Am I starving him?

• 02-19-2008 1:42 AM

  redlegos Joined on 11-16-2006 Missouri Posts 760 Points 465

  Am I starving him? Reply Contact Well, I'm sure a lot of you remember me posting about how Pedro wouldn't eat. The other day I was in Petco ready to pick up another bag of NB, and I saw they had some of the NB Small Bites in. I got the Duck & Potato in a small bag to try it out. Yesterday the dogs ate at their normal time, 4:30ish. Pedro ate his whole bowl of food. Around midnight he went back to the pantry where the food is kept, and he started crying. I got a little food, placed it in a bowl to see if he would eat. He ate it all. The same thing happened tonight. I'm so happy that he loves the new food. Since it's smaller bites ..should I have increased/decreased the amount I'm giving? The chi's are getting about 1/3 cup. If I fed more than that, Chico would be huge! The only bad thing about this is that Petco only sells the small bags in the Small Bites.

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• 02-19-2008 2:04 AM

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  kle1986 Joined on 10-22-2007 KY Posts 3,600 Points 380	Re: Am I starving him? Reply Contact  I have a 8 month old Chihuahua and she has free feed from 10 am till 6 pm. Do you only feed him once a day? If you are I would feed him more meals but smaller throughout the day.   Kimberly
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• 02-19-2008 2:19 AM

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  redlegos Joined on 11-16-2006 Missouri Posts 760 Points 465	Re: Am I starving him? Reply Contact I just can't free feed because if I did, TJ and Pedro would get no food. Chico is a hog, lol. I do only feed once a day. Maybe you're right.. just split up the food so they eat two or three times daily?
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• 02-19-2008 2:44 AM

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  GypsyNBeau Joined on 11-30-2006 Missouri Posts 414 Points 20

  Re: Am I starving him? Reply Contact I personally prefer to feed both of my dogs 3 small meals daily.  Especially the little one, just to be safe.   Regarding the amount to feed Chico..is this a new food you are feeding him?  Have you compared the kcals with the old food?  That ought to give you an idea of whether you need to increase or decrease the amount he received on the old food, if you haven't already checked.  It might also be possible that he just likes this new food a lot, and that could be why he is acting hungrier than usual.

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• 02-19-2008 8:00 AM

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  stanton Joined on 09-10-2007 Posts 530 Points 0	Re: Am I starving him? Reply Contact I have 3 little dogs, 2 Pom's and a chihuahua, they have always eaten minimum 2 times per day, most of the time they even get 3 tiny meals. I could never do only once a day, 2 of them get low blood sugar pretty rapidly if we do. Currently owned by: Kuaui (chihuahua/Dat); Dakota (pomeranian); Rivers (NSDTR)
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• 02-19-2008 10:01 AM

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  Pomeranian <3 Joined on 01-03-2008 MASSACHUSETTS Posts 1,065 Points 545	Re: Am I starving him? Reply Contact I also have Pomeranian and I feed her 1/4 cup of food twice a day (AM & PM) If I left food out all day she'd eat untill she'd explode. She always acts hungry or starving but I know she isn't, she's just a greedy lil piggy :o) Eventually Chico's tummy will learn to adapt to his new diet (just like us humans)
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• 02-19-2008 4:56 PM

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  redlegos Joined on 11-16-2006 Missouri Posts 760 Points 465	Re: Am I starving him? Reply Contact Okay, so I should feed the amount that they're getting now.. twice? and not break up the 1/3 cup in half for two daily meals?
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• 02-19-2008 4:58 PM

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  Pomeranian <3 Joined on 01-03-2008 MASSACHUSETTS Posts 1,065 Points 545	Re: Am I starving him? Reply Contact How big are they? My Pom is 8-9lbs and she gets 1/2 cup a food per day; I break this up into 1/4 cup two times per day.
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• 02-19-2008 5:09 PM

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  chelsea_b Joined on 09-10-2007 Costa Mesa, CA Posts 2,943 Points 280

  Re: Am I starving him? Reply Contact redlegos: so I should feed the amount that they're getting now.. twice? and not break up the 1/3 cup in half for two daily meals? No, you split the daily amount. Feed half in the morning, and half at night. So if you feed 1/3 cup a day..feed 1/6th at each feeding (wow, that's a tiny amount of food.. LOL! that'd be one bite for Cherokee). Chelsea & August 1998 - November 30th 2009 Miss you girly...

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• 02-19-2008 5:12 PM

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  glenmar Joined on 09-10-2007 The Florida Panhandle Posts 14,269 Points 430	Re: Am I starving him? Reply Contact The amount you feed depends on the food you feed and the number of kcals in that food.  You're going to need to compare kcals of the old food and the new food.  You want to keep the kcals pretty close. I agree with 2-3 meals per day with the tiny dogs. A house without fur is not a home. Glenda ,
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• 02-19-2008 5:45 PM

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  Cita Joined on 12-13-2006 CT Posts 5,903 Points 845

  Re: Am I starving him? Reply Contact Split the daily amount into 2 meals, definitely. That's what Rascal gets - he would not do well at all with only one feeding. (He's 8 pounds.) Heck, I'm a smallish person and if I don't eat about every 3-4 hours I get seriously weak and crabby. If the dogs are at a good weight, I wouldn't change the amount they're getting at all, just break it up into more servings :)

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• 02-19-2008 5:55 PM

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  FussyPoodles Joined on 12-13-2007 Posts 71 Points 0

  Re: Am I starving him? Reply Contact redlegos: The other day I was in Petco ready to pick up another bag of NB, and I saw they had some of the NB Small Bites in. I got the Duck & Potato in a small bag to try it out.   I've got the D&P Small Bites too ... and have been wondering what the calorie content is. I cannot find any information on the bag about  Metabolizable Energy - i.e. how many kcal/kg or kcal/cup. I tried to contact Natural Balance Inc. several times, via their website contact form, but never heard a peep from them. Anyone happen to have the ME calorie information?  Britta and the fussy toy poodles

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