Meepington
New Born Pup
Oscar stopped eating properly a couple of weeks ago. He seemed to want to eat and followed us round the house more than normal begging for treats, probably as he was hungry, but once we noticed he wasn't eating them we went to the vet. They said his teeth were fine and everything else was OK in the mouth so gave him critical care and a gut stimulant. The next day I watched him closely and when he did eat selectively (small bits of coriander) he seemed to chew on the side and dribble. I went back to the vet with this extra information and the next day they put him under sedation and found a wound, probably from hay, at the back of the mouth. They removed food debris from it and gave antibiotics and pain killers. That was 8 days ago. I'm still feeding critical care 4 times a day so that he takes in enough food. He will eat small amounts at a time of fresh food, very small amounts compared to normal. Mostly he noses around the bowl and runs off. He is now back to waiting for his morning bowl with his friend at the usual time but barely touches it, just a few leaves. He then goes to Ed's bowl for a look too before wandering off. Critical care is given after I have let him try his normal food as I want to check if he is back to eating by himself first.
Currently I am still feeding him critical care. After this it does seem to stimulate him to eat some minimal food offered too him by hand on my lap cucumber, carrot, herbs, dandelion leaves. I would say hald a 1cm slice of cucumber, but only tne centre of it, then maybe changes to nibble a wedge of carrot and maybe a sprig of parsley if lucky but he usually refusing any more by then. He doesn't seem to be eating leaves like salads or spinach even though he chooses to take those from the bowl. He won't accept random treats away from feeding times. He keeps going to the hay tray and nibbling, but not much, and I haven't seen him touch nuggets. Should he be eating more on his own by now, its almost 2 weeks on critical care?
He is happy in himself and active to a certain extent, in that he would normally be more active in following me in the kitchen for treats. He seems to want food from the bowl but doesn't eat what he takes out and only consumes small amounts. The vet suggests he may still be in pain from something remaining in the wound area (I can't tell if he his, but then he has been on medication and the vet suggested keeping up the pain relief anyway) and she suggests the next step would be a referral for a scan then a surgery, obviously costly so I just wanted any advice before I go down that route. His weight is being maintained so I am not worried about that at the moment. Many thanks for any advice.
Currently I am still feeding him critical care. After this it does seem to stimulate him to eat some minimal food offered too him by hand on my lap cucumber, carrot, herbs, dandelion leaves. I would say hald a 1cm slice of cucumber, but only tne centre of it, then maybe changes to nibble a wedge of carrot and maybe a sprig of parsley if lucky but he usually refusing any more by then. He doesn't seem to be eating leaves like salads or spinach even though he chooses to take those from the bowl. He won't accept random treats away from feeding times. He keeps going to the hay tray and nibbling, but not much, and I haven't seen him touch nuggets. Should he be eating more on his own by now, its almost 2 weeks on critical care?
He is happy in himself and active to a certain extent, in that he would normally be more active in following me in the kitchen for treats. He seems to want food from the bowl but doesn't eat what he takes out and only consumes small amounts. The vet suggests he may still be in pain from something remaining in the wound area (I can't tell if he his, but then he has been on medication and the vet suggested keeping up the pain relief anyway) and she suggests the next step would be a referral for a scan then a surgery, obviously costly so I just wanted any advice before I go down that route. His weight is being maintained so I am not worried about that at the moment. Many thanks for any advice.
