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04-03-2008, 04:18 PM | #1 |
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| DIARRHEA from Food change? HELP ME hello, My Murphy is going through a stressful time along with me. He was on Wellness Puppy Food Dry, and I was trying to change his diet to a more adult one. He is 1 yr old. and 4 lbs. I got him some Innova EVO and mixed it with the puppy food, but he ate all the innova evo everytime, not thinking about crushing the 2 together till he gets used to well, he now has a really bad case of Diarrhea and he vomits now and then. The vet had in the hospital today to watch him, and he is now on meds to help the diarrhea and voimiting. He just poops out yellowish water He seems to eat and drinks, and he wants to play abit, but the vet told me to watch his sugar, which I never thought of because he was 1 yr old, not his size ...silly me. What suggestions can anyone give me to how to go about this food change, and how will I know if this kibble will agreed with his system. I need help on the this bad....I am praying this diarrhea clears up, so he wont get weak from it. Katharine
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04-03-2008, 04:38 PM | #2 |
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| this is just my personal opinion. iw oudl take him off the meds and feed him stricktly boiled chicken and white rice until it clears up. then i woudl start to slowly intorduce his food back in. If you can i would go to an adult Wellness since he was on a puppy wellness... how long did you take to change the food over?? how long has he had the diarrhea? |
04-03-2008, 04:47 PM | #3 |
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| hi, I tried to give him wellness super5mix before and he would not eat it, so i tried innova evo. He has had the diarrhea since yesterday, but he eats and plays like he is fine. He drinks water and well, I tried to give him rice, but he wont eat that, just the chicken, he picks out. Do you give the chicken and rice with broth or just kinda wetish? someone suggested canned pumpkin?
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04-03-2008, 04:55 PM | #5 |
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| hello again ) The vet told me to mix the puppy food and the innova 1/2 & 1/2, but to crush it so murphy can not pick out just the innova and keep him on this for a few weeks. To look at my baby you would never think he was ill, he looks fine, just that his poop is like water and he seems to leak it all over the place at times tonight. I have put up his exercise pen in the dining room and put his crate and things in there. He is pad trained so its abit easier. I tried crushing the 2 dry food together and adding alittle boiled chicken so he would eat it, he ate some which made me happy. I will get some canned pumpkin tomorrow, and try it
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04-03-2008, 05:01 PM | #7 |
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| Thankyou so much for the advice, sometimes I dont know what to do, and I am so glad I found this website. Its wonderful to read and get ideas and to be able to talk to others who may be going or have gone through the same thing. My Murphy has gone through so much when he was younger I was praying never to have to go through it again. He is so small and loveable, my life would be so empty without him. thankyou again for the advice and I will keep you up to date ... Murphy's Katharine
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04-03-2008, 05:01 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | I hope he gets better soon. I think Innova Evo is high in protein and may have been to rich for him. So if you are going to fee that I would reintroduce it vert slowly.
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04-03-2008, 05:13 PM | #10 |
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| I'd skip the Evo. It causes GI upset in a lot of dogs. It could have been the switch but I would suspect the food. I would go with something else.
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04-03-2008, 05:19 PM | #11 |
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| i know nothing about Innova but Crystal knows a lot... so i agree |
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Regular Innova canned is way too high in fat though. The fat content in Evo seems to cause the problem.
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04-03-2008, 05:32 PM | #13 |
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| well i am going back to the regular innova small bites and mix it with the puppy food until he is better, thats what he ate before this all started. I love Wellness but he wont eat the any of the adult stuff from them, even the canned food...i wonder why
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04-03-2008, 06:10 PM | #14 |
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| Thank you Ellie May. Not to hijack this thread, but what is the purpose of the canned pumpkin? Ellie May, Friday is fine now, thanks to your advice (see other thread http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...07#post1891207) but now Monday has diarrhea and is throwing up. I gave her boiled chicken and rice and 5 hours later she threw it all up. As you suggested, I just gave her some Pedialyte, she was reluctant (and Friday was hogging the bowl anyway)... but she did get about 2 tsp.. Can this be a delayed reaction to the shots still? (3/24) Thanks so much for your help. Katharine, you came to the right place.
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04-03-2008, 06:30 PM | #15 |
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| Hi. My advice is to follow your vet's recommendation and complete the medication. The meds help prevent further infection in his tummy. Pumpkin (Libby's plain) is great to keep on hand when your pup has poopies or constipated. Just a small amount though with each feeding. Vomiting and loose stools are the beginning of pancreatitis which is very painful and can be dangerous. Pumpkin will not cure pancreatitis but will help with stools. However, the stomach has to be settled down before you can feed anything new. Evo is an excellent food but high in protein; I use Orijen. Go to the website and read about the food plus the recommended amount to feed. As I said, it is higher in protein and fat content. Introduce any new foods very slowly. Charlie is 11, eats Orijen and made the mistake of giving him too much Innova "Evo" venison wet food. Much too rich and he ended up with loose stools, no vomiting. Stopped the wet food, added pumpkin to each meal and still had to be careful how much pumpkin I put in his bowl because if it is too orange, too much pumpkin. Good luck and we have all learned the hard way how to introduce new foods. Warmly, Deborah
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