Hi all! I'm new to this forum and I hope I'm posting in the correct location.
A year ago, we adopted a 10 yr old mini dachshund when his owner had to enter a nursing home. At the time, he weighed 11 lbs and was a bit underweight. He was being fed 1cup per day of Science Diet lite kibble, which gave him soft stools and HORRIBLE gas. Also, he was constantly eating his own feces. So, we switched him to Blue Buffalo and reduced him to 3/4 cup per day. He stopped engaging in coprophagia, his gas went away, and he started gaining weight, although a little too fast, so we reduced it further to 1/2 cup per day. He still kept gaining. So, we decided he needed to be on a lower calorie diet and switched him to Diamond lite lamb and rice kibble, giving him 1/4 cup in the morning and 1/4 cup in the evening. He is still gaining weight!! What the heck??
We had his thyroid checked, which came back normal. We are at a loss. We don't want him to gain anymore weight, as he is already at 16 lbs. Plus, we found out after we adopted him that he had been paralyzed for a couple of months when he was younger because of his weight.
We have reduced his food to 3/8 cup total per day but the poor thing seems like he's starving. What can we do?
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A year ago, we adopted a 10 yr old mini dachshund when his owner had to enter a nursing home. At the time, he weighed 11 lbs and was a bit underweight. He was being fed 1cup per day of Science Diet lite kibble, which gave him soft stools and HORRIBLE gas. Also, he was constantly eating his own feces. So, we switched him to Blue Buffalo and reduced him to 3/4 cup per day. He stopped engaging in coprophagia, his gas went away, and he started gaining weight, although a little too fast, so we reduced it further to 1/2 cup per day. He still kept gaining. So, we decided he needed to be on a lower calorie diet and switched him to Diamond lite lamb and rice kibble, giving him 1/4 cup in the morning and 1/4 cup in the evening. He is still gaining weight!! What the heck??
We had his thyroid checked, which came back normal. We are at a loss. We don't want him to gain anymore weight, as he is already at 16 lbs. Plus, we found out after we adopted him that he had been paralyzed for a couple of months when he was younger because of his weight.
We have reduced his food to 3/8 cup total per day but the poor thing seems like he's starving. What can we do?
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