canned food and watches her Mom eat.... Thanks for all the input! |
Hope she eats soon if she likes chicken maybe try one of those jar baby foods. This is really old school but my vet from a long time ago suggested baby food for one of my picky eaters who had gotten sick and wasn't eating anymore he loved the chicken and sweet potato jars mixed together. |
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