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Do you have questions regarding the health of your greyhound? Do you need tips what you should feed your dog? Or do you need advice in curing an injury?
Feeding a runt
David Hermon Australia (Verified User) Posts 99 Dogs 5 / Races 2 26 Sep 2014 14:23
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Have a litter 10 weeks old all puting on 1kg+ a week but the runt is driving us insane at only 5.8kg she is tiny
She is full of energy chases plays all the normal things the others do but just does not seem to eat when she does eat its tiny fiddly meals currently she is now on roast safeway chook and animalac as she wont really eat anything other than that managed to get half a peice of toast in her tonight with a chicken neck
Any tips tricks
EDIT I have to hand feed this 1 as she shows little interest in feeding at the best of times im guessing she is on the low end of pecking order yet today her and the fam stripped 2 roo tails in very little time at all!!
KFC works every time. You can also try chicken and rice.
David Hermon Australia (Verified User) Posts 99 Dogs 5 / Races 2 04 Oct 2014 04:42
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Matthew Duffy wrote:
KFC works every time. You can also try chicken and rice.
Litter are fussy eaters none will eat if i mix rice in or any form of supps infact shes just a mare to feed will eat 3-4 chicken necks a couple times a day or a few balls of meat and a syringe full of animalac week 10-11 shes at 6kg whiles brothers and sisters sit at 9-10.5kg credit where its due though she starts most of the fights and will run around all day just not a fan of food Vet did pass comment on her odd shaped head which might be a reason why she is not progressing normally.
Ryan Vanderwert Australia (Verified User) Posts 5958 Dogs 8 / Races 0 04 Oct 2014 04:55
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cook up some ordinary bbq sausages from the supamarket,chop very fine
try them, usually does the trick.
John Patrick Falvey Australia (Verified User) Posts 124 Dogs 12 / Races 0 04 Oct 2014 07:41
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farex farex baby formula
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 04 Oct 2014 07:51
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If she has a deformed jaw, she might not be able to eat properly.
Michael Geraghty Australia (Verified User) Posts 4138 Dogs 14 / Races 15 04 Oct 2014 08:10
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Try mixing sardines with the normal food. If it works, slowly reduce the sardines until she is eating normal straight pup food.
Norman Rinaldi Australia (Verified User) Posts 212 Dogs 174 / Races 223 04 Oct 2014 08:17
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Before offering her each meal I would squeeze a strip of nutrigel on my finger and rub it inside the roof of her mouth. Maybe a couple of strips. I find this usually encourages increased appetite in picky eaters. Also add stockgain to food she will eat. Hope this helps. Janis.
David Hermon Australia (Verified User) Posts 99 Dogs 5 / Races 2 05 Oct 2014 08:33
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Thanks for the replies
she won't touch it with stockgain Have added sardines little to no interest Wormed her she will eat between a golf ball size of beef to a cricket ball size i then have to sryinge 40ml of puppy milk which she smashes down I will get the vet to go over her again and geta full verdict apart from her lack of eating and tiny size she bosses it with the big boys of the litter and runs around all bloody day.
The 1 funny thing we have noticed she does is when we bring her in to feed she will eat a wee bit then trys to bury the rest with the towel on the floor
Michael Geraghty Australia (Verified User) Posts 4138 Dogs 14 / Races 15 05 Oct 2014 09:15
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David, That's a hard one then. There must be a reason for it and it could be a health issue. When she eats too much it could be upsetting her stomach or bowels? Has she diahorrea? Because she is so active it could be as simple as she is too hot to eat... There are medications out there to stimulate appetite, but I think getting the Vet to fully check her out is a good idea. Probiotics might help...if you can get hold of some Protexen, its the best.
Let us know how you get on. Interesting. Good luck.
John Williams United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 387 Dogs 0 / Races 0 05 Oct 2014 09:32
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Cheese is the key a lump every other day with her meals,just lumps of plain old cheese.
David Hermon Australia (Verified User) Posts 99 Dogs 5 / Races 2 05 Oct 2014 10:22
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john williams wrote:
Cheese is the key a lump every other day with her meals,just lumps of plain old cheese.
Will give the cheese a try chunk for her and a chunk on toast for me she better not grow to acustomed to my tatsy cheese though LOL I also have some yakult in the fridge at the minute i will add a small amount to her milk in the sryinge
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