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06-30-2013, 02:16 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada
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| 12 week old, won't eat much I have a 12 week old yorkie mix (morkie) he's about 3lbs. I've had him for 2 days. He is currently on royal canin Yorkshire puppy 29, he has lots of energy however he's not eating much. Yesterday I tried him with the kebble normal, he'd eat 1-3 pieces out of my hand and after a while spit it back out. I then tried mixing the kebble with some wet nutro chicken & berries food. That worked he seemed to want to lick the wet food off the hard kebble. I than tried putting the kebble in hot water to make it warm and wet (but not soggy) that worked to a point. Yesterday I was able to feed him half a teaspoon of nutro seperately and 1/3 cup of royal canin with about 2 tablespoons left over from that amount. Today he's had only ate 33ml of royal canin out of 78ml with one 1/4 tsp of wet nutro. He will not eat Cheerios. I've read that they tend to love them. Any ideas I'm starting to worry a little, also noticed he has only pooped once yesterday & hasn't gone at all so far today! Does he just hate this food? I've noticed he will not each much in one setting but rather snacks through out the day either out of hand or scattered on floor. No dish. |
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07-01-2013, 07:23 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Welcome to Yorkie Talk. Your puppy might be adjusting to his new home. I would feed him whatever his breeder was feeding for at least a few weeks. Put the food in his bowl and don't worry if he doesn't eat right away. Be happy and confident when you offer his food. Don't make changes or offer different things because this sends the signal to your puppy that something is wrong with the food. Max had to be hand fed his first year. He wanted to do tricks for each of his kibble. Now he is a chow hound. You might have to do something like this.
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07-03-2013, 09:23 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Van Alstyne, TX
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| My dogs are all eating Amicus and they really seem to like it. We feed it to all our dogs, even our 13 week old puppy. Our puppy eats like a pig! We free feed, so the food is down all day. They sort of "graze" rather than eat large meals.
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