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03-14-2010, 02:25 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | Recent rehome/rescue not eating I recently (4 weeks ago) took in a 13-15 year old Yorkie, Nikki. His owner lived in the same senior apartments my Dad did and I became friendly with her and helped her with her Yorkie. She had a stroke 2/13 and I took Nikki in. I have known him for 9 months so he was familiar with me. His owner rescued him 2 1.2 years ago so no prior history is known on him. He has never been a great eater but the first 3 weeks I had him he would eat enough for me to feel comfortable with. Then last Saturday I took him to the nursing home to see his owner and he threw up on the way home and he won't eat. I took him to my vet and they ran blood work, did a stool sample and checked him out and couldn't find anything wrong except for some indication from the fecal test that his tummy was upset. So they gave him a shot, Albon for 5 days and something to coat his tummy and he still won't eat the dog food. I tried 3 types of canned food (he has no teeth)and finally got him to eat a little Wellness 95% lamb mixed with some american cheese. I think his owner was feeding him whatever she was eating and I really don't want to stat that but he has gone from 6.4 lbs in November to 5.7 lbs yesterday and I need for him to eat. Sorry this is so long but I wanted to give the background on him. Any suggestions on what I can do to get him eating. I may try mixing some chicken with dog food but I really don't want him to get use to people food. The other thing that happened this week was my 90 year old father was in the hospital and now a nursing home and I have been gone so much and Nikki had become so attached to me that I wonder if this is also contributing to his not eating. Thanks
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03-14-2010, 02:34 PM | #2 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| can you try putting yogurt or cottage cheese on it? Layla will eat anything with cottage cheese on it |
03-14-2010, 02:41 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | Thanks, I will try the cottage cheese. Does that cause loose stools?
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03-14-2010, 02:56 PM | #4 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| i suppose if you put enough on it. I buy the non fat and put maybe 1 tsp on it- i usually just put enough on to get her interested in it |
03-14-2010, 03:59 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | Cottage cheese doesn't give Roxy loose stools. She likes it. I mix in a rounded teaspoon of it & mix it good w/kibble. Kibble can be soaked in water to make it soft. You could mix boiled chicken & rice w/her food or feed just the 2 together for awhile. At least she would be eating something. Make changes gradual if at all possible.
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03-14-2010, 04:01 PM | #6 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| what about if you hand feed? If i can't get Layla to eat and I need to (like i'm going out and can't leave the home cooked food out) if I pick up a piece and put it on the floor- she'll eat the whole plate that way. That might not be something you want to get into but it sounds like this little guy needs to eat. |
03-14-2010, 04:04 PM | #7 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | Thanks. I have been hand feeding him since I got him 4 weeks ago and was able to get him to eat the California Natural canned that he was eating at his previous home. Then last Saturday he almost completely stopped eating, except for a few treats. I am going to try the cottage cheese and then go to chicken mixed in. He seems very interested when we are eating so I think he is holding out for people food.
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