Small Animal Veterinary Information Network: Loosing weight

Gagan Gaudi any food or other procedure to assist weight gane in great dane. tried every thing every commercial food, home made food but still losing weight. blood chemistry normal, stools test negative. deworming vaccination regular

25 June at 07:58 · Comment · · Flag

- Nassem N. Naimi Hmmm :) I got a bad method :) which is Depomedrol but don't use it (you asked for any other procedure)
  Try to decrease Exercise, look for any bad habbit or heart disease!!!
  btw how old is he!!!
  25 June at 13:25 ·
- Amber Mishra Go for the complete blood pic. Whats the age?
  25 June at 17:40 ·
- Swarupmay Majumdar If u present case with more details like the signalment , history..whatsoever more in details , i feel it will easy for more members to comment. I am feeling we need to know about the management and feing habbits of the owners and status of SIBO and EPI! ok although blood tested is it covered up? some animals are also know to be less in weight as the body weight gain is proportional and related to the birth weight and the liiter size. so more history can help
  25 June at 18:38 ·
- Joseph Cyrus i agree with swarup add on digestive enzymes!
  25 June at 19:25 ·
- Gagan Gaudi
  the dog is of age around 4 years and used to be in very good condition but for last 5-6 months he is losing weight. the dog is used for stud purposes and has been dog of the year. currently he is on home made food (multi grain flour chapati...See more
  26 June at 14:55 ·
- Swarupmay Majumdar must be a case of over using for studs or undercare! The dog must be happy in new home. it is noticed to happen in many cases, becoz love is the essence of wellbeing!
  26 June at 15:25 · · 1 person
- Saurabh Saxena i agree ,in 3-4 dog house ,they have an alpha male in their grp and tend to intimidate a bit nervous/shy dog ,it is always better to give food separately in such cases or even better ,change the location!!which seemed to worked in this case..
  26 June at 15:36 ·
- Gagan Gaudi no there is no such situation in such case. the dogs are used for stud 2-3 times a month. Dogs are never tied in his home and has free access to every part of his house.
  26 June at 16:01 ·
- Ajitesh Kumar if the appetite is normal or good u can try inj decadurabolin. 3 inj at 1 week interval. along with that good quality food.
  26 June at 16:13 ·
- Swarupmay Majumdar The side effects of such medications overweighs the benefits of weigt gain. If it is a stud dog, I feel my conciousness wont allow me as a vet to use Decadurabolin at all! anyway, it is used and tried but the weight gain remanins altered for some times. why not try..
  26 June at 16:15 ·
- Gagan Gaudi nandrolone too has been tried. showed a bit improvement after one injection but then back to square 1
  26 June at 16:49 ·
- Swarupmay Majumdar This is not a very good option, for stud dogs also. becoz of the effects they leave on the next generation and even the animal aslo can suffer liver, kidney problems
  26 June at 16:51 ·
- Nassem N. Naimi
  Visit them in their house :) check their habits :) you will find something because from what u said it is then Environmental or psychological.
  Try to use antidepressant and check the result but before I would really prefer finding the real r...See more
  26 June at 17:08 · · 1 person
- Nassem N. Naimi
  forgot to mention you did check the diet but did you check the Quantity of diet. and are the four dogs having sufficient amount of food.
  thats why it is great to see, see feeding habits daily habits.
  Owner usually do what seems right to him a...See more
  26 June at 17:12 ·
- Joseph Cyrus just change the house again>?
  27 June at 16:39 ·
- Swarupmay Majumdar great idea, accpted by all
  27 June at 16:43 ·