if she won't eat at all try giving her some corm syrup in water to keep her blood sugar from getting too low, squirt it down her throat Sheila
_____ From: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cspdcalgary Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 1:59 PM To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Help- this Chi wont eat real food Yes i tried that, this chihuahua just won't fall for it. I was told to try yogurt, she is coming on day 3 without doing her business- looks like a vet appointment is necessary again. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, "Mandy F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know you said you tried tricking her, but have you maybe tried pretending > you are eating it? Like get some of that boiled chicken and pretend to eat > it and make a big deal about it. Worth a shot I guess. :) > > -Amanda- > > > On 4/30/07, cspdcalgary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Tried all that- tyr tricking her ect.. you name it, today she did > > decide to eat 20 pieces, cut up of carrots, which shocked me, but > > then i offered real meat- nope, i thought maybe her tongue got burned > > one day and no she is afraid but the vet said the toungue was fine- i > > did notice that one of her teeth is going crucket and towards the > > gums area but the vet said that does not appear to hurt her at all, > > maybve she is just experiencing the terrible 2's. I wish i knew how > > to fix this- i know chocolate is off limits for our chi;s, is there > > any other common foods we should stay away from? > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com <Chihuahuas% 40yahoogroups.com>, "marsha" > > <ruffles@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Jerky is not gonna be an ideal diet. Maybe try fixing the chicken > > differently so she thinks she is getting a different food. Maybe one > > day boil and the next day fry it (yea I know the great ect...but even > > a little vegetable oil would be better than jerky) . Try mixing it > > into a paste like with carrots for a change from potatoes, ect....in > > other words, same food, different preparations to see if that > > helps..... > > > Marsha > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: cspdcalgary > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com <Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 1:58 PM > > > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Help- this Chi wont eat real food > > > > > > > > > Hi i just joined, and have a 2 yrs old Chihuahua which decided > > not to > > > eat- well let me explian, she is a epilleptic dog, so after we > > treated > > > her for the seizures, she stopped eating medi-cal dry food, and > > the vet > > > said to put her on boil potatoes and chicken. > > > That worked well, she actually gained a few pounds and now the > > > heavyweight is at 4 pounds. > > > 2 weeks ago, overnight she decided no more chicken, no more > > potatoes, > > > they only thing she will touch is chicken jerkey (the non > > recalled > > > kind) she rather eat that then fresh chicken,dry food, wet food, > > you > > > name it, salmon, nothing just eats the jerkey- took to the vet, > > blood > > > work fine- urine fine- absolutely nothing wrong with her after > > all the > > > $$ bills. > > > > > > Anyone know what else i can do- the jerkey gives her gas like > > never > > > before and her poo well it comes only once in three days and is > > > diarreha type. (sorry for that image) just want to find out whats > > > wrong. > > > > > > please email me with any ideas- cspdclagary@ or the group i > > > will check back often. > > > Slawomir > > > > > > > > > >