Hi everyone!
I am new to this chihuahua group. We adopted a 4 year old male chi one week ago
from the SPCA (non-Kill shelter) of las vegas. His name "was" Taco, but we
changed it to Ricky. He was turned in by his owners. He is black & tan. He is
very very thin. He should weigh about 7 lbs the vet says, but he weighs about
4.1. His ribs and hip bones show. At first I thought he was starved by his
other owners, but, I am having a real tough time getting him to eat now. The
first 3 days, he ate 4 times a day. Now its barely one time a day. Its not that
he wont eat, its that he picks and chooses what and when he wants to eat. I
have tried to feed him S.D canned, simi-moist, mixables, dog cookies, good dry
dog food, and now he is not eating much at all. this morning he took 4 little
bites of his S.D canned food, but I had to feed it to him by hand! If he were
at a normal weight, I would not worry so much, but he is very under weight. I
bought some Nutri-cal for him
yesterday. he is not thrilled with taking that willingly either... have to put
it in his mouth. The only thing he will eat that he loves is either human
chicken or those pup-a-roni treats. Loves them!
So I know someone here might have some ideas about how to spark his appetite.
He has seen a vet, and seems ok. he is happy and playful. if anyone has any
ideas, please let me know. He has been through a lot. He was at the shelter 2
weeks, shots, micro-chipped, fixed, and put in a kennel with 2 other bigger
small dogs, which one of the dogs was picking on him, barking and bitting at
him. that is when I decided I wanted to see him... and we took him home! PS: I
take him almost everywhere I go. He loves the car.
Thank you
Shanna
Las Vegas
