My Shihtzu/Maltese has been spayed seven day ago. She was fine, got some pain medicine and cleaning solution but now she is not eating. She plays good and drinks water, should I worry?
Yes, you should be worried about your dog not eating post surgery. It is possible that there is an infection or some stitches that missed being removed, etc. Your best bet is to take your pet back to the vet for follow up treatment immediately
When my dog was ill the vet asked on the phone if she was eating and drinking. She said not drinking, bring her in right away. For food she said if they don't eat after 24 hours they should be seen.
Sounds like you need to take her in. She could have an infection in her incision.
I've worked at a vet's office for four years now, If the dogs is not eating then you need to call the vet. Also Moniter if she has vomited, drinking water, or has diarrhea. I could be something serious. On another note, you said something about meds? How are you giving the meds?
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My 9 month old Rottweiler got spayed today and is refusing to drink water or eat out of her bowl. She does however seem to eat her wet food out of my hand. I even put the food up to her mouth, but she just won't eat out of her bowl or drink water. I don't know whether or not to continue hand feeding her or wait for her to eat on her own.
I'm worried if I continue she will refuse to eat on her own while she has her cone or after. I don't want it to be a habit. What should I do? Will she eventually eat and drink on her own? How long should I leave it for?It may not just be the cone that is bothering her. When an animal is put under for surgery, the anesthetic -by needle or by gas- can cause strange feelings that may last a day or two. Plus, if the vet used a cone over the dog's mouth to administer the gas, they usually tie the cone and/or tube with strips of gauze around the muzzle of the dog. Any of this could give the dog a sore mouth for a few days.
Normally after a dog has had surgery the vet that I go to recommends that we do not give them anything to eat or drink until later that night. If the dog has been sprayed it can take a little bit of time for them to eat again. Especially if they have put a cone on them so they don't remove the stitches. It is a bit more difficult for them to adjust to the cone and should be fine within a day or two.
My dog had a bacterial infection and quit eating hard food, but was drinking lots of water. She was put on antibiotics and got spayed, that was almost 2 weeks ago and she still refuses to eat her hard food.
She will eat soft food though. She is very active and drinking water, why will she not eat her hard food again?If this is an issue you can always take some water or even some chicken broth and mix it with her dry dog food to soften up the food. Sometimes after a dog has had surgery they become picky eaters.
Please check with the vet on this. My worry is damage was done to her throat or teeth when she was intubated for surgery. It is important for the vet to take a look see!! Prayers for healing! Post back with an update!
My 11 month old Westie girl had an ovarian sparing spay done at the end of January. The first few days were rough, we called the vet a few times and none of the things suggested worked. We ended up going to the ER where she was given better pain meds, anti-nausea meds and anti-inflammatory meds. As soon as we gave her these she started doing better and her diarrhea went away and she started eating again. She was on them for about a week.
Now, 3 weeks later (post surgery) she eats here and there, but she doesn't nearly have the appetite she used to have. She used to stand next to me in kitchen and couldn't wait for her bowl. Now she sits in another room and i have to call her to eat and ask her multiple times to eat her food. We took her back to the vet and she said she was fine and her appetite would return. I am still worried. Should I be at ease and not worry about it or is something wrong with her?
I may be inclined to get a second vet opinion. If the pup gets a clean bill of health, you may want to ask if a low salt broth on her hard food or if wet food could be used to entice her.
Some vet's recommend mixing human canned chicken (white meat) into the food for an extra draw.
Post back with an update! Prayers for solutions!
Your fur baby is slowly coming back. The good part is she is eating and drinking. This is hard on her and the adjustment is slow. Get advice on maybe a different food choice in case its that. Otherwise watch her close, and if you do not feel that her last visit helped, get a second opinion!
Try mixing hard food with a can of meat and gravy (soft dog food ) . Sometimes they just get tired of just the hard food .
My 11 month old Maltipoo was spayed last Wednesday. She ate and drank water when we got home and seemed OK. However, she has had a lack of appetite since Friday. She doesn't want her dry food, even when I wet it. I started giving her wet canned food yesterday and she does eat it, but she's not herself. She was always happy and playful before the surgery and now she seems sad/depressed. She sleeps a lot.
