Over the last year he's been doing this on and off again. His lab work has come back normal, physical exam is normal, he's a little on the thin side, and he had to have a couple teeth removed. He's 14 years old dsh. He was eating kibble, but started refusing. The only food he would eat is chicken pate from iams.... But now he's not wanting to eat that.
We've tried kibble in these brands (petsmart/petco hate me right now): merrick, purina one, pro plan, halo, chicken soup, iams, blue buffalo, natures variety, science diet, prescription z/d, and nutro.
Canned food: Avoderm, science diet, iams, blue buffalo, and prescription z/d.
He was eating about 9 oz of iams a day, now he's barely touching it. I do weigh his food before and after to get a better idea of what he's eating.
If it's a gravy, he just licks the gravy off the chunks, if it's a page, it needs the gravy or he refused to it. He's eating about 2-3 oz of the 5.5 oz canned. He eats the parts with the gravy. I tried saving leftovers for the next meal, but he refuses to eat it, even when I add a touch of water and heat it up in the microwave.
I've changed him from a bowl to a glass plate. I've now moved to feeding him in different areas that he may feel comfortable in. I've tried pureeing kibble into a gruel. I've tried pureeeing canned to make it more pate like.
Today I couldn't take it anymore and used a fork to feed him 3 oz of canned food. He wasn't thrilled, but he ate 3 oz. . . He just had to get something in his stomach beyond gravy.
I'm at my wits end. All I do is go back and forth to the store. I buy one food, exchange it for another.
Oh I've also started him back up on Pepcid to see if that helps.
I just don't know what to do anymore. Going to the store tonight to buy friskies.mi don't wantto feed him that, but if he'll eat it, I don't care. I thought about buying gravy, but all the gravies seem to contain onion.
I just don't know what to do anymore and my vet doesn't know why... His best guess is a food allergy bc he did vomit on various foods... So he wants him on Pepcid and on prescription z/d. Well he won't eat z/d or any other limited ingredients food.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
We've tried kibble in these brands (petsmart/petco hate me right now): merrick, purina one, pro plan, halo, chicken soup, iams, blue buffalo, natures variety, science diet, prescription z/d, and nutro.
Canned food: Avoderm, science diet, iams, blue buffalo, and prescription z/d.
He was eating about 9 oz of iams a day, now he's barely touching it. I do weigh his food before and after to get a better idea of what he's eating.
If it's a gravy, he just licks the gravy off the chunks, if it's a page, it needs the gravy or he refused to it. He's eating about 2-3 oz of the 5.5 oz canned. He eats the parts with the gravy. I tried saving leftovers for the next meal, but he refuses to eat it, even when I add a touch of water and heat it up in the microwave.
I've changed him from a bowl to a glass plate. I've now moved to feeding him in different areas that he may feel comfortable in. I've tried pureeing kibble into a gruel. I've tried pureeeing canned to make it more pate like.
Today I couldn't take it anymore and used a fork to feed him 3 oz of canned food. He wasn't thrilled, but he ate 3 oz. . . He just had to get something in his stomach beyond gravy.
I'm at my wits end. All I do is go back and forth to the store. I buy one food, exchange it for another.
Oh I've also started him back up on Pepcid to see if that helps.
I just don't know what to do anymore. Going to the store tonight to buy friskies.mi don't wantto feed him that, but if he'll eat it, I don't care. I thought about buying gravy, but all the gravies seem to contain onion.
I just don't know what to do anymore and my vet doesn't know why... His best guess is a food allergy bc he did vomit on various foods... So he wants him on Pepcid and on prescription z/d. Well he won't eat z/d or any other limited ingredients food.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
