I'm still having a heck of a time putting weight on Bubba.
He can lose weight at the drop of a hat, and putting it back on is difficult at best. He's 19.5 months old now and weights
maybe 130. I haven't weighed him recently so it could even be less. This has been an ongoing issue since I brought him home at 9 weeks.
He's currently getting 7 cups of food daily. A total of 2492 calories a day. I even put him back up to 3 meals a day instead of 2. (3 cups in the am, 1 cup for lunch and 3 cups for dinner) He's not overly active so that amount of calories should be putting weight on him, I'd think but it doesn't seem to be.
I don't want him to be 'heavy' I just can't stand seeing his bones.
When he lays flat on the floor I can visably see every rib, and his hip bones are easiy felt. I wasn't that noticable before.
He's suppose to be going in for a neuter at 24 months. But I'm very hesitant to put him under the 'knife' unless we can straighten this out. My vet has done blood tests, numerous fecals.. even x-rays to rule out anything abnormal internally, growth/mass etc. Now he's wants to redo the blood test and has mentioned potential heart disease, cancer ect.. The stuff I didn't want to hear
I just don't get it. He has a great appetite, nice shiny coat. He's active and healthy in ever other regard.
I'll attach a side view pic. So you can kinda see what I mean.. He's wider at the shoulders and the hips and concave from the ribs to the stomach. None of his brothers have that appearance. They are thick all the way down the body and only have a slight tummy tuck. His above view is worse.
I'll take a pic of that later.
Any other suggestions to give my vet or weight gaining tips in the meantime would be awesome.
Sorry I'm rambling hopefully coherently. LOL I'm just getting worried because it might not be just an allergy, growth spurt, food intolerance issue anymore and it sucks.