chihuahuas need different diets at different ages. Yes. This is true. For example, the puppy needs milk as the major food item while an adult chihuahua may need beef or chicken in addition to the boiled egg and milk. So depending on the age factor, the diet schedule varies in reality for the chihuahuas like any other species.

   Puppies need greater amounts of protein, fat and carbohydrates than an adult chihuahuas.  Furthermore, puppies need more frequent feeding schedules in a day, unlike an adult chihuahua. The movement based requirements of diet are more in the case of puppies, since they are often more active than the adult chihuahuas.

   Elder chihuahuas need restricted protein but the protein needs to be easily digestible and easily assimilated in the body.  The diet schedule should have ample supply of water for them. Feeding aged chihuahuas too much protein may finally lead to over burden to the renal structures and ultimately, the chihuahua may end up damaging filters in the kidney.

   This is true especially when the immune system of these chihuahuas is compromised due to many factors.  Similarly, the elderly chihuahuas need less food only because the movements of the adult chihuahuas are highly restricted and hence, they have to spend a limited of energy.

   Female chihuahuas in the pregnancy stage need not be fed a full stomach since it may cause some discomforts to the animal. However, the pregnant animal and the nursing animal need special type of food items that deliver a balanced type of nutrition with proper supplementation of vitamins and minerals.

   

Hi cookiegirl,

Welcome to dogchihuahuas. I would always suggest if you are in any doubt with health issues concerning your little dog, then it might be worth a trip to your vet`s surgery.

I hope all goes well,
Take care

Sarah

Hi CC, thanks and yes all my work, 
took me a while to catch up to the cyber techno world, never too late i suppose.
Sarah