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11-11-2007, 10:19 AM | #1 |
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| not eating. what are potential reasons for a dog not eating? he hasn't really ate much of anything in the last 4 days or so, and this isn't anything new. he has these periods where he just starts starving himself and eventually eats again. as you could guess, he is pretty skinny. he should probably weigh 8 pounds on his frame but he's closer to 6. you can feel his ribs pretty well and his hip bones are pretty sharp too. we don't switch his food. we also feed him once a day, when we get home from work. we'd feed him in the morning too, but we don't have time to wait for him to need to go outside to defecate and that would hurt our year-long quest to potty train him. ideas? |
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11-11-2007, 10:23 AM | #2 |
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| How old is he? He should have 2 feedings a day. More if hes a puppy. He shouldnt be that thin. It might be beneficiial to have a vet check him over
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11-11-2007, 10:25 AM | #3 |
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| he's a year or so old. it's been this way for at least a couple of months. it's as if he gets finicky for a while and disinterested and then all of a sudden resumes normal eating habits. |
11-11-2007, 10:34 AM | #4 |
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| It seems to me that only one feeding a day is not enough. These Yorkies are very prone to hypoglycemia if they don't eat for long periods of time. I would try to feed him at least twice a day, and if that doesn't help, take him to the vet.
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