I have a 11 week old male Shih Tzu and he recently suffered some trauma from my 5 year old son dropping him. We have taken him to the vet hospital as well as the vet office which recommended we force feed him as well give him a sugar shot to keep his sugar level normal. But even with the force feeding his still spits it out and doesn't eat anything. We even tried cooked, food boiled chicken and he still refuses. He drinks water with no problem tho. What can I do so that he will snap out of this and eat?
Please help.
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Dissolve a beef or chicken stock cube in the dogs water. Hopefully it will like the taste , get some nutrients & get an appetite. Try serving the food warm as the smell of the food may help. Best of luck.
I think he is scared when he sees your son and remembers being dropped. You may need to hold him and love him and make him feel secure once again. I would baby him and get a syringe and make some food that is very wet and can be put in the syringe and feed to him like this.
So I have to assume that the vet did a proper check up and that the fall did not damage his spleen or intestines or otherwise cause inner trauma. If he has any blood in his stools, you should go back to the vet
if it really is all purely psychological, well, I have heard of pets receiving Prozac prescriptions when things are not going well for them.
some herbalists assert that, just like with people, valerian root and St John's Wort will help a stressed out dog
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