Picked up pup at 8 weeks from the breeder and he was on raw completes, 4 meals a day. Ate really well for the first couple of weeks, then seemed to realise there was no competition for food, so started leaving a bit and not being as interested.
At 11 weeks, he had horrendous diarrhoea for 2 days - fed him cooked chicken on the vets advice, but he really picked at it and had little enthusiasm. Ever since then, he’s just not been eating very well at all. Really won’t touch raw, so, after throwing away a ridiculous amount of meals, I’ve ended up buying a good kibble (wolfworthy) and some Forthglade wet food, which he also has little interest in most of the time.
He won’t eat anything out of a bowl, so I’m stuffing kongs, using a lickmat and a snuffle mat for kibble, but he’s really only having the odd mouthful during the day, then at around 8pm, he suddenly gets hungry and eats anything in sight.
I put his full allowance of kibble in the snuffle mat this morning, bar what I’ve retained to use as training treats (even that is hit and miss as he’s far more toy motivated than food), plus some wet food on the lickmat, which has been thrown away and replaced twice as he’s ignored it all day, but in the last hour or so, he’s eaten everything.
He’s putting weight on and is full of energy, but I’m just concerned at his age that he should be eating more regularly than he is. Vets don’t seem concerned though, as he’s obviously healthy enough.
Has anyone else found that their puppy has started dropping meals too young? Is there anything else I can do? Am I worrying over nothing? Thanks :)