problems with my staffy eating.

Hi im new to this site i really need some help. I have a staff x pit bull and shes not eating at all. I have to throw her food on the floor piece by piece for her to eat it. Shes loosing weight very fast and in getting worried. She a hermaphrodite and is nearly a year old. Thanks for your help.

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Hi and welcome to the forum from Rocky and me.

Please don't call her a pit bull x as you know the pit is a banned breed and likely to cause concern.

Have you been to get her checked by the vet ?

They gave me some high cal food for her but she wont eat it at all. Shes been wormed and everything so i don't know what to do.

What are you feeding her at the moment?

She on dry food atm but I've tried her with wet food and kibble but she wont eat it. She was on a BARF diet so i might try her on that again.

Which brand dry food?

Why did you change from a raw diet?

Pero dry food she on. We had to change her to dog food because she went off it. She flits back and forth with stuff. I bought these meaty chunks and feeding them to her like treats.

hi from me and the boys

Hiya from me and Vinnie, sorry I cant help much on the food as I don't feed dried. 

Hi both from me and storm. I think its to do with her hormones because she cant have a session. The front half of her is quite big but shes thin on her back end when she lays down. Can you put pics up from mobiles on this site.

Hello and welcome to the forum from me and the kids

Hi from me and my gang. I'd go back to the raw and see if you can't find something that works.

Pics work but you have to upload to photobucket first and then post the image link.

Does anyone know of anything i.e. Supplements or appetite tablets that could help put the weight back on.

Thanks Ben. I've got her some chicken breasts and some bones but still nothing. Me and my partner have tried her now so god knows whats wrong with her.

hia from me and sasha  if it was me i think i would pop her back to the vets  

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Hi and welcome from me and Daisy  I agree that a vet check up might be in order

We called to our local PDSA today and they said that there's nothing wrong with her health wise but she might pining for our old dog. But the thing is she went months and months ago so i don't see how that can be.

Just tried her again now and she just taking it into her crate and hiding it.

Have you tried putting her food into a Kong, and then just letting her work it out?

No i could try that thanks.

Welcome from Rocky and I, sorry not much help, but hope you can find something that works x

I wouldn't be happy giving her supplements as you don't know what's going on.

It's possible that you've made her fussy by changing her food too often. You could try her with raw green tripe & see if that spikes her appetite.

She goes off the food all the time after a while so i have to give her something else. IM off to the pet shop today to get some things for her anyway.

NathanWills wrote:She goes off the food all the time after a while so i have to give her something else. IM off to the pet shop today to get some things for her anyway.

But that could be part of the problem. Yes, she may be pining, but I would have thought it would have started some time ago if that was the case.

If you switch food every time she decides to leave it, she'll do it all the more. A healthy dog won't starve itself. So decide what food you're going to give her & stick with it! You can always add a raw egg, or some sardines in oil to her food to make it more interesting.

If you can get it, raw green tripe is loved by most dogs & a little mixed in with her food may not only help her appetite but will also help her to put weight back on.

IM aware that shes not 100%. That is the reason why im on here because the vet has tried and god hows I've tried. I am to soft on her at times but in not going to watch my dog waste away and maybe die. So Il try anything just to get her to eat. She wont even eat a slice of ham, what dog turns down a ham. How would you be if it was your dog. Its not like im giving her different food every day. She can go for months eating one thing then she'll just goes funny then. But thanks for your help and Il try and get the green tripe stuff today.

Please don't think I'm criticizing! I know how difficult it can be. 

I think you need to decide what you're going to feed & then stick with it, but add little bits & pieces to tempt her - raw eggs, sardines in oil, even a little salmon oil drizzled over the top will sometimes do it. Or maybe add a little wet food (grain free trays are better than tinned) just to up the smell & taste?

No not at all im just so stressed at the moment lol. I've got some tripe and this sample of a dried meat and kibble mix ao hopefully one of them will work. Thanks again for all of the advice. Il try and put some pics up later so you can see her then.

Hello and welcome. Those pictures on page one, your staffy looks a good weight to me, I cant see no ribs sticking out. Pixee is a fussy eater. Took me a few months to sort her out. She will not eat dried food. wont touch a raw diet, she is sick when eating bones. I had to put her on a chicken and rice diet for a while, whilst I was so worried too that she was not eating enough, this forum has been a great help, I found Wainwrights Trays, they are not dried food, but either wet, more in between, and a few on here feed this to their staffies. Every now and then, I will feed her cooked liver or chicken and rice to give her a break. And I have found that if all else fails with her wainwrights that I know she does love, I stuff it in the knog, she soon finishes it off and then goes to her bowl to polish the rest off. Another vet trip wont hurt either to rule anything out.

I got this dried meat stuff for her with glazed kibble she seems to like it so that's good.

Which brand is the food? I'd be a bit wary of anything 'glazed'.

I got it from my local market in not sure what the brand is. She only eats the meat anyway lol. Do you think i could try her on the dry meat and some rice or pasta.

Rice is better than pasta, and a little here & there is fine. Maybe cook it in stock so that it has a little flavour, although try & find a stock that isn't too high on salt.

I do feel for you Nathan. My Kuchar was just such a fussy feeder up to 14 months old, and like you I switched and changed and added tasty morsels every day into his various foods.
Then, like Lynn above with Pixee, I discovered Wainwrights trays from Pets at Home. 12 trays of 3 different flavours in a box for about £9 something. Nothing short of a miracle for me - Kuchar ate it up straight away and 7 months later is still eating it - even galloping towards the bowl when he hears me chopping it up into bite-size hunks! He has 3 quarters of a tray every day, so what with the different flavours it's not quite the same every day.

I wouldn't swear that it would work with every dog, but it is certainly worth a try.

Do let us know how you get on with Storm  

i would give the tripe a try as its great for putting on weight and re the pics you posted if they are resent i wouldn't be to worried about her wasting away at the moment as she looks a good weight  

Hi and welcome to the forum from me and the zoo xx

Definitely take her to the vets.

Sorry i haven't replied in a while everyone just been super busy. I have good news storm has started to eat again, not as much as before but shes eating. Everything has to be with homemade fresh egg pasta lol.