Hello Vets
I have a 11 month old Shihpoo puppy weighing in at 6.8kg. From the day we got him, he’s refused any dog food (wet and kibble), we also tried raw feeding, we tried cooking him food such as mince, sweet potato, carrots etc, he refused. We have tried the whole giving him dog food only and taking it away after 15 minutes, tried again a couple hours later etc and we went 5 days before I gave in and cooked him chicken because he was violently shaking and vomiting bile. Cooked chicken is the only thing he will eat, and even then most days he will go untill the evening before he eats it.
He had his health check at the weekend and they were concerned about being able to feel every nodule of his spine. He hasn’t lost weight but he also hasn’t gained any. We had blood tests taken for him today for a full panel check (kidneys, liver etc) and everything was fine, only thing that came back was low platelets. Now the vet said that could be due to an error with the machine, the way the sample was taken etc, or it could be be that his body is attacking them.
He’s due to be castrated next month however, it won’t go ahead untill they are up to a satisfactory level for ourselves and the vet of course. They want to re test him to which we will be in a month as we are trying a new food to see if he will eat this one.
He is normal in himself, a happy bouncy puppy. Drinking and toileting fine. And will eat the cat food or asks for what we eat.
My question is, what else can we do to make him eat? It’s as if he doesn’t have a hunger mechanism. We just want him safe and healthy, please any advice or tips I will welcome! It’s heartbreaking not knowing how to get the nutrients in him.
I’ve just had him groomed and he’s been groomed super short (due to being shaved for a blood test so they matched it) and it’s shown how skinny he really is. We have managed to get him to eat 2 pouches of dogs food total in two days which is massive for him but I don’t know how else to make him eat 😭 I’m starting to really worry and the vets are at a loss.
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