Less Interested in Eating

Over the last few days, Kip hasn’t been very enthusiastic about eating. I was surprised the first time when I offered him a kibble and he dropped it on the floor and walked off. He is still eating most of his food, just not at all excited about his food, and sometimes loses interest and walks off. He still is excited about his tastier treats, like normal.

Since he’s not losing weight (yet) and is still eating most of his food, I’m not terribly concerned, but I will ask the vet on Thursday when we go to get his toe checked.

I have 2 theories.
1: since he barely gets any exercise, he just doesn’t need that much food. I did decrease his food from 3/4ths to 2/3rds cup. I’m going to reduce again to 1/2 and see if that helps. He also isn’t gaining weight, which I was concerned about since he’s not exercising.

2: He could have stomach ulcers from the NSAID, galliprant, that he gets for his toe. He’s never had issues with galliprant before, but I had another dog who had ulcers from an NSAID. He has no other symptoms, so I think it’s less likely. Anyway, tomorrow is his last day on galliprant, so I’ll see if there’s any change after.

It’s funny because he is acting just like he did when he was a little puppy. Couldn’t care less about eating when there’s other stuff to do. Even if the only distraction is trying to eat my hair band...

Edit: I just checked the galliprant label, and decreased appetite is one of the most common side effects.

 

Thanks everyone. It sure seems likely that it’s the galliprant since he is otherwise acting normal/energetic/insane..

I don’t know if the vet will want to refill his prescription, but if so hopefully they can give him an NSAID that is easier on the tummy. He’s been on galliprant for 2 weeks now.

 

I thought Kip’s appetite was improving, but it is just the same. This morning he threw up I did tell the vet on Thursday, but he just agreed that it was probably the galliprant, and since we were done with that, Kip should be fine.