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06-14-2009, 08:30 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Misawa AB, Japan
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| Tough SH!T.. Literally So Marley is pooping almost normally, but its hard. I have fed her chicken and rice baby food and She won't eat her food with water on it. What can I do?
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06-14-2009, 09:00 PM | #2 |
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| Everyone says to add pumpkin to their food...the REAL pumkin in a can. Seems it hardens or softens poop. a little apple a day works for my Ted. |
06-14-2009, 09:35 PM | #3 |
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| Pumpkin should help
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06-14-2009, 09:37 PM | #4 |
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| What type of dog food are you using? If a dog food is basically filler, then its going to be harder. So try to get a dog food with more protein and definitely vegetables and fruits. I like Dog Food Analysis - Reviews of kibble for reviews and gradings on things like that. Canidae, Merrick and Timberwolf - are 5 star brands and you can get it at petco and places like that. I know at least we got Zig's Canidae All Life Stages there. |
06-14-2009, 09:37 PM | #5 |
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| Sorry, I'm not familiar w/your problem. Are you only feeding baby food? |
06-14-2009, 10:19 PM | #6 |
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| I feed her Royal Canin for small indoor breeds. I only feed her a spoon or two of baby food as a treat. I tried more though here recently to see if that would help with constipation. I have been feeding her the same food since I got her almost 4 or 5 months ago. She just now started having small "nugget" like turds.
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06-14-2009, 10:21 PM | #7 |
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| Here is what the ingredients are Calorie Content This product contains 3856 kilocalories/kilogram or 384 kilocalories per cup ME (metabolizable energy) on an as fed basis (calculated). Ingredients Chicken, brewers rice, brown rice, oatmeal, brewers rice flour, chicken fat, wheat gluten, chicken meal, natural chicken flavor, dried beet pulp (sugar removed), soya oil, salmon oil, salt, dried brewers yeast, dried egg powder, sodium silico aluminate, potassium chloride, calcium sulfate, L-tyrosine, fructo-oligosaccharides, DL-methionine, L-lysine, sodium tripolyphosphate, choline chloride, calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, Vitamins [dl-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C*), biotin, d-calcium pantothenate, niacin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2), folic acid],Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate], taurine*, L-carnitine, tea (green tea extract), preserved with natural mixed tocopherols, rosemary extract and citric acid. Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein Minimum 21.0% Crude Fat Minimum 14.0% Crude Fiber Maximum 4.1% Moisture Maximum 10.0%
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06-14-2009, 10:23 PM | #8 | |
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06-15-2009, 07:47 AM | #9 |
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| I fed one bag of RC but decided it had too many grains and fillers, so I switched to Innova Evo. Since you don't have access to all the brands, can you speak to a Vet to get a supplement for her that would off-set the fillers in the food. RC is not a bad food, it just isn't the greatest. Surely ther is something you can add to help her digestive system but since I'm not a nutritionist, I can't help you. Just a thought. Good luck and thank you for the job you are doing. When will you be home? |
06-15-2009, 02:32 PM | #10 | |
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06-15-2009, 11:19 PM | #11 | |
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The other option is to have someone in teh States pick up a 5# bag and put it in a flat rate priority mailing box. I had to do that before I found this online company.
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06-16-2009, 05:19 PM | #12 | |
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06-16-2009, 09:03 PM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member | Yah, I think there are worse foods than RC, but I really do not want Meg to eat it. She loves it, but I've finally weaned her onto the Wellness and TotW. Phew.
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