Male dog won’t eat because female is in heat? Help!?
Posted by: Alan in bone cancer in dogs treatment, tags: because, female, heat, help, male, wont
Here is whats happening.
-Female in heat
-Male wants her so he hasn’t eaten for almost 3 weeks
-They’ve been kept seperated since she was in heat
She is no longer bleeding but we aren’t taking the chance to let
them be together, we just tried to let them be together to see if he
would still try and mount her, and he did try. So, we’re still keeping them seperated until further notice.
I’m worried about the male because he hasn’t eaten since she’s been
in heat. All he does is sniff around the backyard like a freaking bloodhound. He barks and jumps on the door because he knows
she is in the wash room (wash room leads to backyard).
We’ve tried giving him gravy over his food, meat bones, and other doggy snacks but he won’t eat. His ribs, spine, and hip bones are showing and whatever we try and feed him he won’t eat.
The female is no longer bleeding, but he still tried to mount her.
We were supposed to get the female spayed 2 months ago
but my grandmother
was diagnosed with cancer, so we had to set it aside for a bit because we’re taking care of her because of two surgeries.
Is there anything we can do to make him stop all the whining
and get him to eat? It seems even if we try and feed him a full
piece of chicken from dinner he won’t even eat that.
The male is a doberman, so he is naturally lean, but I noticed
he started to lose weight when the female went into heat. I don’t
know what to do!!!
The doberman is my g-pa’s dog, and for some insane reason he REFUSES to get the male fixed. I tried convincing him but its always a steady no. I’m not asking who to get fixed, but rather how to get him to eat. Because after the female is thoroughly done being in heat, we’re getting her spayed.
The bacon grease is a good idea, we usually do that when the dogs don’t want to eat.
But we have no bacon!!!!
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May 13th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
cook up some bacon and put the grease on the food for him..and make sure he knows its there..he will eat..its to good to resist!
May 13th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
You need to get both of them into the vet to be spayed and neutered. Keep them seaparated until they are done. I would try to isolate him as far from her as possible.
At least get him done first and maybe her will start eating once he is neutered.
May 13th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Put them together or at least to see each other for a day or regurly and make sure he eats even if you have to forse feed gently.
May 13th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Get them both fixed. http://neuterspay.org/
May 13th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
poor milk on his food or get him nuetered or spayed
May 13th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Go get him NEUTERED.
When she’s done with estrus, get her SPAYED.
I know that was a rocket scientist suggestion- goodness I amaze myself sometimes.
May 13th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
If having the female altered (spayed) is not an option, I would personally have the male boarded (even if he is altered and she is left intact, he may still become frustrated and do this when she goes into season), or would have a trusted friend or family member watch the dog at their house. This is not normal, even for a dog living with a female in heat, and if he is that obsessive over a female that he will starve himself he also may be better off altered.
If none of these is an option, the last thing I can suggest is giving the female Rx Cheque Drops to surpress her heat cycles, or give her a product called “femme tabs for dogs” (they cost about $5 – $6 a bottle online and come with a month’s worth of tablets) which will greatly lessen her scent.
May 13th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
I’m not going to lecture you about spaying and neutering them as it seems that you know they need to have that done anyway. ( psst the male needs to be neutered as well as the female as there will always be other females in the neighborhood.)
A females estrus lasts Three Whole Weeks. It’s unlikely she will accept a male on the third week but it has happened with a successful pregnancy. So don’t let them together until you know for a fact that she has gone the Full Three Weeks.
Not eating is normal. Obviously he has a high level of testosterone so all he is thinking about it “the woman.” But don’t stress too much, once he realizes she is no longer desirable he will starting eating again. That may sound cold to some but that is just fact, and the nature of the male. If he won’t eat he won’t eat. You could get some Nutra Cal from the vet and force serving on him for the sake of doing something but I really have never known a dog to starve them selves to death over a female in heat.