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We are on day 12 of chemo, a month past amputation, and I am really struggling trying to get this girl to eat. They want me to get her off of the Cerena, and the other stomach med and appetite stimulant if I can, but she is just totally hit and miss. she has lost so much weight. The other night I broke down when she was begging for a pork neck, and also gave a bit of pork chunks. She is sick and tired of dehydrated food, will only eat a bit of canned, so I have six open cans of food in the fridge right now, and three other dogs who eat raw.
I am wondering if it would be that bad to start some raw back in to get her to eat? Surely getting her to eat is more important than whether she has the odd raw meal?
8:08 am
3 June 2014
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I am no vet by any means but I'm with you in thinking your girl needs to eat something. Especially, if she's dropping lots of weight. My Leland didn't go through chemo but I would think the body needs nourishment to battle the cancer and manage the chemo. After Leland's amp we had a hard time getting him to eat. I was to the point of cooking him steak, pork chops, chicken, and mixing it with rice to get some food in him. I think you need to whatever you have to get your girl to eat at this point and then make adjustments once you're passed the chemo hurdle.
Sahana and her Angel Leland and Lucian too
November 17, 2009 - June 30, 2014
May you finally be healthy and running free at the Rainbow Bridge. Until we meet again my sweet boy!
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25 September 2009
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I think it's so pawsome you feed your dogs raw. At some point when things calm down, if you'd like to submit a guest blog post for the Tripawds Nutrition blog about your experience with raw, we'd be so grateful. But meanwhile let's see how we can get your girl to eat!
As you know oncos are dead-set against raw feeding when a dog is on chemo. And of course for good reason, the risk of the stray salmonella germ is especially dangerous on a dog with a severely compromised immune system.
But in the meantime if your dog is already used to eating raw, and you have as much experience with it as you sound like, then you need to do what you and your pack is most comfortable with and what gets her to eat. Have you tried any of the <a href="