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My Dog Isnt Eating Any Food.. *HELP!*

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#1 ·
It has been since christmas eve that my dog has been sick. She had some poo with blood in it just one night. We took her to the vets they did blood work , x-rays, checked her teeth, her stool.

Everything came back normal and healthy. We have no idea what is going on with her but she will not touch any food at all. The vet gave her a nutritional supplement but there is no food she will touch. She is 4 years old and has always ate human food not dog food. She is not eating anything doesnt even smell the food just has no appetite at all. She is not even interested in eating her treats.

It is impossible that she is nibbling at anything because she is with us all day, she is not eating anything around the house or outside. The vets even said her x-rays showed an empty stomache.

The vet also gave her a shot to boost her appetite that night she had a couple bites of meat but nothing else and not enough. She used to always want to eat and now we cant get her to eat anything at all. I have tried literally EVERYTHING.


Does anybody have any suggestions on what to do?! Pls help
 
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#27 ·
I actually tried the egg yolks yesterday she was not interested..

She has been eating once or twice a day from our hands we have stopped feeding her and stopped all the medication. Shes been taking meat 25-50 mouthfuls once or twice a day from our hand but wont go to her dish to eat herself. Not eating as much as she used to.

We have been to 4 different vets. The hormone test and new blood work came back and they said nothing is wrong with her they did the xrays and they said everything is healthy they are not sure what is going on because she has no infection in her blood cells everything is normal and healthy.


We are so stumped as to what this may be... why she suddenly lost her appetite wont eat as much as she used to stopped eating completley and the growling..
 
#38 ·
She has been eating once or twice a day from our hands we have stopped feeding her and stopped all the medication. Shes been taking meat 25-50 mouthfuls once or twice a day from our hand but wont go to her dish to eat herself. Not eating as much as she used to.
It's good now that she is eating something - it may be a phanthom pregnancy as you suggested that has her thrown out of sorts. Maybe in time she will go back to eating by herself, but for now I'd keep feeding her as you are.
 
#30 ·
She has gotten to the point where she will only eat from my fathers hand and almost like getting aggressive with my mother. Not allowing her to pick her up or go anywhere near her and she is starting to snap at her ( which in 4 years she has never ever growled or done any of this before, and she was most attached to my mother as she is the one who takes care of her and feeds her and takes her out etc...)


What is going on?
 
#34 ·
After work today when I get home I will take a video and post it.


They said it wasnt necessary at this time to do an ultrasound, however they did x-rays and the blood work they tested for everything and then a week later did it again to see if there was any changes in anything and tested her hormone levels as well which everything came back normal
 
#35 ·
I posted earlier, but don't see it. I wonder if this dog is in some pain? Everything points to her being uncomfortable. Maybe the dog sees your Mom as a source of her pain? (don't mean to imply that your mom has done anything bad to her, just that what ever hurts may be worse around your mom?) I think I would ask the vet for a week of pain meds and see if that works? You certainly have tried everything else. Just another idea.
 
#36 ·
After working as a Vet tech for many years, I have never seen this behavior in a dog. I have seen this happen in cats.
There is some underlying reason when your Chi will not eat. My suspicion is something like Addisons disease, Lyme, or other "hard to detect" condition. Has any Vet done a barrium series? That would rule out any digestive disorder. After that, I would consider testing for Addisons. It is a disease that presents iteslf in sometimes subtle ways. One being lack of appitite.
My Doc that I worked for always told me " a dog whill eat when it is hungry, if not, there is something wrong".

I wish you the best, you and your little one are in my prayers.
 
#39 ·
She has stopped eating again and been back to the vet they are referring us to a specialist and they think it is a neurological problem. We are having an MRI done this week .

She is now walking off balance , staggering and shaking her head her balance is off she just seems to be going down hill. She is now growling and trying to bite any one who comes near her. There is a yellow gunk coming out of her eyes she was fed by the vet yesterday she threw up.

She seems to have the life sucked out of her now just having a blank stare not wanting to do anything but lay down
 
#41 ·
I can't believe the vets are sayi.g this isn't serious. Your dog sounds gravely ill. Are you near a university vet teaching hospital? I think it is time to really get serious about finding out what is going on. Sending my prayers that you get some serious help with her. I am so sorry and worried for her. Please keep us updated. :(
 
#42 ·
i have to agree with you in fact i would be bugged wanting answers along time ago.Almost a month without properly eating is too long especially for a chi i was told no longer than three days. Thats strange that your vets wanted you to wait on the ultrasound. Will be praying for your doggie.
 
#44 ·
You disgust me even asking if I am actually seeing a vet or just saying I am. My family has spent tons of money on this dog as she is our family member and I don't know if you are aware of how much an MRI costs. How dare you even question me when I take the time to post on here to get opinions from others.

I am taking her to an internal medicine specialist who the vet referred me to about an hour away for her to examine
 
#47 ·
Don't be offensive toward the posts. The forum simply is voicing their concern for your pup. This is definitely a life-threatening problem with your pup & it's not only stressed you out, but some of us forum members. Just like you find it hard to believe that not one of the vets you have seen can find a problem with your pup, it's inconceivable for us to believe that as well. Since you are the pups mom, you know best--you know something's wrong & I applaud you for continuing to find what the problem is.
Now that more of your dogs symptoms are starting to present themselves to you by blood-smelling breath, off balance gate & infection coming out of the eyes, this proves there is something seriously wrong!! Once you find out what exactly is going on with your pup, I would go back to those other vets that couldn't find nothing wrong & let them know about it & how mad I am that they didn't help me earlier. Something was missed by them!!
 
#46 ·
You know it's hard to find a good vet to help us sometimes. Because you are mom, you have the special gift of really knowing when something is wrong. I'm glad that you stuck to your guns & keep trying to find out what's wrong with this baby. I will be praying for a quick resolve & quick recovery. Please keep us updated.
 
#48 ·
Thank you all for your support and prayers it means alot .


I just dropped her off at the animal hospital and they are keeping her until 5:30 going to feed her through out the day and keep her on IV as she is dehydrated this morning and they will do more blood work for the specialist she is seeing tomorrow morning .
 
#51 ·
I posted again but it didnt seem to go through.

There was a cancellation for 12:00 with the specialist an hour away today, so we picked her up from the animal hospital at 11 and are now on our way to the specialist where they will examine her and do what is necessary and a MRI i believe.

Hopefully this specialist will be able to figure out what is wrong and help my baby recover.. :-(
 
#52 ·
We suggested to the specialist it may be Menengitis after having read alot online and she disagrees saying she would have pain in her neck and spine.

This 'specialist' all she did was do blood work, and examine her. She told us we can do an MRI and an Ultrasound and if she needs surgery on her head it will be about $4,000 but they are unsure of what this is and she thinks it may be a genetic problem? I disagree with this.

After examining her she tells us she is an Internal Medicine Specialist for small dogs but is not a Neurologist and can not help with those problems and referred us to somebody else to go see tomorrow morning for an MRI and examination from the neurologist.

Vets have become a joke at this point and is really starting to get me mad. After all the money spent each and every visit and no one can seem to figure out what is wrong with her? Its like this is a guessing game and they just keep on taking money.

We dont mind spending the money as she is our family member, but if were spending so much money we want to see a result.
 
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