alohadaisy
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Hi there!
I'm a new bulldog parent. We rescued a neglected EB last week. She's underweight, she currently weighs 28 lbs. I think she'll probably look right at 35 lbs? She seems to be pretty sensitive to foods. I'd like to try out home-made raw feeding as that will be the most economical for our area. But I have some questions for our particular case.
We had started out feeding her our other dog's Purina kibble for 3 days before I found out from the vet that the skin problems she arrived with were likely an allergic reaction and I need to get better food.
Saturday morning she had her last meal of kibble. About 3 hours later she received some roasted turkey breast as a treat. About 1 hour after that she started itching uncontrollably and making herself bleed. I started her on raw chicken on Saturday night.
After talking to the folks on the general nutrition forum about allergic reactions they suggested I should skip chicken as many EB's are sensitive to it. Last night I got a pork shoulder. She had pork, peas and carrots with a tbs of plain yogurt last night (and a benedryl). Then I read that some can even be allergic to peas and carrots so I'm going to limit the food variables here so I can find what she can and cannot have, starting with the meat. This morning she had pork and an egg and a benedryl. She's stopped itching so much but this morning after breakfast her eyes must have been itchy because she was scratching up her face and rubbing it on the carpet.
So that's the current situation.
Bones - I'd like to feed her bones but I am concerned about her jaw. The vet said her underbite is pretty severe. I gave her a chicken thigh bone as part of her chicken dinner and she crunched it up but choked it up once before eating it. She was coughing a lot for 30 minutes afterwards. I am now concerned her jaw will prevent her from eating bones safely. What do you think? Should I get bonemeal to add to it?
Offal - are allergies confined to muscle meat? I am going to look for a source for offal but if I am avoiding chicken should I also avoid chicken offal?
Weight Gain - will she gain weight on this? I'd like to help her gain mass to get to a healthy weight. I am giving here 8-9 oz. of meat per meal, 2x per day.
Thanks!
I'm a new bulldog parent. We rescued a neglected EB last week. She's underweight, she currently weighs 28 lbs. I think she'll probably look right at 35 lbs? She seems to be pretty sensitive to foods. I'd like to try out home-made raw feeding as that will be the most economical for our area. But I have some questions for our particular case.
We had started out feeding her our other dog's Purina kibble for 3 days before I found out from the vet that the skin problems she arrived with were likely an allergic reaction and I need to get better food.
Saturday morning she had her last meal of kibble. About 3 hours later she received some roasted turkey breast as a treat. About 1 hour after that she started itching uncontrollably and making herself bleed. I started her on raw chicken on Saturday night.
After talking to the folks on the general nutrition forum about allergic reactions they suggested I should skip chicken as many EB's are sensitive to it. Last night I got a pork shoulder. She had pork, peas and carrots with a tbs of plain yogurt last night (and a benedryl). Then I read that some can even be allergic to peas and carrots so I'm going to limit the food variables here so I can find what she can and cannot have, starting with the meat. This morning she had pork and an egg and a benedryl. She's stopped itching so much but this morning after breakfast her eyes must have been itchy because she was scratching up her face and rubbing it on the carpet.
So that's the current situation.
Bones - I'd like to feed her bones but I am concerned about her jaw. The vet said her underbite is pretty severe. I gave her a chicken thigh bone as part of her chicken dinner and she crunched it up but choked it up once before eating it. She was coughing a lot for 30 minutes afterwards. I am now concerned her jaw will prevent her from eating bones safely. What do you think? Should I get bonemeal to add to it?
Offal - are allergies confined to muscle meat? I am going to look for a source for offal but if I am avoiding chicken should I also avoid chicken offal?
Weight Gain - will she gain weight on this? I'd like to help her gain mass to get to a healthy weight. I am giving here 8-9 oz. of meat per meal, 2x per day.
Thanks!