Cameron Feathers Webboard User Reg: 03-11-2008
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Well, end of day two... biggest problem is he will NOT eat. Not sure what to do about that. I have seen these guys, when really stressed/abused actually starve themselves. (I've only seen it once) The shelter is not sure how much weight he gained from food, and how much from water. (SEVERE dehydration) I saw him eat a piece of hotdog at the shelter, but nothing since. He sniffs the food, then returns to me, tail wagging. Hopefully this issue wont take long to deal with!
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What are you feeding him?
I tried starting him out on chicken. His digestion was already out of whack, so I wanted something easy on his stomach. He wouldn't even touch it. I tried ground beef as well. (also tried searing the ground beef to get the juice going, and cooked chicken) Figured since he might be used to some form of kibble I'd try that so I tried Innova EVO this morning and afternoon. Still nothing.
If it were my dog I wouldn't be worried. SHE won't starve herself! But since he is unknown... I'm not sure.
When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
A day or two fast won't hurt him. The more relaxed he is the more likely to eat.
Have you tried hand feeding him?
Have you tried beef liver?
You can also try putting a little bit of food in his mouth.
How about leaving some food with him in his crate?
I just read this thread and I just have to say what a wonderful person you are for rescuing this baby! He looks like an absolute sweetheart.
I had a Pit Bull/Lab mix foster a couple years ago that had been severely abused. He refused to eat as well. I tried absolutely everything and he would just sniff it and walk away. I ended up hand feeding him for a few days and then I figured out he was afraid of the food bowl. I'm only assuming he was beaten with the bowl or was beaten while he was eating from the bowl. I don't know for sure but I had never seen anything like it. He'd eat out of my hand or off of the ground or off of a paper plate but not out of the bowl. I spent a lot of time working with him on it and eventually got him to eat out of the bowl, but it was difficult for awhile.
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Britni, I was typing as you were posting. Interesting observation about the bowl; maybe something like that is going on with this guy too...(ps, nice pack you have there, Britni!)
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I also agree that it may be the bowl - we had similar issues with our dog - started just putting the dry kibble directly on the floor and he would eat it immediately. We had to gradually introduce the bowl to him. Don't know why he was scared of the bowl all of a sudden - he started out eating out of a small ceramic bowl and when we switched to a stainless steel bowl, it freaked him out (now that I'm thinking about it - maybe he could see his reflection in the bottom?) Who knows!
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I fed off a paper plate to start with, and I remove his collar with the tags on it when in the house (the jingle spooks him occasionally) he has no issues drinking out of stainless and ceramic. Great suggestion though! I've seen a lot of these guys that have some issues with bowls. I'll try the tuna idea later... the chicken got no response last night, but I did add chicken broth to the water so he's getting more than just water to go on.
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