off poultry?

GSDSammie · 07-11-2011, 11:09 AM

Hi there! Our 18 month old GSD has recently stopped eating (on several occasions) the poultry parts of his meals (chicken, turkey and duck). He will eat if he is starved due to excessive amounts of exercise in the day but on several occasions he has left it in his bowl and would not eat it when trying to hand feed it to him. He eats the pork, beef, tripe and other meats like usual.

We aren't sure if his SIBO has been acting up, or whether he has gotten more picky or perhaps sick of poultry. He seems fine otherwise and his stools are fairly consistant!

Has anyone else experienced this?

Josie/Zeus · 07-11-2011, 11:56 AM

Can you change vendor? Odin stopped eating the chicken backs I get from Vendor A, but ever since I started getting chicken frames from Vendor B, he's fine with it. Weird right?

GSDSammie · 07-11-2011, 02:49 PM

We had thought about that when he stopped eating his chicken backs - thinking maybe it was a bad batch of chicken but he also didn't eat the turkey from a different vendor, and duck from a third vendor! He ate his chicken leg 1/4 last night after he had a very active day, I will see how it goes over the next 2 days.

Thanks for the advice!

**Lauri & The Gang** · 07-13-2011, 08:46 PM

So he's eating the BONELESS meats with no problems - just not the bones?

Does he eat boneless chicken?

GSDSammie · 07-14-2011, 02:39 PM

Yes, he will eat boneless chicken and in the past 2 days he has eaten his chicken leg 1/4 but we tried to change to duck neck (normally he will eat turkey neck) and he won't eat it. He puts it in his mouth and lightly chews it for a few minutes but ultimately leaves it even if we try hand feed it.

07-11-2011, 11:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
GSDSammie Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 32	off poultry? Hi there! Our 18 month old GSD has recently stopped eating (on several occasions) the poultry parts of his meals (chicken, turkey and duck). He will eat if he is starved due to excessive amounts of exercise in the day but on several occasions he has left it in his bowl and would not eat it when trying to hand feed it to him. He eats the pork, beef, tripe and other meats like usual. We aren't sure if his SIBO has been acting up, or whether he has gotten more picky or perhaps sick of poultry. He seems fine otherwise and his stools are fairly consistant! Has anyone else experienced this?

07-11-2011, 11:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Josie/Zeus Elite Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: DFW TX Posts: 1,846	Can you change vendor? Odin stopped eating the chicken backs I get from Vendor A, but ever since I started getting chicken frames from Vendor B, he's fine with it. Weird right? __________________ Alta Tollhaus "Koda" 3/18/11 currently training in PSA Rest in Peace my boys Zeus 2000-2009 Odin 2010-2011

07-13-2011, 08:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lauri & The Gang Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: SouthEastern WI Posts: 12,522	So he's eating the BONELESS meats with no problems - just not the bones? Does he eat boneless chicken? __________________ Lauri & The Raw Fed Gang Raw Dog Ranch Tazer HIC CGC – Cocker Winnie CGC - Corgi Mix Chimanes Spice it Up Piquin (Kaynya) - Chinese Crested Sasha - GSD mix Nator von Triton HIC CGC (Mauser) - LC GSD Piquins Some Like it Hot (Spike) – Chinese Crested Piquins Too Hot To Handle - Fuego (Chinese Crested)

07-11-2011, 02:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
GSDSammie Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 32	We had thought about that when he stopped eating his chicken backs - thinking maybe it was a bad batch of chicken but he also didn't eat the turkey from a different vendor, and duck from a third vendor! He ate his chicken leg 1/4 last night after he had a very active day, I will see how it goes over the next 2 days. Thanks for the advice!

07-14-2011, 02:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
GSDSammie Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 32	Yes, he will eat boneless chicken and in the past 2 days he has eaten his chicken leg 1/4 but we tried to change to duck neck (normally he will eat turkey neck) and he won't eat it. He puts it in his mouth and lightly chews it for a few minutes but ultimately leaves it even if we try hand feed it.

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