Bart won't eat

[Bart's Mom]

Bart ate breakfst yesterday morning, and I gave him his shot. Shortly after I did he threw up.
He hasn't ate anything since, and has thrown up a few more times.
Since he hasn't ate I haven't given him his shot.
I've offered several kinds of canned food, cooked chicken, even some turkey lunch meat.
Obviously I need to get something in him, but I don't know what!

 

[Sue and Oliver (GA)]

Sometimes they will eat baby food - meat flavors without seasonings. Beechnut is usually the favored one, I think. Another thing that sometimes work is to put the food on your finger and hand feed him. If he threw up and his stomach is off, he may be associating eating with something bad, so getting him started again might be a good idea.

 

[Bart's Mom]

Thanks

 

[BJM]

1) Giving insulin allows the body to use the glucose that is circulating.

2) Look at how much he drops when both eating and getting insulin.

3) Take that info and go for the BCS dose (big chicken sh*t) of perhaps 1/4 to 1/2 the regular dose. This will help you gauge what you need to do in the future if he won't eat. He needs the insulin to use up the glucose that is circulating AND lowering the glucose often provokes some hunger.