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Just want to introduce myself and Ginger Hi! I have a one year old yorkie, 3.5 lbs. named Ginger, whom I am crazy about and I have a question which someone I am sure has already asked and answered but here goes...does anyone know how to get their yorkie to eat... Ginger just came home from the vet because of low blood sugar levels and I just can not get her to eat dog food, please give me suggestions as to when to feed her, how much and what. Thanks for you help... |
Hello and welcome to YT! with small dogs we have to be very carefull, if they dont get food in the morning, there blood level will drop and this may cause a seizure. Your baby sounds a lot like mine, I have to hand feed her in the morning to get her to eat. You may want to try some plain non fat yogurt in the am, just a tsp or so, just to get something in her. I give Lillie a 1/2 of a egg in the am so she has something in her sysyem. Then she will eat on her dry food throughout the day. good luck! any pics for us to see?? |
:welcome4: Try giving your baby Nutrical, it should help. :) |
Did you ask the vet? Have you tryed putting nutri- cal on the food mixing it together. The Nutri- Cal will help keep her sugar level up, mine love it some poeple feed it to them for treats, this I don't do. I sure there will be more people to give you better advise, just thought this mine work. |
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Welcome. I wish I had some advice to offer you. I've never had this problem. You have gotten some good suggestions. Keep us posted. Great to have another fellow Georgian. |
welcome, you came to a great site for any info you need. |
Welcome! Try mixing the food with cottage cheese. Another thing you can give is boiled chicken and rice and gerber meat sticks. A moist food that alot of picky eaters will eat is Lil Caesars and you can get it at the grocery store. For sure give Nutrical if your baby has had low sugar problems. |
I agree, Nutri-cal is great for low blood sugar. If you don't have any, you can substitute a small amount of Karo Syrup. Just a little on the tongue will bring the blood sugar back up. I would give it to her in the morining, and especially before bed time. Send us some pics. Looking forward to seeing this preciouse llittle one. |
jefferspet.com has nutrical and some similar options maybe try to hand feed or mix with a little water to soften the food? good luck oh you can give then boiled chicken & rice also |
Sorry I can't help with your question but just wanted to say Welcome!:) I know my mother has been struggling with the same problem with her yorkie so I'll be watching this thread. |
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Welcome to YT! I am sorry to hear about Ginger not eating. Baby has been finicky often times, but never to that degree. Would she take boiled chicken with rice???? I think the nutrical is a must!! |
Cali is 13 months and eats chicken mixed with a little Cesar's wet dog food. She also had episodes of Hypoglycemia so I haave to feed her what she will eat abd hat would be chicken. Good luck I know how frustrating it is. |
Welcome to YT ! Get some Nutrical, i allways have some on hand ! |
Welcome to YorkieTalk. My little Joey had a hypoglycemia attack when he was 9 weeks old and I'll never forget it or let it happen to any other Yorkie I have. I kept Nutri-cal on hand at all times and put some Karo in his water. He never had another attack thank the Lord. Wishing you the best with your little baby!!! :) |
Hi Lynn - welcome to YT!!! My Sissy is almost one year and has become a picky eater aftering getting sick at 10 months old. She gets yogurt for breakfast (Dannon Activia Vanilla, about 1/3 container) along with some old fashioned oatmeal or scrambled eggs. She has just started nibbling on her dry kibble again - Chicken Soup mixed with Solid Gold Wee Bits. Usually for dinner she gets her Natural Balance meat rolls (cut up in small cubes), but if she doesn't eat that, she gets boiled chicken with brown rice. I keep Nutrical on hand as well. So if she doesn't eat much breakfast or dinner, she gets some Nutrical also. She also gets Vita Dog (made by the makers of Nutrical) each day. Good luck. Picky eaters are so fun!! |
I'm sorry that I don't have an answer to your question, but I wanted to say Welcome to Yorkie Talk!! |
Hi Lynn and Welcome! We had trouble with Mia from day one. At 9 wks old and 1 pd 11 oz she wouldn't eat anything! Smelling it made her turn her head. We only had her 3 days when she went into that hypoglycemia. She was in the hospital for 3 days, and still refused to eat dog food when she came home. We tried scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, hamburger, chicken, rice, hot dogs (chopped very small) - all of which she'd eat "once"! Finally, we bought chicken, beef, and veal baby food - and we proceeded to force feed her. We had to get a couple of those plastic syringes (no needles) and filled it with warmed baby food 3-4 times a day. We still tried dog food all the while, but she never took to it until she was 4 months old. We used that Nutrical as well - before we went to bed and before we went to work. Now she eats that Little Ceasar wet food and the Royal Canin dry food. It got very frustrating at times, but I'm so glad we made her eat. Good Luck & let us know how you're doing! |
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