Her wound is dry and seems to be closing well. She was prescribed metacam 0.3 once a day and amoxicillin/clavulate drops 0.8 every 12 hrs. I've given her her meds every day since the next day after the surgery. What could be wrong? Im worried that she might be sick.
Different dogs may suffer from depression for different lengths of time, but most dogs probably start to feel normal again after a few days.
There are several reasons your baby may not be herself but you did say she ate some of the wet canned food so that is a good sign.
Vets seems to be more concerned about whether they are eating and drinking than about their 'depression'.
Some recommend spending a little more time with their pet but I feel sure you are already doing this.
It seems the trauma of the whole procedure can have a tremendous effect on young dogs and may take some time to return to their normal self.
Since it has been a week and you're still concerned, I would suggest you call her vet and see what they say.
Write down everything about her movements (that concern you) especially when she started eating, how much she is eating and also water supply as well as bathroom habits.
They should be glad to talk you through a course of action and decide when they need to see her.
Most likely - when this goes away - it will happen 'suddenly' so I hope that time is soon.
I had my female fixed when she was 16 months old. I had no choice in this one because after she gave birth she had an infection. I know this surgery took longer for her to heal than normal surgery. I decided to fix the other female right away and she seemed to bounce back just fine. I know it took her two days to feel really good again and run around. I was never asked to give either one of the dog meds like you are. I am not sure if the meds are causing this issue because at times they can upset the dog's stomach and cause them not to eat. I would suggest that you call the vet and talk with them. This is not really normal unless she is getting sick from the meds they asked you to give her.
I got my dog spayed four days ago. Now she won't eat dog food, but will eat a treat and she is drinking water. My question is, since the surgery she isn't acting normal, she lays around, goes outside and comes right back in.
She isn't eating her food and isn't active at all. What do you think is wrong?This is not normal. I had my female dog spayed and it took a day or so for her to be active again. Your dog could be having complications after her surgery. I would call your vet and take her back in. She might have an infection that you don't know about or can detect on your own. For her safety and health, please take her back to your vet.
No, that's not normal. It is said that you should contact your vet if your pet does not eat for more than 24 hours after surgery... I would get in contact asap.
I had my female spayed and she layed around for seven days. Each dog is different it is a painful surgery.
My dog was spayed 6 days ago won't eat or drink much. Seems very depressed
Can you tell me what happened?
Did you return to the vet
Im having the same problem with my dog
My dog was spayed 6 days ago and has barely eaten or drank at all...she ate a bowl on the 2nd day but then threw up a little overnight and now has been eating on the same bowl ever since. She usually eats twice a day but this she's still on the 3rd bowl since the surgery. She seems like her energy is more than fine but she also seems depressed. Did your dog ever start eating? Was she ok?
My dog was done 7 days ago ,she was admitted back to the vets on day 3 for two drips ,she hadn't eaten and had only small drinks and couldn't keep it down ,drip made a big difference but shes so not herself ,shes eating now just small bits of chicken ,I feel I made a mistake because she seems so depressed ,vets says shes fine .
My dog was spayed a day ago and she hasn't been eating her crumbs, just drinking water. Should I be worried or wait till further days?
While waiting, see what if she will eat cooked chicken breast or canned white meat of chicken. Leg and thigh meat is too fatty for dogs. This often gets them past post surgery food blahs.
Drinking is more important than eating. If it continues another day I would call the vet.
Give her another few hours. When I've had major surgery, I didn't feel like eating for a couple of days, sometimes more. When my kitty Starr was spayed, the vet gave me pain meds to give her.
They might have an effect on her appetite if you're giving them to her.
Her appetite may be off after surgery,give it a day or 2 at most.She will be back to her old self(follow up with the advice of Vet after surgery wounds.
This can be totally normal and a dog can go up to 3 days without eating. I would not allow it to go that long. After an operation the dog has or could have an upset stomach and they just do not want to eat food. I would wait and see how the dog is tomorrow and if she still refuses to eat you might need to call the vet and talk with them.
My dog was spayed yesterday and will not eat and drink water. She will not take her medicine. What should I do?
