daisy isnt eating much

[yorkieowner24]

2months 2.1lbs, she only eats in the morning hours and when we feed her in afternoon and night she doesnt eat , we give her nutrical is this normal or what? suppose to feed her 1/2 a cup daily but she only eats 1/3 daily

[RLC12345678]

Oh this is quite normal. I am so glad that you are continuing to give her the NutriCal. What are you feeding her? Dry food? For now, at least until she is 12 weeks old, I would mix her dry food with some "goodies" in order to get her to eat enough. You can put cottage cheese, plain yogurt, plain white rice, plain boiled chicken, any of these things mixed with her dry food to get her to eat a little more. But I would only do it until she is 12 weeks old, then start weaning her off the human food. You don't want to feed her human food after 12 weeks if you can help it.

[BLowry]

Sadie has been a fussy eater since day one! she is now 2 1/2 yrs old and she still isn't a really good eater but, she does eat...I feed her innova kibbles and boiled chicken...I like squish the chicken and kibbles together so the chicken kinda stays on the kibbles..I also add some green beans and sometimes raw carrots...(she doesn't like canned carrots) she will usually eat everything but she is a picker...I would ask your vet but maybe a little boiled chicken would be ok

Good Luck~!

[JeanieK]

Originally Posted by yorkieowner24

2months 2.1lbs, she only eats in the morning hours and when we feed her in afternoon and night she doesnt eat , we give her nutrical is this normal or what? suppose to feed her 1/2 a cup daily but she only eats 1/3 daily

She is very young. I would give her nutrical, and keep Karo syrup in her water for at least a month.

Give her soft food like Cesars twice a day, and let her free feed on dry food the rest of the time.

I went through 5 brands before I found a dry food that Ollie would eat. And then I think she started eating better just because she was older.

When I got Chachi, he was on Cesars twice a day and Royal canine. He ate much better, but then there were two of them so it might have been the competition that made him a better eater.

[yorkieowner24]

ya its dried food, mixed with some presciption hills diet wet food also got from the vet 1 can..nutrical we give her 3 times about a day if she doesnt eat much

[JeanieK]

Originally Posted by yorkieowner24

ya its dried food, mixed with some presciption hills diet wet food also got from the vet 1 can..nutrical we give her 3 times about a day if she doesnt eat much

The eating issue is one of the reasons many breeders will not let their puppies go to their new homes until 12 weeks.

[RLC12345678]

Originally Posted by yorkieowner24

ya its dried food, mixed with some presciption hills diet wet food also got from the vet 1 can..nutrical we give her 3 times about a day if she doesnt eat much

What brand of dried food? I went through this with my first yorkie, Hobbs. He would NEVER eat! I had to hand feed him the dried food in order for him to eat at all. But I finally realized that he just didn't like his food...he didn't like how it tasted. So, I switched to Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lovers' Soul and I haven't had any problems since. He usually cleans his bowl and licks the residual off the bottom. Maybe you could try switching brands, too.

[yorkieowner24]

well it was diamond which is awful then i switching now to eukanuba but now i see it aint healthy food either so i got nutro but not using nutro as of yet though, eukanuba has small bites , my issue with eukanbua is byproducts used nutro has none but a vet said eukanbua is fine

[yorkieowner24]

found out dog is actually 11 weeks almost 12 weeks old next week

[RLC12345678]

Originally Posted by yorkieowner24

found out dog is actually 11 weeks almost 12 weeks old next week

Oh, well that's great news!!!!! I hope your family is enjoying her! How is her little cough? Did it go away?

[yorkieowner24]

never had a cough it was a sneeze actually and its still there, we think its the enviroment she not use to, not sure if we will go for alergic exam or not prob wait that out

[RLC12345678]

Originally Posted by yorkieowner24

never had a cough it was a sneeze actually and its still there, we think its the enviroment she not use to, not sure if we will go for alergic exam or not prob wait that out

It probably is just her getting adjusted to her new environment. It happened to my 2. Just keep a close eye on her because you don't want it to develop into an upper respiratory infection. I'm sure she'll be fine!