stacwase
08-30-2004, 09:42 AM
I was wondering if any of you could give me any advice about Tony, my mom's neutered male chihuahua whom I've been taking care of for a few months.
When we picked him up from her, he was terribly underweight. She said he ate like a horse. She'd had him checked for worms several times and he didn't have them. The vet couldn't find anything wrong with him. So when we took him in to be neutered, we asked the vet about it. He checked for worms again. The vet said male chihuahuas tend to be somewhat emaciated, especially until they're neutered. Is that true?
After we had him neutered, he did put on some weight. At least he had a tiny bit of fat over his ribs. But now, even though he appears to still be growing, he's stopped gaining fat and it looks like he's lost whatever fat he had gained.
I'll have to get a picture when I get a chance - but you can see every single rib very easily, and you can also see all of the vertebrae on his back, and his hip bones.
He does look like he's grown. He's about 10 months old now. Do they get thin while they're growing?
We feed him the chicken soup for the pet lover's soul dog food, and over the past couple of days I've started adding gravy or eggs or something to it to make it more flavorful and fattening. I feed him twice a day. Sometimes he empties the bowl but other times he barely touches it.
Otherwise, he appears healthy. He's extremely energetic. Any ideas? Do they just naturally run thin?
When we picked him up from her, he was terribly underweight. She said he ate like a horse. She'd had him checked for worms several times and he didn't have them. The vet couldn't find anything wrong with him. So when we took him in to be neutered, we asked the vet about it. He checked for worms again. The vet said male chihuahuas tend to be somewhat emaciated, especially until they're neutered. Is that true?
After we had him neutered, he did put on some weight. At least he had a tiny bit of fat over his ribs. But now, even though he appears to still be growing, he's stopped gaining fat and it looks like he's lost whatever fat he had gained.
I'll have to get a picture when I get a chance - but you can see every single rib very easily, and you can also see all of the vertebrae on his back, and his hip bones.
He does look like he's grown. He's about 10 months old now. Do they get thin while they're growing?
We feed him the chicken soup for the pet lover's soul dog food, and over the past couple of days I've started adding gravy or eggs or something to it to make it more flavorful and fattening. I feed him twice a day. Sometimes he empties the bowl but other times he barely touches it.
Otherwise, he appears healthy. He's extremely energetic. Any ideas? Do they just naturally run thin?