Help Needed with Feeding

[LuvMySissy]

Hi all-
Sissy is 10 months old and had been eating Royal Canin puppy bites until last week. She got sick with diarhea (most likely due to giardia) for a few days following a weekend boarding stay at the vets. She was given her own food while there and housed in the cattery for the quietness and her small size. My son picked her up from the vet so she was home when we arrived. He also feed her when she got home and she gobbled it up. It was about 4 hours later when she started to get sick.

Since then, she won't touch her dry food. I've tried canned and for a couple days would eat small amounts of Natural Balance Chicken & Rice, but now she won't eat that. I bought Merrick puppy food, tried the Merrick canned puppy food also. I broke down and bought Science Diet puppy lamb formula because the only food she will eat right now is our other dog's S.D. adult small bites. She has eaten a couple pieces of the puppy lamb formula, but the chunks (although puppy bites) are a little big and it takes quite an effort to chew. I'm afraid she isn't going to eat this long.

How do you go about getting samples of dry food and from what stores? Any other suggestions, cause next is boiling chicken......

Also, since I have an open bag of Merrick's puppy dry - I'm willing to send samples to anyone who PM's me with addresses.

[LuvMySissy]

Originally Posted by LuvMySissy

Hi all-
Sissy is 10 months old and had been eating Royal Canin puppy bites until last week. She got sick with diarhea (most likely due to giardia) for a few days following a weekend boarding stay at the vets. She was given her own food while there and housed in the cattery for the quietness and her small size. My son picked her up from the vet so she was home when we arrived. He also feed her when she got home and she gobbled it up. It was about 4 hours later when she started to get sick.

Since then, she won't touch her dry food. I've tried canned and for a couple days would eat small amounts of Natural Balance Chicken & Rice, but now she won't eat that. I bought Merrick puppy food, tried the Merrick canned puppy food also. I broke down and bought Science Diet puppy lamb formula because the only food she will eat right now is our other dog's S.D. adult small bites. She has eaten a couple pieces of the puppy lamb formula, but the chunks (although puppy bites) are a little big and it takes quite an effort to chew. I'm afraid she isn't going to eat this long.

How do you go about getting samples of dry food and from what stores? Any other suggestions, cause next is boiling chicken......

Also, since I have an open bag of Merrick's puppy dry - I'm willing to send samples to anyone who PM's me with addresses.

Okay, I'm really stumped. The Old Mother Hubbard bones she has been getting as treats for pottying she will now not eat either. Is is possible her teeth are hurting her and that is why she'll pick up the dry food (sometimes) but drop it and not eat it? But she still won't touch canned food either. She will eat bits of egg and cheese and meat from my meals.......

[celstu1]

OH my boys are little buggers too with eating... very picky! They will really ONLY eat NutroMax small dog formula. My mothers dog eats it also. I guess its a good food, really I just feed them what they will eat, I tried sooo many other foods, nothing unless they are starving!

[Gingergirlsmom]

Recently Ginger wouldn't eat for DAYS ON END, initially the vet had me give her 1/2 a Pepcid AC about 1/2 hour before feeding...that helped a little. (She's 12 lbs, so not sure of the dosage for your little one). Good luck!

[RLC12345678]

Is Sissy eating yet? I hope she's doing ok! Let us know!

[LuvMySissy]

Still not eating any kibble. I've tried 3 different brands. I still may try one more yet - I'm thinking the Natural Balance by Dick Van Patten. After reading the thread on scoring dog food, this one rates the highest and she will actuall take a few bites of their canned food now and then (the only canned food she will even nibble).

Have been cooking for her the past few days. Scrambled eggs and spinach for breakfast, fruit for snacks, and then chicken with rice, spinach and carrots for dinner. The things we do for our little ones!