Old dog won't eat
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Have you seen the vet? He may be old, but it could certainly be something besides the end. Please continue to try to tempt him with his favorite foods and see the vet. Miyun – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I have an 18 year old shih tzu that stopped eating in the last two days. > Other than that he gets along O.K. (but not great). > We have tried all kinds of foods. > Any suggestions or is this the end.
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Our old poodle 16 years old…ate her food when I put garlic and sometimes flax oil on it.. try fish oil too….Italian salad dressing…also. Although she’s a vegetable eater..no meat.. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I totally agree with a previous posting to you. Get him to the vet >immediately. It is more than likely that he "can’t" eat (his body won’t >allow him) more than he won’t eat. We had a very similar problem with our 14 >1/2 year old poodle and after not being able to eat for two days – off the >the vet we went and blood work indicated kidney failure and a fever. He >needs to be in the care of your vet as soon as possible. Good luck to you >and to your pet.
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I totally agree with a previous posting to you. Get him to the vet immediately. It is more than likely that he "can’t" eat (his body won’t allow him) more than he won’t eat. We had a very similar problem with our 14 1/2 year old poodle and after not being able to eat for two days – off the the vet we went and blood work indicated kidney failure and a fever. He needs to be in the care of your vet as soon as possible. Good luck to you and to your pet.
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I have an 18 year old shih tzu that stopped eating in the last two days. Other than that he gets along O.K. (but not great). We have tried all kinds of foods. Any suggestions or is this the end.
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> I have an 18 year old shih tzu that stopped eating in the last two days. > Other than that he gets along O.K. (but not great). > We have tried all kinds of foods. > Any suggestions or is this the end.
Take him to the vet immediately. Sudden disinterest in food is usually an indication of serious illness. I know from experience, having lost my 11+ year old collie two months ago in a similar situation. The second morning when he wouldn’t touch his food, I took him to the vet. After several tests it was determined that he had autoimmune hemolytic anemia and treatment needed to be started immediately. Unfortunately he didn’t respond by the following day, and his red cell count was less than 1/4 of normal. The vet said that very aggressive treatment was needed–5 days of i.v. chemo, blood transfusions, and a splenectomy. I declined to put my dear friend through this at his age, so went in to hold him while he was put to sleep. When your dog is a senior citizen, don’t wait to see what develops. Get help right away at the first sign of illness. Judy C.
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I saw something on animal planet where someone put a mirror between the dog’s bowl and the wall. They said that it actually made one dog slow down instead of wolfing it down, and it made the other one START eating. I don’t know if it would work, but ya never know. As a last hope, anyway…. Erica – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I have an 18 year old shih tzu that stopped eating in the last two days. >Other than that he gets along O.K. (but not great). >We have tried all kinds of foods. >Any suggestions or is this the end.
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> I have an 18 year old shih tzu that stopped eating in the last two days. > Other than that he gets along O.K. (but not great). > We have tried all kinds of foods. > Any suggestions or is this the end.
You can hand-feed a dog indefinitely. Press out little meatballs of the dog food and put it down his throat like you do a pill. Choosing a food that makes nice meatballs helps. It doesn’t take too long to feed his normal portion. He’ll get hard to feed when he’s had enough; then do more later. Hamburger and rice and a crushed-to-powder eggshell and a hardboiled egg diced up and bread is an ok mixture. I notice that gravy train dry food has biggish chunks that might do well as they are. You might of course find out from a vet what seems to be wrong, but at that age you don’t necessarily want to treat it, if he’s happy. — Ron Hardin On the internet, nobody knows you’re a jerk.
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