Royce is not doing well pls help
 

Royce appetite started decreasing since last sunday I took him yesterday to the vet he did a complete exam and confirmed that he has gained weight and he looks healthy... he requested blood and urine tests tobe on the safe side ...im getting the bood tests back today ...as per the vet royce wont have hypoglecemia if he doesnt eat because he is 4.2 lb but im wonderng for how many days can he starve himself i have to work and im scared to go home and find him dead if he keeps on not eating:confused: what should i do????

Have you tried some rice cooked with chicken broth? When mine are sick, they still eat that and the rice really pumps them up with carbs. Hope he's better soon.

Hey hun, Riddick went through this.. I was so worried all the time about him.. I did lots of research and I found that you can put a bit of cottage chesse on his food.. I'd also chop up this dog food.. He'd only eat it til after I did that.. Strange doggie of mine.. And when I feared that his blood sugar was low I took a tablespoon of white sugar to a table spoon of water.. Riddick loved that..
Try these and see if your baby will eat...
hugs...
Riddicks Mommy:aimeeyork

Poor baby:( I'd get a second opinion on the hypoglycemic thing, I think even a 100 lb animal could go hypoglycemic if they went without food long enough. Of course, that's just my opinion, I'm no vet.

Prayers on the way!!!!!!

When Piper was sick & wouldn't eat, I tried everything. Cooked baby carrots in brown sugar worked. She was getting something to eat, along with the brown sugar it was like having a little nutrical with them. The vet told me I did good. Cottage cheese worked also. I did give some baby rice cereal with some honey also. A little something is better than nothing.

My Vet told me My 10 lb yorkie could get hyoglycemia one time when he wasnt eating. I would give him nutrical

Cali has 3 episodes of hypoglycemia even at 6-7 months of age and 4lbs. I had to give her chicken and cesar's dog food to make sure she ate enough. Try the Nutrical and I hope the bloodwork comes back ok.

Gracie used to go on food strikes for several days at a time. She would eat nothing but cheese or baby food chicken (no onions). I just gave her Nutrical 3 times a day. Eventually she would eat. Someone on here once said that a Yorkie will not let itself starve, it will eat eventually. I found the more things I tried with Gracie, the more strikes she would have and the more picky she became. I finally stopped trying to please her and put out the same food day after day. Eventually she ate. Apparently variety is not the spice of life with her. I also found out that she does not like her kibble moistened with water, and for a long time did not like kibble mixed in with her wet food. I suggest starting back at square one with the food and supplement her with Nutrical. Be sure to discuss your concerns with your vet. I hope Royce is doing better soon!

i hope everything is ok....let us know when the vet gets you the results

Sorry he is not eating. You have lots of good ideas above.
I do hope your baby starts eating. Chicken breast and rice they
all seem to love. I would start with that.If he does eat it
just add alittle to his regular food. I started that with Buddy
when he was sick two yrs ago and still add it. He won't eat just the
regular kibble. They have to be tricked into eating sometimes.
Carrots and greenbeans is another healthy thing to add.

Good luck.


Carol & Buddy

Update on Royce
 

I left for work this morning and i was worried as royce didnt touch his food ...at 10 am I called the vet office and she told me that his blood results are normal...i was worried because he didnt eat in the morning so i left work and went home . Royces tummy was making weird noises ( because hehad an empty stomach for 2 days ) and he was a little bit down ....I rushed him to the vet he did a second complete physical exam and confirmed to me that everything is ok regarding the blood tests...so nothing iswrong with him the vet told me that sometimes for unexplained reasons small dogs would stop eating and he gave me a seringe and I have to feed him with the seringe and eventually his appetite will go back to normal if not monday I have to take him again the vet they will examine him again and decide eitehr to give him medication to stimulate his appetite or to put him under perfusion......please keep royce in your prayers :aimeeyork

lots of prayers coming your way...you have lots of good suggestions above.....i would try the cottage cheese and chicken....bellla loved those .....:) the carrots with brown sugar was a great idea too...i am going to try that next time she doesnt eat!

How old is he and could he be upset because you are *leaving* him to go to work????

Same thing with Boo. He grew out of it. He eats plenty in the morning and afternoon now. Try nutra call or some supplements.?

I asked the vet and he said it's a possibility since he is very attached to me and some dogs are very sensitive:(

Maybe he has an upset stomache and you could give him a half of a tums and see if that settles it down and he eats. That is what I had to do with Bailey when she was pregnant and refused to eat. I bought Esbilac and syringed it into her mouth to make sure she didnt starve. She wouldnt eat chicken, rice, or anything.

We just went thru this for the last week with our Pookie. She is teething and would turn up her nose at her food. We tried everything. We got every dog food in every flavor to try on her. She'd try one for one meal and then turn her nose up at it next meal. Finally, I bought some ground lamb, which I cooked and she went for that. After a day or two when she got tired of it, we put a couple of bacon bits in each to give it a different flavor and that fooled her for a couple more meals. I wanted to put more nutrition into her besides straight meat, so we bought some baby carrots like someone else suggested and she thought it was some sort of chew and actually ate one. So she eats about 1/2 to one of those a day which also provides natural sugars. I think she especially likes it because it's cold and she's teething.

One other thing that worked was getting our cat to come into the kitchen and letting the cat eat part of her food. She gets very very interested in whatever the kitty eats, so then I sneak a chunk of the dog food off the plate the cat is eating from and place it on the floor between her and the cat. She gobbles it up, just because the cat likes it whether it's something she liked before or not. So weird! But then wolves which they are descended from do compete for food in the wild and I think that instinct still lives in dogs because they often get competitive with their food.

So if you have another animal which it sounds like you do, maybe just feed the other animal and make your picky little pup wait for it. That might just prime the pump. Is there any way that you can take extra time to come home at lunch if she doesn't eat in the morning, and feed your baby?

Also, our Pookie often gets nauseated in the morning when she hasn't eaten anything the night before. Apparently from other posts, I gather that's common. So we get her started by feeding her bits of rice cake in the morning. Then we go off and get ready and then try to feed her real food with the above methods after she's had time to digest the rice cake bits.

The other day, no kidding, I actually was tossing bits of meat on the floor and using my "go get it" voice like it was a game of fetch to get her to eat it. It did work, but I couldn't believe I actually had to go to such lengths just to get a dog to eat.

I think everyone here has given awesome advice, I'm sure you're baby will be as good as new soon! :)

:hands: Prayers are in your way.

Sometimes my Pheobe will not eat or drink enough if she is alone at home.

Did Boo stop eating because you went to work ? For how long did he stop eating ? and when did he start to eat again ?

You said in a past thread that Royce had separation anxiety right? I definiitely think that is why he may not be eating when you go to work

Yes but the thing is he not eating at all even when i'm home in the evening he won'ttouch his food no matter what i do so now im feedinghim with a seringe ..

Oh well that doesnt make sense that he is not eating when you are home. Have you tried some chicken and rice