Bellas getting bigger

feldandjack · Guru

Bellas getting bigger

Isla · Enlightened One

Poor wee love.

Hope there's nothing nasty lurking. Let us know how she gets on.

max · Enlightened One

Let us know how Bella gets on. Big hugs biggrin

Nora

tootsmazza · Enlightened One

Oh dear, poor wee thing, it must be tough carrying that extra weight. Hpe they come up with a solution. I can't believe Cara's found her appetite| Is she putting any weight on though??
Marie

feldandjack · Guru

Cara is gaining weight, now 28.8kg smile

Vet not too concerned about Bella, big examination, lots of prodding cry

Vet said she may be expanding due to being spayed, but there is not too much fat on her weirdface

she has an unfortunate conformation, BIG dog body on wee dog legs biggrin

she is in good health and heart and stuff all sound good. There is lots of muscle on her and her eyes are nice and bright smile

He has put her on a strict diet for the next four weeks, just to see how she copes if the weight comes off cry

She is not keen on the dried bits of stuff I offered her for her supper, we shall have to see how it goes. I'm awfy chuffed there is nothing causing the vet concern, but Bella is less chuffed with the outcome of her visit furious

tootsmazza · Enlightened One

When my cat Toots began to produce her ' middle aged spread' my vet called it a prolapse caused by her being spayed and said it was quite common.
I happily told people that until it went from a small sagging bulge in the pelvic area to a gigantic tummy, and eventually allround padding...then I had difficulty persuading people it was not fat.
As long as Bella is happy and healthy I wouldn't worry about it too much, we're not all built to be supermodels

Marie

PS Expensive and probably crazy dieting tip. In her final months Toots was confused and constantly hungry. In a bid to stop her becoming so fat she couldn't move I put boiled chopped up asparagus through her food, she loved the taste and it had zero calories, and bulked out her food. Maybe you could persuade Bella to accept a cheaper alternative - cabbage comes to mind though it might make her Johnny no mates with everyone with a nose!

-- Edited by tootsmazza at 21:53, 2007-10-23

Isla · Enlightened One

That's good news. We'll wait and see how she gets on with her diet.

feldandjack · Guru

I'm not finding this easy, Bella has eaten nowt since Monday night cry

she wont eat the stuff the vet sold me (nor will the other two) and she just keeps wagging her tail and looking at me (you know the look I mean) she looks thinner already but it seems so unfair. I've tried adding water to the stuff but Bella still thinks it's naff doh

I don't think I can hold out much longer hmm

Isla · Enlightened One

It's a nightmare. I know how worried I was when Wills went diabetic and had to go on to prescription food. It looked awful and he didn't look impressed. Thankfully he's was a brave lad and resigned himself to eating this new, cardboardy looking grub. We've also had a similar worry with Tigger recently (she seems to have a food intolerance). She's just a hoover and eats anything! I hope Bella resigns herself to her new diet food soon.

tootsmazza · Enlightened One

Poor Bella, have you tried a small amount of gravy made with an Oxo cube? It doesn't have many calories, and might boost her tastebuds into giving it a go.
Marie

feldandjack · Guru

I've tried gravy and a tiny sprinkling of sardines but not one bit has passed her lips doh

She filled up on horse s*** and a mouse at the farm this morning ashamed

I'm not sure how fattening this combination is weirdface

I'm astounded that nothing else has eaten the diet food. I left her dish outside last night and all 25 bits were still there this morning.

midas · Master

Does Bellas prescription food only come in the dried variety?Iknow some of the other PF's come in a can,maybe worth asking your vet,does she have to have the prescription diet food can she not have one of the other brands of low calorie foods that are on the market?what about trying natural feeding like the BARF diet,not sure if Bella has a health problem that requires a special diet,if she does it must be even more difficult for you.good luck. and to Bella.

Rachel.

feldandjack · Guru

Thanks for the good luck wishes, Bella has been on BARF, they all are and when I told the vet what she had eaten since Monday, he told me to return the dried food and get a refund biggrin

Bella now has a new dish, it's VERY VERY small, but I feel happier knowing she is getting a very small amount of something she will eat. I've got a smaller dish for Bess as well, just in case wink

Cara still has her LARGE dish and is still emptying it (YAHOOOOOO)
It was a bit ashamed

watching Bella swallow the wee mouse this morning, but she was hungry.
You can send slimming thoughts to Bella for the next 4 weeks, if that works please send some for me too wink

Isla · Enlightened One

feldandjack wrote:
I'm astounded that nothing else has eaten the diet food. I left her dish outside last night and all 25 bits were still there this morning.

MMMMMM - must be REALLY tasty stuff then - NOT!

Bet Tigger would have eaten it (and Wills). They don't seem to have tastebuds.

midas · Master

Poor Bella, that prescription food must have tasted like sawdust

the barf diet must be caviar to her compared to that stuff,i'm sure it does it's job when it has to,maybe that's how it works!! it tastes so c###the dog doesn't eat it and so loses weight.

and dogs can't cheat so easily on a diet as we humans,though Bella seems to have tried I don't think horse manure and mice are very appetising.

Rachel.

max · Enlightened One

Hope Bella begins to lose the weight, I just tend to cut down the size of the portions rather than try something they may not like. Always better if they eat something than nothing, and no that does include Horse poo or the local wildlife. LOL smile

Nora