She won't eat!

Ok, either she's being a spoiled brat or she's just not feeling well enough to eat.

By Friday, Harley still had not eaten anything substantial. I boiled turkey and had broth and rice....nope. Boiled hamburger...Nope. Scrambled eggs and cheese....Nope. Canned Evo Dog food.....Nope. Hot dogs.....Nope. Pretty much all week long from Tuesday till Friday, she would take a little bit here or there, but nothing.

So, Thursday afternoon and Friday a.m. I made up scrambled eggs, mixed some yogurt and pumpkin in them, and force fed her. She had to get some substance in her.

I was more thinking that all of the pain pills and drugs on an empty stomach is making her sick. I know it would me.

I called the surgeon and he kind of told me that it wasn't surgery related and that I should probably just call my vet.

I called my vet and they said to try baby food and if by Monday, still no food, to bring her in and they'd put a tube in and also retest her kidney values.

The thing is that she was doing fantastic though. Her spirits are up, her nose is cold, she enjoys her walks and out of jail time.....it's just the no eating thing. If she were lethargic or down, I would have insisted that they see her that day.

So, off to Winn Dixie to buy baby food. Do you know how expensive baby food is? (obviously, I don't have children...haha)

So, Friday night....I decided to try her normal dinner....she's raw fed. I got out some nice stinky ground tripe and poured baby food on it. SHE ATE. She also decided that she was hungry and ate a nice piece of pork.

Saturday a.m......nothing. Saturday night.....still wouldn't eat on her own. She has decided that she loves bologna all of a sudden. It took me tearing up some bologna and hand feeding her bologna wrapped ground tripe. For any raw feeders out there, you know how nasty tripe is. haha Sunday she decided that she wouldn't even eat that....so I force fed her. When I say force feed, all I do is open her mouth and put it on the back of her tongue and she swallows. She actually ate good on Sunday, but it was against her will.

She has been off her deramaxx and tramadol since Friday. So, the "theory" that the drugs were making her not feel good is now pretty much gone. I seriously think now she's being a brat and just wants to test us. So, it's Monday now....she didn't eat this a.m. and I figure she'll get hungry enough that she will eat on her own soon. She's feeling better, no more drugs in her system....I can't baby her forever or she'll expect it forever!