What should I do if my dog doesn’t eat, drink or feel energetic?
When a dog starts not eating or drinking and has no energy, you must first consider whether it is caused by a disease, and secondly, whether it is caused by eating foreign objects.
Canine parvovirus:
Judgment basis: It is more common in puppies, with diarrhea as the main symptom, and the onset is very fast. Once the puppy is found not to eat or drink, and is accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea, canine parvovirus is suspected.
Solution: Stop feeding immediately and stop the supply of food and water. Then go to the hospital for treatment. In severe cases, death will occur within 24 hours.
Dog Distemper:
Gastrointestinal canine distemper is often accompanied by high fever, diarrhea and vomiting. Diarrhea, fever, etc. will occur during the incubation period. They will get better in a short period of time, and then the fever will return, eating and drinking will stop, and the mental state will be poor.
Judgment basis: You can test the body temperature of your pet dog. If it has a fever and has had cold-like symptoms in the past few days, canine distemper is highly suspected.
Solution: You must go to the hospital for treatment and use monoclonal antibodies + antibiotics to treat canine distemper, otherwise you will die soon.
Other diseases:
There are many such conditions, so I won’t outline them one by one. For example, a small cold will affect your appetite. You can observe it for two days. In many cases, it will be fine in one or two days. At the same time, pay attention to the dog's body temperature. Some dogs are actually infected with canine distemper, but they cannot be detected at the early stage.
Solution: Even if you observe, take your temperature at any time. He was taken to the hospital when he never resumed eating.
Pica:
Dogs like to sniff on the ground. If they are curious, they will put it in their mouths and chew it. The vast majority of dogs' intestines and stomachs are fine, and they will pass out undigested food on their own after eating it. A small number of dogs will experience gastrointestinal discomfort.
Solution: Wait for a while to see if the dog can vomit or pass the foreign body on its own, otherwise you can only go to the hospital to take a x-ray and have surgery to remove it.
Psychological problems:
There is a situation where the dog either refuses to drink or has a psychological condition. For example, if the owner is going on a business trip and sends the dog to be fostered in a strange environment, the dog will start not eating or drinking, and will be in poor spirits because it misses the owner.
Solution: The owner should send toys that the dog is familiar with, and try to send them to the home of a familiar friend. After the business trip, pick up the dog as soon as possible, and it will be OK immediately.
Picky eaters:
A dog that is used to eating meat will refuse to eat dog food. But such dogs are generally very energetic and will eat dog food by themselves when they are extremely hungry. But Brother Xiaosa’s supportIn my dog experience, I have also encountered dogs like this: they refused to eat until they died, and in the end the owner compromised and gave them meat.
Solution: It depends on whether the owner is cruel enough, or boil the frog in warm water and slowly stop the supply of meat!
