pure_breed

First I would like to say thankyou to all the DOLERS who have gave me suggestions and advise, THANKYOU all. We had the vet appointment and her leg, the initial problem, is healing quite well. Cast is comming off next week, bone has healed great she may even get into the ring it healed that good!! In regards to her weight loss, she was weighed and to my surprise she has actually gained 300g, my vet has taken bloods, thyroid will also be checked, she had a full physical as well. Although quite thin my vet seems to think she is still ok in regards to getting enough fluids and vitamins/minerals as she has been given nutragel, approx eaten 3 tubes in 2 weeks, she hates it but its keeping her vitamins/minerals there. My vet also thinks it may be due to the arm break and she is just feeling not her self. She has given me the biolac formula and suggested I mix it to a thick consistency, a suggestion I was given from a doler as well, she will be going back next week for a weigh in and to get the cast off. Thanks again to everyone who replied with suggestions/thoughts, much appriciated.

I will give the recipe a go. She has a vet appointment in an hour so I will post what the vet finds. Thanks all for your suggestions and infomation, greatly appreciated.

Thanks dancinbcs, I will pick some up tommorrow and see how she goes. She has a vet visit tommorow so she will be weighed and a full check by my vet done, depending on what my vet has to say tommorow I will give the suggestions a go. Im very anxious about her weigh in tommorrow as I know she has lost more weight just by looking and holding her :D . She is getting plenty of fluids and I have been squirting the nutra gel into her mouth so at least I know she will be getting some vitamins and minerals, she hates me for it, but ......... Will post what my vet finds/says tommorrow.

Have you tried the fat/satin ball recipe that you make up yourself. I have been feeding it to my girl to put weight on her, shes a finicky eater but she loves them and it does work wonders. I have not heard of this recipe, would you be able to let me know it please, she is having a bandage change/check up on Monday so I am going to get my vet to do the full works on her. She is still just nibbling her food and I am quite frantic now as she looks horrible, I have not weighed her as I dont want to know, but she looks like she has lost more weight, I just dont want to loose her. *

Just curious as to how long it takes to get from Darwin to Alice Springs by road? 1500 kms - so about 15 hours. We previously had an open speed limit, but now it's 130kph outside of townships. I am flying, 2 hours each way. Wow thats a long drive, flying would be the better option I think Thanks Darwinroyal

Just curious as to how long it takes to get from Darwin to Alice Springs by road?

She has not been in season as yet. She is weeing normal, she has diarreah (excuse the spelling) but it seems to be clearing up. Drinking about the same amount of water. Hand feeding used to work but not any more. I will get my vet to do the thyroid test and give her a complete physical - blood tests, temp checks ect, at her next bandage change.

She is not sterilized, breeder is unreachable

I would get blood tests to test how all her organs are functioning like thyroid and get her blood sugar tested. With the Nutrigel my cat hates it to however I just smear it on her and she HAS to lick it off. HAs your dog been eating normally? What food is she on? Do your dogs eat together and do you watch to make sure one isnt eating all the food? Is she maybe crate bound due to her broken bone and is maybe depressed and has lost a bit of muscle? She has not eaten normally for about 2weeks, usually she would eat breakfast, small lunch, dinner, now its a nibble once or twice a day, she is on proplan puppy with an assortment of different foods (first post). The 2 eat together but they never steal each others food, I always supervise meal times. She seems herself, bright happy, alert so not depressed, didnt know they could lose muscle.

Different dog, thats my boy. I did get the cat scan all clear. My girl is 14mths, mini pin, she was at the vet today and the vet could find nothing to be causing the sudden weight loss. She broke her arm 3 weeks ago and went in for a bandage change/check up. Is there something I could suggest to my vet she checks??

My little girl has loss 1.5kg, which is almost half her body weight, in 3 weeks. She is a very picky eater and will flat out refuse to eat anything I give her. She weighed in at 3.5kg 3 weeks ago and today she weighed in at 1.9kg. Is there something I could give her to put her lost weight back on, I have tried nutrigel but she doesnt like it. I have cooked chicken, mince, given her devon, rew chicken, raw mince, eggs, bought chicken (KFC) BUT NOTHING, JUST A NIBBLE AND THATS IT. Any suggestions before I go crazy!!!!

Cheers for all the reply's Its not a money issue with buying a cheeper brand of dog kibble, i'm having alot of trouble finding a certin brand and until i can source that i want them on a brand i can get anywhere. They have not had it yet, hence the runs question, just wanted to find out if it would

Has anybody had a problem with supercoat kibble, mainly dogs having the runs??

So is it safe to say I could give my 5kg dog 1000mg a day?

What breed is your little girl, I know some breeds are more prone to leg breaks, but as said before a good surgeon is worth his/her weight in gold :p :D heres to a speedy recovery!!!!