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Hi friends,
Winston now is 1 week post surgery and 1 week pre chemo. As with most of your experiences, eating and drinkng has been a bit of a challenge. He is not really interested in any treats. I can get him to eat a few bites from my hand at every meal, but no more then that. Can anyone suggest any tricks that worked for them?
Waiting will work. Once he's off the pain meds Winston will be much more interested in eating once again. For now, just make sure he has lots of water and food available. If he gets really hungry, he'll eat. He's most likely just dopey from the medication. If he's not eating or drinking at all, call your vet.
Beef or chicken broth in the water will help him drink and provide nutrients. Broth ice cubes can work too. Cat food and gamey meats (i.e.; ground elk, buffalo, etc.) are often irresistable if you're really trying to make him eat. Hope this helps.
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I know im just a newbie to the site and the whole process, but this is what we experienced with Puppy. I dont know what pain meds Winston is on, but when Puppy was on the Rimadyl and Tramadol he wounldnt eat or sleep and was acting a little bizarre (panting, restless, confused). I called the vet and he said that was probably a reaction to the Tramadol which I see in the forums is pretty consistent. The vet said to try just the Rimadyl. Once he was off the Tramadol his stomach awoke to new heights of hunger!! Also, did not seem to be in any pain. Obviously I would call the Vet before I did this though. Wishing Winston the best.
Hello--
Welcome to our group. My Tika was very much the same way on the pain meds. It got so bad that we pulled her off everything but her Deramaxx (anti-inflammatory) Within a few days there was such a marked improvement even though just 12 days post-op she had to be hurting like hell.
I think she just preferred having her wits about her.
I boiled chicken and chopped it up, that seemed to get her interested. But for a while, anything she ate came right back up until we got the meds out of her system.
As long as they are getting water into their system and maybe a few bites, they'll get through the next few weeks okay. Much better than the humans do I think!
I also suggest (as others have) sitting with your baby and massaging him. That would calm Tika down, because she was definitely loopy of her drugs. It actually helped both of us, just me talking to her softly and lightly massaging her. She would usually get something to drink or nibble on something after that.
Good luck, it will get better!
--Kim and Tika
Kim and Spirit Tika http://www.tika.....ogspot.com
Feed things that are warm and smelly, and give them by hand.
My dog ate a bit right after his amputation, then his appetite dwindled. The day before his first chemo treatment he was finally hungry enough to eat from his bowl, and the Carboplatin only seems to have made him hungrier.
To get him eating, I made cooked him his own gravy. I roasted a chicken, pulled some of the meat off for sandwiches, and cooked the rest in a pot with water and veggies (no garlic or onions or seasoning). When it was done I put it in the fridge overnight so I could skim off the excess fat, removed all the bones, and then put the whole thing in the blender. If I warmed it up in the microwave and mixed it with his kibble, he'd eat it (or at least lick up the gravy) and it made enough to freeze some if I ever need it.
But like people have already said--he mostly just needed a little time.
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