Should I take her collar off? Could the collar the Doctor gave her be the reason?Call the vet if the pup won't eat or drink or take meds after 24 hours. The anesthesia can make her loopy. Have you tried white meat of chicken to tuck the meds in? If you have a plastic syringe you can try putting a few CC's of water in her mouth. Hopefully she will take it. The collar probably has nothing to do with anything. Although no harm taking it off.
Post back with updates. Sending healing prayers!
The plastic cone collars are hard on a dog and this can cause problems with the dog eating correctly. I saw online a new type of cone collar that are so much better for a dog. Check out some of these they have at PetCo for as low as $15. www.petco.com/
If not you can easily make one for not so much money. Here i a video to teach you how to make one that will help out and make your dog more comfortable. www.youtube.com/
All dogs hate the cone collar and it makes it so hard for them to lay down, sleep, eat and drink. I would check into a different type of collar to use on your dog. I know this really helps and it is better for the dog. All the vet is trying to do is stop them from pulling outt he stitches.
We had our 4 year old female Boxer who was spayed a week ago. She only eats some canned food, but not her hard food. She just lays around and sleeps.
She does drink water and goes out take care of her business and comes in and sleeps. How can I get her eat her hard food and be more active?Has she been back to the vet for her follow up? I would just in case something else is going on. I am guessing, however, that she is just the gal on the slow part of the bell curve of recovery. Some pups pick right back up on their full activities the next day and some take a little longer.
What I would check is that none of her teeth were damaged during the anesthesia (intubation) and make sure her throat was irritated during that part of the procedure...that is possible just like in people, and that may be why she only wants the soft food.
That she is drinking, pooping and peeing is great!! I would me more worried if she wasn't doing that. Double check with the vet and post back with an update! Prayers for the pup!! Thanks for being responsible and getting her spayed!! Blessings to all!!
I would call the vet. You want to make sure she has no infection. The not drinking concerns me more than the not eating.
I had my 1 year old GSD baby girl spayed 2 weeks ago today and I have done everything I was told to do by her Vet and I have been having trouble still with her eating? The day after the surgery I picked her up and they informed me that she didn't want to eat for them. I brought her home and she was on pain meds but she threw up so I stopped the pain meds. She has gotten very picky on what she wants to eat she went 2 days without eating a single bite of food, then we added raw meat to her kibbles and she ate then we tried the kibbles and canned wet food she ate one meal then refused that. I have offered her so many different foods and some she ate then refused again. I finally bought her Freshpet by the dry dog food in a refrigerator and she seems to like it. Her energy is normal ( German Shepherd have extremely high energy this has been a battle trying to keep her calm ) she drinks her water and she poops but I see that she has lost weight ( she was 75.4 lbs the day of surgery) I called the Vet back today and
I will have her weighed again theyy are having me bring her back in to check her? I am 100% disabled and she has panic attacks and vomits in the car rides this is going to be a very stressful car ride IF I can even get her in the vehicle I am a Christian and I do believe that all creatures are from God and I am praying for everyone on this forum and their fur babies.
I just got my Border Collie spayed, and she won't eat. I have tried softening her food, and mixing wet food into it, but she just won't eat.
She was always a picky eater, but it's gotten worse. How should I get her to eat?Sometimes it takes time after this surgery. Make sure she stays hydrated and follow the Vet's advice.
Normally after surgery the vet does not want you to give the dog water or food for a certain number of hours when you bring them home. However, if this is several days later this is not a good sign and the dog may be hurting or something else is wrong with the dog. You can try to hand feed the dog a few bites of boiled chicken or even some chicken and rice. If this is not working I would call the vet and have the dog checked out to see if there is any complications. A lot of times they put a cone on the dog's head and the dog hates this and refuses to eat with it on. Have you tried to take it off when you want to feed the dog?
My dog got her surgery a week ago. She ate the second day of being home. She hasn't eaten in 4 days now. She threw up on the 3rd day of trying to eat. The left side of her throat feels bigger than the right side and where her surgery was, is a hard little ball, and her stomach feels hard.
It is different by her rib cage area.She may have an infection. Consult the vet asap
You need to get her back to the Vet right away. It sounds like an infection and you dont want to give it another day to get ahead of you.
