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Hello.
I have a rescued 12 month old baby girl, Lucy.
Here's a little background -- When we first got her (she was almost 7 months), she was under weight, full of worms and was given bad quality dog food from her previous owners. As soon as we got her into the vet's office, the main concern was to bring her to a healthy weight and to clear the worms before continuing on with the spay proc. The next month, it was all about transitioning her to her new food, Orijen, and she was basically inhaling her food.. not sure if it was because of the worms or if it was so good! But anyway, after her spay, she wasn't interested in her food anymore and the vet said that it was normal because of the pain meds and antibiotics. She lost about 5 lbs in about a week or so.
That was over 3 months ago and she has been fine ever since til now. She is displaying the same symptoms. Disinterested in food but when we hand-feed her or stand near the food bowl, she would eat. She has been going to the bathroom fine and there's nothing really out of the ordinary. She was biting at her paws for a little bit, to the point that it was bleeding. (She had to wear the cone of shame for a little bit til they healed.) She is doing okay now, and we tell her "no" when we see her reaching for it. But not sure about the eating part. I was thinking of taking her to the vet but not sure if it's just because she doesn't like her food. I forgot to mention that she doesn't eat human food, but on very rare occasions, she would get hot dogs or chicken for training.
Sorry this is long but since this is my first post, I wanted to make sure I didn't leave anything out.
Thanks in advance!
I have a rescued 12 month old baby girl, Lucy.
Here's a little background -- When we first got her (she was almost 7 months), she was under weight, full of worms and was given bad quality dog food from her previous owners. As soon as we got her into the vet's office, the main concern was to bring her to a healthy weight and to clear the worms before continuing on with the spay proc. The next month, it was all about transitioning her to her new food, Orijen, and she was basically inhaling her food.. not sure if it was because of the worms or if it was so good! But anyway, after her spay, she wasn't interested in her food anymore and the vet said that it was normal because of the pain meds and antibiotics. She lost about 5 lbs in about a week or so.
That was over 3 months ago and she has been fine ever since til now. She is displaying the same symptoms. Disinterested in food but when we hand-feed her or stand near the food bowl, she would eat. She has been going to the bathroom fine and there's nothing really out of the ordinary. She was biting at her paws for a little bit, to the point that it was bleeding. (She had to wear the cone of shame for a little bit til they healed.) She is doing okay now, and we tell her "no" when we see her reaching for it. But not sure about the eating part. I was thinking of taking her to the vet but not sure if it's just because she doesn't like her food. I forgot to mention that she doesn't eat human food, but on very rare occasions, she would get hot dogs or chicken for training.
Sorry this is long but since this is my first post, I wanted to make sure I didn't leave anything out.
Thanks in advance!