What a lucky little guy. Maybe try some of the home cooked meals Scott and the others make? I've been really impressed with how other's chi's look after being put on raw or home cooked meals. I haven't made the change but I do use Natural Balance products with limited ingredients. Frida loves the soft food warmed up some. They also have food rolls or treat rolls that smell great when warmed up. Sounds like you really saved his bacon. Send pictures, sounds like a sweetie pie.
Rylee and Frida On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Darcy Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > hi shanna, i just got 2 chi's in the last 2 months ...brother and sis... > both pooping bloody water , hair loss, way too thin, coccidia, giardia, > worms....i started them at one pound, on the raw diet... they started with > ground chicken quarters mixed with ground beef and ground liver and > kidney... they are in perfect health and weight now... if you want to see > ifhe will like it offer a teaspoonful of raw ground beef or chicken... at > his age he can eat a whole chicken thigh bone and all raw only never cooked. > you can cut it in half . raw food is best for him. > darcy > > ------------------------------ > *From:* dasha <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Fri, September 17, 2010 6:12:40 AM > *Subject:* RE: [Chihuahuas] New To Group: Please help with thin recused > chihuahua > > > > Feed him the chicken. He needs to put on some weight > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Kavi > *Sent:* Monday, September 13, 2010 2:10 PM > *To:* Chihuahuas > *Subject:* [Chihuahuas] New To Group: Please help with thin recused > chihuahua > > 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 > > > * > > > > > > * > > <http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb053_ZNxdm115XXUS> > > > > -- Rylee O'Neill Email: [email protected] <a href="http://pitapata.com/";><img src="http://pdgm.pitapata.com/N9lQm6.png"; width="200" height="80" border="0" alt="PitaPata Dog tickers" /></a>
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