BodiesMom
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Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't been around in a while, we've had a lot going on!
For the last couple of weeks, Bodie has decided that he doesn't want to eat his kibble! Which is NOT like him! We've had a few times where he just didn't feel good or didn't like "new" foods we had introduced but he'd been eating this kibble for months with no issues. Then one day he trotted up to his bowl after 5-10 mins of convincing, he took 2 licks of the juice, and RAN away! Some days he won't even get up to go to his bowl and other days he'll go over, smell it, and turn and run away!! Anyone know why he'd be acting this way? Today, he did eat some kibble, however, I had to take a piece of ham, break it up, and spread it throughout the bowl on top if the kibble. Plus, he was more than likely just plain "hungry"! We've been making him hamburgers on the grill, not daily, but one every so often only because he needs to eat something!! Anyone got any ideas or suggestions?
We know he hasn't really been feeling great either. His skin is still really bad and because he continually rubs his face on everything, infection and yeast have moved into his left ear pretty badly. Yesterday, sometime during the day while I was outside, he scratched both of his shoulders till they bled and when I noticed it, I also noticed a very pungent smell. Well, that smell was from the ear! He had also scratched on it until it had bled and when I pulled his flap back, it was horrific!! I did my best to clean it out, but it was very red and swollen and itchy!! Oh how I wish he would just get better. We feel so helpless. Tried everything under the sun and nothing seems to work, at least nothing works for more than a month. C'mon vets and scientists, we're waiting on that miracle!!!
BullyLove!!!
For the last couple of weeks, Bodie has decided that he doesn't want to eat his kibble! Which is NOT like him! We've had a few times where he just didn't feel good or didn't like "new" foods we had introduced but he'd been eating this kibble for months with no issues. Then one day he trotted up to his bowl after 5-10 mins of convincing, he took 2 licks of the juice, and RAN away! Some days he won't even get up to go to his bowl and other days he'll go over, smell it, and turn and run away!! Anyone know why he'd be acting this way? Today, he did eat some kibble, however, I had to take a piece of ham, break it up, and spread it throughout the bowl on top if the kibble. Plus, he was more than likely just plain "hungry"! We've been making him hamburgers on the grill, not daily, but one every so often only because he needs to eat something!! Anyone got any ideas or suggestions?
We know he hasn't really been feeling great either. His skin is still really bad and because he continually rubs his face on everything, infection and yeast have moved into his left ear pretty badly. Yesterday, sometime during the day while I was outside, he scratched both of his shoulders till they bled and when I noticed it, I also noticed a very pungent smell. Well, that smell was from the ear! He had also scratched on it until it had bled and when I pulled his flap back, it was horrific!! I did my best to clean it out, but it was very red and swollen and itchy!! Oh how I wish he would just get better. We feel so helpless. Tried everything under the sun and nothing seems to work, at least nothing works for more than a month. C'mon vets and scientists, we're waiting on that miracle!!!
BullyLove!!!