Starting Raw food, need help
 

This morning I gave my girls their 1st experience with Raw. Using Nature's Variety - the chicken. Lola love it ate it right up - 2 medallions/ Lily, turned up her nose and walked away. I feed them out of 2 separate bowls. I then mixed it with kibble and separated the 2 of them. When I returned, Lola had squeezed thru the separation and the food was gone. I suspect it was Lola who ate it and not Lily. Any suggestions? Oh, later I gave them the raw chicken foot and again Lola ate hers. Lily only wanted to run to the sofa and hid hers in the cushions.

I didn't cut them up and they were cold. Lola didn't seem to mind tho. I sort of broke them aprt with my fingers. I am thinking of cooking some rice and mixing it with that. Maybe a liitle heat from the rice will warm the medallion. It doesn't seem like 1 would be enough. My 3lb'er ate 2 and then some. How many times do you feed per day? My girls are still puppies so they are on 3 times a day. Thanks

Yes I read about the precautions for handling. I washed my hands before and washed their dishes in hot soapy water after. I understand you aren't supposed to leave it down for then over 30 minutes. I wonder how that all worked out in the wild with no dishwashers and the like LOL

The rice seems to have worked. I put 1/2 a medallion in with rice and she ate it. I guess I will have to do a gradual decreasing of the rice.

Well, I imagine that in the wild, if the yorkie didn't finish the meal, someone else would..lol....And if noone else was around, and the yorkie ate it after bacteria had grown, he/she would probably have chucked it up...lol..It doesn't seem to take much for these little guys to heave :rolleyes:

Yorkie bladder stones. Introducted RAW food today but wo't eat.
 

Hi there,

Please help!

I have a 5.6 lb yorkie, 5 years old. He had about 3 seziures in his life time (others possibly that i have not been present for), the sezuires were very mild although i was concerned so i brought him to the vet. He has always been a picky, small eater. Loves treats and table food though, but not dog food???

My yorkie has been diagnosed with bladder stones,mostly likely calcium oxalate. The ones that require surgery.

He is also a bit underweight. So before the surgery vet said to get wieght up. He is on Hills medical preventative which he did eat but now has seemed to turn his nose away from.

We got this little guy tested for liver shunts, bile acids, mildy elevated but not out of the morn something like int he 30s. Did the whole thing costing me over $2000.00 with all testing and bladder bacterial testing. All came back, healthy liver, no shunts and no bacteria, simply a bladder stone.

So now that it has been 2 months since being diagnosed, his weight has not gone up from his 5.6 lbs.

I bought raw food patties and introduced it this morning. I first cooked a portion up to 75% and he didnt like it.

Then i took the same portion andother piece fresh and gave it to him raw did not like it.

What do i do! This little guy needs to gain weight and i am afraid he will get sick.

It might be helpful for you to start a new thread so that others can more easily see it.

Sometimes it takes a little coaxing for them to eat raw. Some dogs take to it right away and other think you are crazy! Try sprinkling a little parmesan cheese on it or maybe mixing it with yogurt or canned pumpkin. Whatever you do, don't cook it. That destroys the entire purpose of feeding raw. If you want to heat a pan really hot and sear the outside just to entice him, that might be okay the first couple of times but since you said he wouldn't eat the cooked portion, I'm not sure if that would help. To be honest I would just put down his food for 30 minutes and then put it back in the refrigerator if he doesn't eat it. He will eventually be hungry enough to eat it. Some picky dogs think if they hold out you'll eventually give them what they want. I'm not sure if there would be any concern about hypoglycemia though since you said he was small and also underweight. Hopefully some other users will have some suggestions for you.

Thank you very much for your insight.

I am not sure what to do either, but i am very frustrated so i will definitely hold tight and be tough. if he gets hungry enough he has to eat.

what if he doesnt eat for a few days? he is a small dog and underweight so i wouldnt think starving him would be good for his health.

i have tried parmasean cheese before not on raw but other foods and he might just lick it or just sniff and walk away. although he loves people food.

i will try the pumkin when i get home. maybe a nice long walk in the park will spark up his appetite.

thanks again.

if anyone has any other concerns or expertise please help.