Dog not eating

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cyclefiend2000

Posted : 6/7/2006 1:48:03 PM

ORIGINAL: willowchow

Did you move really far from the state you were in? Sometimes I can give referrals if they are moving to a nearby state of someone else that I know that sits.

we moved from suburban atlanta, ga to taylors, sc (which is a small suburb of greenville, sc). the states are neighboring, but the two cities are probably 200 miles apart or so.

cyclefiend2000

Posted : 6/7/2006 1:52:38 PM

ORIGINAL: julesmac8

I fostered lots of cats and dogs that were depressed from all the upheaval and I found that as long as health wasn't an issue, all kinds of stinky and/or tasty things would tempt an animal to eat. One time in a pinch I bought a jar of stage 2 chicken dinner for human babies and dipped my finger in it and my foster pup started licking. That woke up his appetite and he snarfed his food. He was great after that. It isn't always that easy tho. Eating is really a case-by-case thing. Best of luck on this. Jules

unfortunately the cat in question, will only eat kibble. no treats or anything. we have to force feed her heartworm medicine. and she definitely wont eat out of anyone's hand.

we free feed our cats so when we were using a pet sitter, 90% of their day was the same as usual. the only changes were that we werent there at night and the pet sitter came by to clean out the litter box and make sure the food and water were topped off.

we will definitely use a pet sitter in the future. the biggest problem will be finding one that we and our pets really like. [sm=happy.gif]

brookcove

Posted : 6/7/2006 4:31:24 PM

We've got a cat that is hooked on kibble too. It was really horrifying when we discovered she was allergic to chicken in additon to grains (so no prescription diets for her). Literally, she would not eat canned food, meat cooked or otherwise, nothing but kibble. We kept her alive for a while on the solid Gold tuna stuff but she looked like a skeleton - then we found NB venison and green pea, YAY!

Actually, I've found most dogs tear right into canned pumpkin. Don't know what it is, but it's widely attractive. Butternut squash is another one that a lot of dogs just tear right into, whether kibble fed or home prepared fed. It's one I use to ease new dogs into whole foods, in fact, since it's so kind to the GI and full of good stuff.