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Refusing Water
Submitted by Anonymous on April 21, 2010 - 12:08amI have a 5 year old bulldog, who up until recently has been very healthy except for seasonal allergies. She got into her food and overate a couple weeks ago. She wasn't able to stop vomiting after she over ate and had to stay the night in a vet hospital to get fluids and anti-vomiting meds. Since then I haven't been able to get her back on her dog food. She is eating boiled rice and chicken. For the last 2 weeks she has been having infrequent bowel movements and doesn't seem to be drinking water. I started adding pumpkin to her food which has helped some with her bowel movement, but she still isn't drinking water. She used to drink almost an entire bowl of water daily and now isn't drinking a bowl of water a week. Any thoughts as to why she isn't drinking water? Any suggestions on how to get her the fluids that she needs?
Thanks for any help!
Right on !!
I wouldn't eat dry kibble either if someone was cooking chicken and rice for me...she's no dummy! LOL
You'll have to add liquid to her current diet and slowly work back in the kibble (softened) so she gets accustomed to the tast of that again, and it may take 2-3 weeks to totally wean her off the people food and back to dog food.
Right on !!
I wouldn't eat dry kibble either if someone was cooking chicken and rice for me...she's no dummy! LOL
You'll have to add liquid to her current diet and slowly work back in the kibble (softened) so she gets accustomed to the tast of that again, and it may take 2-3 weeks to totally wean her off the people food and back to dog food.
water
Your cooked chicken and rice has more water in it then her previous food. Water needs can vary--is she peeing? You can try adding some broth to her water for flavoring to encourage drinking. will she eat ice cubes? as long as you continue to feed her something as tasty as the chicken and rice she will continue to turn up her nose at her regular food. Try soaking her kibble in broth until it is mushy then adding it to the chicken and rice. Slowly increase the mushy kibble while decreasing the rice. Then start drying out the kibble until it is just dry kibble and chicken then feed less chicken. Once back on dry kibble she should increase her water consumption.
Miriam Olesen
http://www.omegabulldogs.shutterfly.com/
water
Your cooked chicken and rice has more water in it then her previous food. Water needs can vary--is she peeing? You can try adding some broth to her water for flavoring to encourage drinking. will she eat ice cubes? as long as you continue to feed her something as tasty as the chicken and rice she will continue to turn up her nose at her regular food. Try soaking her kibble in broth until it is mushy then adding it to the chicken and rice. Slowly increase the mushy kibble while decreasing the rice. Then start drying out the kibble until it is just dry kibble and chicken then feed less chicken. Once back on dry kibble she should increase her water consumption.
Miriam Olesen
http://www.omegabulldogs.shutterfly.com/