Stephanie St Julian Webboard User Reg: 10-16-2007
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Ok so I have bought bravo pre made raw. And phoenix will eat the chicken without issue.
But the turkey she just won't eat.
I did the 15 min down pulled tell the next meal that's all she had. We did that for 5 days on the fifth day she nibbled a little but the thru it up.
On day six I could tell she was starting to loose weight so we stopped and gave her the normal kibble meal and raw chicken meal. She ate both just fine.
So I have always believed that a dog would not starve them selves but she was.
So what should I do I changed the meat package everyday thinking mabye that one piece of meat. But 5 different pieces of turkey and no go.
So what do I do? Just stick with chicken and the other flavors or have a go at it again and don't give in?
I would NEVER let any dog go FIVE DAYS without eating.
That is just not fair to them. If she does not want to eat turkey (and even vomits it up when she does!), then she does not want to (and maybe should not) eat turkey. There are plenty of other choices out there that this is not a big deal. It is not as if she needs turkey to survive…
Stick with the other foods and leave her alone. If you want to try again later, go ahead, but please, give her some food she will eat after 72 hours of not eating…
ETA: I re-read my post, and it sounds somewhat harsh, but I am still a little shocked that you let her get into her sixth day before you gave her food that she will eat. I am sorry for the tone. I hope that you left out the fact that you were giving her some type of food (her kibble maybe?) during this time.
Stephanie St Julian Webboard User Reg: 10-16-2007
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Yes she got her normal kibble meal after day two. I did do only the raw turkey for two days. She is normally like this with new food but I have always done 15 minutes down sense I found leerburg when she was about 6or 7 months old.
She is a few months over two now so its not new to her or anything. Would they really just not eat something they really don't like.
Well she did not touch raw in five days which mean she must not like it.
Your post was not harsh to me I would react the same way if someone had deninded there dog of food for five days.
I know its all about the dogs around here. I been here for a long time.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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When a healthy dog adamantly refuses a certain food, I toss it.
I will never forget all those dogs in the last recall who refused the bad food and were encouraged to eat it day after day by their poor unsuspecting owners (many of whom called their vets!), never knowing that they were forcing the dog to eat poison that was going to destroy their livers.
Unless the dog is a fussy eater, I'd probably toss it after two tries. If my dogs, for example, refused a certain food, I'd probably don a Hazmat suit to pick it up and dispose of it in sealed steel drums.
You were using different packages, of course, but I still lean away from forcing a food. My whole POV changed when I read all the tragic recall stories, and then when Cindy said her dog would not eat chemically injected poultry ---- I decided that if my pig-dogs refuse something, I don't want to buy it.
Would they really just not eat something they really don't like.
Yes, and the fact that she vomited after eating it on day five indicates that it does not work for her. Call it self preservation.
My cat won't eat beef, no matter how long she goes without food (for a cat, not more than 24 hours). The one time she did by mistake (I was sneaky and mixed in with her other food) she vomited. Her body rejected it for what ever reason. I try to listen to her and feed her different poultry, rabbit and fish instead. Sometimes they just know...
(ETA, in the post above, I meant 36 hours, not 72... Sorry for the confusion)
Stephanie St Julian Webboard User Reg: 10-16-2007
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Well yes I chunked the whole package. It was a 10 pound bag of indivisal wrapped burger time meat. So it was to same package but the burger are indivisually wrapped.
Well that 14 bucks down the trash shoot.
But for phoenix's safty its gone.
She is picky but normally she only goes one day without eating. I opened a new package of chicken bought at the same time so I know she likes that hope it did not all go bad some how.
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