[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Pregnancy Cravings and Food Safety
- From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
- To: hcj2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, SHOWGSD-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:28:24 EDT
In a message dated 8/26/2005 12:01:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, hcj2@
frontiernet.net writes:
Our current pregnant bitch (her first litter) stopped eating her regular
food about a week ago!!!!!!! We have tried everything....but she will not
eat two meals in row of the same food! We have gone from; Iiams, Bill Jack,
Purina, puppy canned food to, scrambled eggs, pork chop, cottage cheese,
roll over, or hamburger, We make sure that she gets her vitamins and Nutri
Cal each day, and have a free feeder (kibble)
Try baby food meat or the stinkiest canned cat food you can find. For some
reason, pregnant gals also like bread (???), so I've made elaborate (!!!)
canned meat and liquid vitamin "sandwiches", made a BIG production of trimming
the crusts off and fed them from the kitchen counter, usually a big "no-no",
but if they think they're getting away with something.....
Some have a real sweet tooth, so peanut butter & honey sandwiches or vanilla
custard style ice cream w/ honey (anything for calories, right?). I once
threw away a nice kitchen-aide mixer after whipping up cooked chicken livers,
rice and vegetable oil "meat balls". Never could get the stink of the chicken
livers out, lol:))))
I usually have chow hounds, but if one is pregnant and backs off her food,
I'll pull out all the stops. I've noticed too, if mine go off their food it's
usually day 19-21, usually right when the placentas are attaching to the
uterine wall, (makes sense, they probably feel awful) then a few days later
they
are right back to normal until they are heavy in whelp when it's probably
uncomfortable to eat.
Good luck!
Kathy
three generations of Dual Titled Champions live here!
visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_
(http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/)
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