Wednesday Woes for a Woo

What to do when Thunder doesn't want to eat?

Thunder has a voracious appetite and Thunder is never sick.  Mom says he has never once in his seven years turned down a bowl of food.  But since Saturday that is exactly what he has been doing.  At first it was just him leaving a little bit in his bowl.  But now he won't eat any of his kibble.  Yesterday he did eat some of Phantom's gastrointestinal canned food, but not at all today.

Mom took him to the vet Tuesday night where they determined that his anal glands were very full.  After they took care of that problem, they thought maybe he was just "backed up" and would be fine.

Meanwhile, yesterday Mom got word that the food that we all eat was part of a recall (second one in two months - we are so done with them now), so she thought maybe it was the food.  But we all eat the same food, and he is the only one who doesn't want to eat.

He also doesn't want to go for much of a walk, lagging far behind after just a few minutes.  After talking to Mom this morning, the vet said she wanted to give it one more day.  She told Mom to try giving him some chicken.  And after hearing about the food recall, she wanted Mom to see if he would eat another brand of kibble. So Mom brought home two different bags of high quality food and he won't eat either.  He did eat some of the chicken.

As you can imagine, Mom is pretty worried about Thunder.  He will now be seeing the vet tomorrow afternoon.  We are asking you all to send him some good vibes.  We are so hoping it is just a minor tummy upset, but it is still worrisome.

Update from Mom:  Some have asked what the food is.  It is Natura Pet's California Natural Grain Free Chicken formula.  The recall involves all of Natura Pet's foods due to a second occurrence of salmonella contamination.  They have not specified which food is contaminated but have recalled all of their products ( includes EVO and Innova and others).  The dog food specialist at our local store says that salmonella is an issue for humans handling the food and highly unlikely to affect the animals.  But I am very upset that this has happened twice in only a few months.  I honestly don't think the kibble is the problem, that is why I am worried about him, especially in light of the fact that TD is never sick and always eats.

Woos - Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning