Wet food

rising_from_the_ashes

Either!

I give Maisie an uncooked one now & then and she's really funny to watch as she carries it around / plays with it for ages (without braking it) and then you can see her going ..... right .... and then smashes & eats it!


I'd probably try him with it scrambled first though - especially if he's a bit under the weather

hmc

Thankyou for all your help

rising_from_the_ashes

Fingers crossed you find something to tempt him, let us know how you get on

hmc

Will do , fingers crossed x

sheramber

Tinned Chappie is recomended by many vets- not the dried.

Before I switched to raw feeding I fed all my oldies on Chappie as it is low fat and bulky so they felt full whereas with kibble they only needed a small amount to keep their weight down which didn't fill them.

All did well on it.

hmc

Evening all,
Well this morning before walk I put down half a tray of wainrights, not interested. So did 2 scrambled eggs and he ate it all. Went in woods and on return gave him half a tin of butchers, he ate 3/4 of it
When I'd bought some chappie I gave him a couple of spoons and he ate it
For tea I gave him half a tin of chappie with a handful of kibble hidden in lol . He ate all the meat and all but 3 kibble . Then they had some chicken as we had a roast
So a good day ��

How much chappie should I be hoping to get into him, I never believe the tins recommendations, he's around 23 kg but I don't want to over face him

rising_from_the_ashes

Wow! He's done really well today

Are you able to give say 3 smaller meals rather than 2 slightly larger ones as I'd probably do that for a bit if possible (or even 4 meals if he's struggling to eat a decent amount in one go - when Maisie has a really upset tum I often do 4 meals for a few days, then cut to 3 for a bit before getting her back to 2)

Sorry not great with amounts as mine have never needed anything near the amounts on bags / cans - if he'll eat 3 or 4 meals of 1/2 tin with a bit of kibble I'd try that for a few days (esp if he needs to get a bit of weight back) and see how he does. Chappie is quite low fat so if he does need to gain some weight back I'd maybe see if he'll eat another wet after a bit (but wouldn't want to rock the boat too much certainly for a few days)

hmc

If I can get him to eat some kibble with it each day that should help him maintain weight? I don't think he would eat mixer like winalot.
Yes I can feed him 4 times a day much to the spaniels disgust hahaha

hmc

Ok so struggling a bit
Billy decided by day 2 he dosnt like chappie now
So gave him some butchers, nope, and he used to eat a spoon with his kibble for yrs
Wainrights , not a chance
Won't have his usual bedtime buiscits now either
Bought some cesar and he's had one of those this morning and half just now
Came home after going to shop to diahorria
He's fine in himself, playing, going in woods etc
I'm doing what I have never done and know you shouldn't keep swapping foods
He will eat food off my plate! And cooked chicken but can't afford that every day

rising_from_the_ashes

Oh dear

If he's got an upset tum now, I'd put him on chicken & rice for a few days and see if you can get it settled. You could also add some scrambled egg to this (it's a good 'firmer upper'!)

You can buy frozen chicken pieces fairly cheaply at the supermarket & then if you poach them you can freeze into portion sizes - I always keep some for when Maisie has an upset tum

Once his tum's settled, I'd try adding a few bits of his kibble to the above and seeing if he'll eat that and then see how you go.



If his tum doesn't settle / he still won't eat then I can only suggest another vet check .....