my new baby won't EAT

[luvs_da_yorkies]

my fur baby has not been home with me one week since i received her last weekend and she is not eating. it's been three days since she ate...like really ate.

i couldn't take it anymore, so we took her to the vet this morning and he checked her out and suggested some things, we got a third different food and some more vitamins and baby dog food with a syringe.

she is not eating at ALL. she'll lick the food but that's it. she won't even drink water.

luckily she's okay per the vet. however, he told us we had to feed her because he didn't want her going another day without eating.

we tried to feed her again by putting down the food. nothing. she won't even eat her nutracal vitamin! nothing. i even tried boiled chicken, etc.

anyway, we had to fight with her to take the syringe food.

and she's in great shape, playing and all, but won't eat.

what's wrong with my fur baby?

anyone else experienced this?

[Toschasmum]

Hello
What age was your dog brought home, was he weeks months,
normally a dog so young wont eat, did you get him from a pet shelter
or breeder, was the breeder responsible? i could help if i knew what age you got him or weeks ect..
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toshcasmum

[luvs_da_yorkies]

thanks for asking. she's 11 weeks as of yesterday, and i got her on saturday, so 4 days ago.

the breeder is highly responsible and well respected in this area. she's been doing this for years and came highly recommended, and she has a gurantee on her pups as well.

sasha is playful and open, so it's just the eating. she's not withdrawn or anything like that.

what do you recommend?

[Toschasmum]

Hello again =]
Well, all i can suggest is that you feed her for light now as shes only 11 weeks old,
Boild chicken could would help, a dog should go on to proper dog meat at about 15 weeks, just continue what to do by the way what age did the breeder sell, was it 10 weeks?

[_Chrissy_]

I am by no means an expert on puppies but when we brought Max home the breeder sent us with a tube of Nutri-stat (or Nutri-cal to).
Have you given the pup this?
It will get the sugar level up and give it vitamins.
Maybe if it "feels" better and more energetic it will stat to eat and get the eatting started.

[Leesha]

Originally Posted by luvs_da_yorkies

my fur baby has not been home with me one week since i received her last weekend and she is not eating. it's been three days since she ate...like really ate.

i couldn't take it anymore, so we took her to the vet this morning and he checked her out and suggested some things, we got a third different food and some more vitamins and baby dog food with a syringe.

she is not eating at ALL. she'll lick the food but that's it. she won't even drink water.

luckily she's okay per the vet. however, he told us we had to feed her because he didn't want her going another day without eating.

we tried to feed her again by putting down the food. nothing. she won't even eat her nutracal vitamin! nothing. i even tried boiled chicken, etc.

anyway, we had to fight with her to take the syringe food.

and she's in great shape, playing and all, but won't eat.

what's wrong with my fur baby?

anyone else experienced this?

Some good info here: I syringe feed mine.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...-yorkie-2.html

[_Chrissy_]

Originally Posted by luvs_da_yorkies

thanks for asking. she's 11 weeks as of yesterday, and i got her on saturday, so 4 days ago.

the breeder is highly responsible and well respected in this area. she's been doing this for years and came highly recommended, and she has a gurantee on her pups as well.

sasha is playful and open, so it's just the eating. she's not withdrawn or anything like that.

what do you recommend?

HAVE you called the breeder???
Ask them what to do ASAP.
Also, I would post this on the Sick & Injured / Emergencies Talk Board here at Yorkie Talk. More responses.

[Hokule'a]

Originally Posted by luvs_da_yorkies

thanks for asking. she's 11 weeks as of yesterday, and i got her on saturday, so 4 days ago.

the breeder is highly responsible and well respected in this area. she's been doing this for years and came highly recommended, and she has a gurantee on her pups as well.

sasha is playful and open, so it's just the eating. she's not withdrawn or anything like that.

what do you recommend?

Did you contact the breeder about her not eating? Maybe there's a trick she uses or a favorite treat she knows will whet your little one's appetite.

[luvs_da_yorkies]

Originally Posted by _Chrissy_

HAVE you called the breeder???
Ask them what to do ASAP.
Also, I would post this on the Sick & Injured / Emergencies Talk Board here at Yorkie Talk. More responses.

we did. we called last night. she suggest the nurtracal vitamin which i basically had to force feed her. i felt so bad. she also suggested calling the vet since we were doing everything "right."

the first night home she ate the nutracal, after that - nothing.

so that's why we took her to the vet this morning. the vet didn't find any problems at all pertaining to sugar levels, but he knows we have to feed her so that's why he gave us the baby dog food and the syringe.

[luvs_da_yorkies]

Originally Posted by _Chrissy_

I am by no means an expert on puppies but when we brought Max home the breeder sent us with a tube of Nutri-stat (or Nutri-cal to).
Have you given the pup this?
It will get the sugar level up and give it vitamins.
Maybe if it "feels" better and more energetic it will stat to eat and get the eatting started.

hi chrissy. i mentioned that vit in my post. we had that on hand from the day we got her. poor thing does not even want that. i basically have to put in in her little jaws on the side of her mouth.

[phfgkl]

Will she not eat treats either? I know I just got one a month ago(she's now over 6 mos) and we went through that a couple different times when she wouldn't eat. Seems like if she's playing and is healthy, she would be working up an appetite. How much does she weigh? It could be she misses her littermates, this doesn't happen too much, but, it can happen. Is she the only dog you have? How far away is the breeder? If she's close, see if you can "borrow" one of the other pups to see if she will eat that way.

[Yorkiedaze]

get her some baby food meats, and mix a little with some ground steak. Do whatever it takes regardless of price to get her in the habit of eating right. Do not give any type of commercial type treats. You can try her on yogurt and cottage cheese. Even yogurt cheese is good for her. Try a scrambled egg with a little cheese. Just get her eating quickly!!

[Wylie's Mom]

She's still quite young and she could be really stressed, but yeah - you've got to get some food in her. You might try some cracker to settle tummy (or bread) - sometimes that stims the appetite. Also, try some peanut butter (dense in calories), bits of cheese (but not too much). Sprinkle parmesan on her dog food. A bit of cottage cheese.

If it goes on, she may need to go to the vet for IV, which you hate to do. And if it goes on a long time, you'd need to consider a liver problem.

Try not to worry though, it is probably just transition stress. You are mixing canned w/ kibble right? Canned is usually more smelly and appetizing.

[Yorkie Gems]

When I brought my little girls home, they wouldn't eat very well at first either.
I made some rice baby pablumn, and mixed a little honey into it and put it on my finger. They would lick it off my fingers, I also hand fed them some broiled chicken breast ( no skin or fat) and make sure it is cool. I also left a little kibble down for them at all times. I still leave the kibble down and every so often I hear a crunch. I now make home cooked food for them, but I still leave a little high quality kibble down for them to munch on during the course of the day.


~Tammy

[Ellie May]

The first couple days you had her, was she eating more normal or has she not wanted to the whole time?

This is canned food you've tried, right?
I guess at this point I'd liquify canned food as much as possible and syringe it, then don't let her open her mouth until she swallows (not choking her may be difficult though ). If she isn't eating soon, I'd get her on an IV.