What's a good fattening food?

[xpaeanx]

First, all corgi owners please sit down before reading this.... I'd hate for someone to hurt themselves falling down from shock.

The little man is way too thin.... I'm also having trouble getting him to eat his food.

He gets 50/50 evo & totw dry. He seems to have lost interest in the food and leaves a lot in the bowl.... Although maybe that's bc he's not eating as much bc he's not a puppy puppy anymore?

I've started experimenting with mixing in wet, but he still doesn't eat it all.

I'm thinking of giving him some peanut butter every day to fatten him up a bit.

The only thing is that I want to make sure he's getting the nutrients he needs bc he doesn't eat that much.... So I was wondering if anyone has any high
calorie, but nutrient rich food ideas for me.

He does have an appt with a specialist at the end of the month for some blood tests to see if he's eating the amount needed to make him full but not properly digesting it.

[Izzy's Valkyrie]

Try adding egg yolk, that always gets Izzy to eat her food even after she lost interest in her TOTW. Also, do you have anywhere you can get nutrical? That's always supposed to help dogs put on weight/keep up their calorie count.

[xpaeanx]

Yeah.... There was actually an egg in yesterday's food, and he left like 90% of the bowl.... But I also mixed in a wet that i'm starting to think he doesn't like.

I'll look the nutrical up online... I'm sure entirelypets or something has it...

[Izzy's Valkyrie]

I think even places like petsmart carry nutrical if you have one in the area. Also, you could try giving puppy milk replacer stuff. I know it works great for putting weight on cats.

Good luck!

[MericoX]

You could try satin balls... but that wouldn't really help him with not eatng his food...

[CaliTerp07]

We were dog sitting a picky eater last week...sprinkling a little grated cheese on top sparked his interest again, and he'd eat.

Probably wishful thinking that it's that easy though...

[Bailey08]

I'd add fresh protein (maybe some nice fatty hamburger or lamb) to his dry. He should eat it right up. You could also add a tablespoon of coconut oil daily (it'll help with his coat, too ).

[dobesgalore]

Originally Posted by Izzy's Valkyrie

I think even places like petsmart carry nutrical if you have one in the area. Also, you could try giving puppy milk replacer stuff. I know it works great for putting weight on cats.

Good luck!

There are a few different Nutri Cals, all pretty much the same. But most vets carry it. I know I have used the puppy formula, and it worked really well.

[xpaeanx]

Thanks for the ideas everyone. :-)

Merico, I was thinking of making satin balls and just adding in a multi-vit/mineral supp.... the only problem is that I can't keep him on that forever, it would drain my wallet dry in no time. The price of any type of chop meat around here is insane..

Cali, any idea that may work is always appreciated!

Bailey, the wet that we're kinda doing ok with is actually wellness 95% lamb... and as far as fresh... it's the same situation with the satin balls... I can do it to at least fatten him up... but I won't be able to keep doing it for long do to the $$$ of it.

Unfortunatly, my budget has gone through several belt tightenings in the past few months...

[adojrts]

I have had good luck using canned Wellness, the Duck and Sweet Potato for putting on weight. They also seem to love it.

My girl when she had her pups recently, got a little picky when the pups were 2 wks old. She had been on puppy food plus rice and beef. When I added the canned Duck, she loved it and actually gained weight at a time when she was at peak lactation.

Good luck