hound off feed- yearly occurrance

Paul Conway · Post by **Paul Conway** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:58 pm

my walker/trigg hound is now four, every summer she goes through a period where she doesn't eat and then eats less for a time. Near as I can figure without documenting is it coincides with our hotter more humid days. Some times happens in the fall as well. Some Summers she may end up not eating 7-10 days worth of food. Two or three days of not eating, then half a bowl, then some of the bowl, then a whole bowl, then nothing for a day or two etc. Not sick, just sensitive to the changes in weather I guess. Active and alert otherwise and it happens every year. Anyone else have a hound that does this. Paul Conway

easttenngator · Post by **easttenngator** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:22 am

yes we do a 9 year old redtick female this year it has gotten so bad she went to the vet ...we like you thought it was just the heat...the vet did some test and said we should have her spaded this might help since she only has been able to be breed once, and her female parts might be hindering her.
Since I m not a vet i will take his word for it and in 2 weeks she will be spayed.
Hope this helped alittle

and glad you liked the taters

Gator

Melanie Hampton · Post by **Melanie Hampton** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:19 am

Yep.. My male was REALLY bad when he was younger. The hotter it got the less and less he ate. I feed them late at night now and he eats better. I don't like to feed in the morning because anything left over attracts the yellow jacket.

Mr.pacojack · Post by **Mr.pacojack** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:25 am

Talked with John Evans the Black Gold Dist, he said this is his worst time to sell dog food, dogs just go off the food in this heat.

bowhunter7 · Post by **bowhunter7** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:43 pm

A few of my dogs have been doing the same thing here lately. In the winter it takes more calories to maintain that core body temp.

Paul Conway · Post by **Paul Conway** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:05 pm

Easttenngator, did your hound give any indication of being sick otherwise?

Also, between us we've only had a handful of blueticks, but it seems like it takes a bunch more feed to keep weight on them than it does our walkers, even the smaller bluetick I have. Paul Conway

treeing walkers · Post by **treeing walkers** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:03 am

it can get 100 degrees here in the day and i feed at night when the sun goes down around 8-9 and never noy have one eat all their food. but when i would feed in the morning they seemed to only eat half and eat the other half at night ?? in the morning it was all gone

pete richardson · Post by **pete richardson** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:15 pm

if my walkers dont eat --- i expect it will die- it is bad hurt or sick--

have had lots of foxhounds that were very picky

-very normal for them to skip a days feed -
hot weather or even just after a hard race

Paul Conway · Post by **Paul Conway** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:09 pm

I leave hers out if she doesn't eat it. Only change it if it rains as I don't want it wet and sittin in the heat and still she doesn't eat it. She down three bowls compared to the other hounds over the last two weeks, but finally back to eating each night. I don't really worry about it as long as she's looking fine. I did take her temp a few years ago but after normal readings I stopped doing it. Would if there were other signs, but it just seems to be the weather. Paul Conway.

easttenngator · Post by **easttenngator** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:34 pm

Paul...small blood inn stool is about it...this year we have gone to mixing wet and dry feed that is helping.

As for the blueticks I have 3 grown ones and yes they are harder to get weight on ...maybe not harder but takes more feed ...what i have done is put them on auto feeder until back into shape then back to being fed once a day. And this has worked really well

Gator

briarpatch · Post by **briarpatch** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:07 pm

Such is typical of many hounds in hot weather. Feed them at night.

briarpatch

pete richardson · Post by **pete richardson** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:52 am

briarpatch wrote:Such is typical of many hounds in hot weather. Feed them at night.

briarpatch

lol i was just thinking -maybe i havent seen this alot because

we dont get HOT weather here-

not compared to most places

lot of years , daytime highs dont hit 90

if i woke up in tha am--and its 70 degrees-- i dont hunt-- and that mite be ten days a year on hottest years ---normally its none

--

southwestwalkers · Post by **southwestwalkers** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:41 am

I have not noticed it down here in AZ. He eats dry dog food once in the morning once at night the same amount everyday. With temps hovering around 100+ I have noticed he will sleep most if not all day while being very active in the early morning and after the sun goes down.

Robb

Grzyadms4x4 · Post by **Grzyadms4x4** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:28 pm

My dogs have been doin the same. I try to feed them twice a day, but lately they have only been eating in the evening. But they usually rotate. One won't eat one morning then it's a different one that won't eat the next morning. They all seem to eat at night though. I figured that it would be the other way around. In the morning in town here it often won't go below 90, but at night when they do eat it's still 100-105 outside, but that's when they eat. I guess my dogs are a$$ backwards.

Zach

dllhoundcompany · Post by **dllhoundcompany** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:15 pm

It the heat causing it! Pay attention to your dogs during the heat of the day! It has been around 90-102 deg this last month and my dogs don’t want to eat. This is just a cycle due to the heat! I have seen it in my walkers 1st and now see the blueticks doing this! Change the feeding time to either morning or nighttime around 8pm. After the sun goes down!

I have had a vet said the same thing about my female, You need to get her fix and she will eat better, Ya right BIOTCH don’t try that again! Fix a dog due to its abilitys or health concerns that what I told her and If I need to put the dog down I will! She got mad at me. And I laught at her! I hate vet that do this type of pet population control.
Your dog on the other had sounds like it age is getting the best of her!

I have a vet in town I trust and he does all my medical attention needs and told me it due to the heat! Now if your dog has not eaten in a couple of day then something is wrong! Just pay close attention to you dog. Make sure he does eat and if he skips a meal and it very hot out then change his meal time. It’s that easy!

hound off feed- yearly occurrance

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