Edan not eating... sort of

Thanks for the suggestion but I think you are a few posts behind.

Edan's vet put him on Flagyl on Wednesday and he's been eating his old food, mixed with some pureed (all natural baby food) sweet potato, ever since. We tried to find pumpkin but it's out of stock everywhere; one of the stores told us there's a pumpkin shortage. According my my vet, sweet potato is a good alternative to pumpkin.

 

Friday Update

Well, so far Edan's been his old self. Yesterday at Agility class he was a bit hyperactive which is MUCH better than the lethargic dog I had over the weekend and earlier this week.

So far the Flagyl seems to be solving the problem.

Either Celtic Fire or I will post an update on Monday.

Thanks for the continued prayers and well wishes for our little guy.

 

Thought I'd take a moment to throw a quick update on Edan out here.

He's almost finished with the Flagyl - Saturday morning will be his last dose. He's only had one incident of throwing up since he's been on it and that was Tuesday; a very minimal amount and I believe caused by the fact that he still really hasn't been eating without a fuss.

Simply, he really wants nothing to do with eating the Eagle Pack Holistic Select Chicken and Rice formula whether we serve it dry, with gravy or with sweet potato. He grudgingly eats it because he is hungry (super slowly, about 1/4 - 1/2 of the serving with coaxing then the rest about 1 hour later) but you can tell he's not happy. This is the dog that would devour his food in 30 seconds flat if we didn't put it in toys prior to getting sick about mid-February.

So, we decided to try a different variety of the Holistic Select food - the Duck to be specific in the hopes that it is close enough to Chicken not to upset his stomach too much. We can't mix the foods because he'll just spit out the Chicken and Rice ones. (We've watched him do that already.) He ate this food without hesitation. I just have to be careful for the diarrhea to reappear. I'm hoping it won't be too bad because he's still on the flagyl for the next few days.

Our eventual goal is to transition him to Blue Wilderness Chicken and Turkey (grain free food from Blue Buffalo) but we need something to help bring his system back to normal before we try to transition to the Blue Wilderness. (I do have a small bag of Blue Wilderness in the house. I'm using it for training treats at the moment; only giving him 5 or 6 pieces for simple tricks like sit, down, stand, high five, or spin.)

So, overall things are getting better but we still aren't quiet at 100%. We'll know in a few days but it does seem the fight to get him to eat was the fact that he connected BOTH the TOTW and the Chicken flavor Holistic Select with getting sick.

Here's hoping things continue to improve.