Hello all...

[Yorkiedaze]

You have done wonders with this boy and are to be congratulated in a big way. Thank you for taking him into your home and giving him all your attention and love...........not to mention nice veggies. Don't worry about his desire to eat them up before they are taken from him (so he thinks) he will get better with time when he knows food will always be there for him.

[gontygirl]

Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze

You have done wonders with this boy and are to be congratulated in a big way. Thank you for taking him into your home and giving him all your attention and love...........not to mention nice veggies. Don't worry about his desire to eat them up before they are taken from him (so he thinks) he will get better with time when he knows food will always be there for him.

Thanks for the nice compliment. I really hope you're right about his food issues. It's like he's never been fed before and I know that he had been. The woman that had him was even feeding him with top quality all natural crunchy bits... She claimed he only ate enough to sustain life and wasn't an eater. I feed him with Grandma Lucy's reconstituting food and he scoffs up as much as he can as FAST as a whip...he acts as if he's starving and I won't feed him more than a portion for his weight class. He'll scarf down a baby carrot so fast he won't even take the time to chew. I had to perform the Heimlich maneuver once cus the wedge of an apple was swallowed WHOLE. I've reduced his whole edible world to tiny pieces and thin slices. He didn't come from a place where he was starved... She free fed him bag food...it's just that she NEVER EVER fed him people food because she was worried he'd start begging for food and she did not want that. Please be right about his food issues...lol