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Originally Posted by ARCHIE  I have read that Brown Rice is better to use when your pup get's
diareaha because of the vitimins and nutrients in it, however,
a girlfriend called me last night to tell me her vet said not to
use brown rice for this problem because it has too much fiber in it.
Only white rice because of the starch content, is better for
diareaha than brown.
First time I have heard this and it does makes sence.
Just passing on something new I learned.
Of course every vet has his or her own thoughts on everything
but if brown has more fiber than it's not going to help much
in aiding diareaha I would think. |
yep this is true learned sadly first hand - my dd was so sick from metacam and only one dose so i did chick and brown rice and her poop was coming out in volume it was wild as she never pooped that much before. Jean dodds said because brown rice for dogs has to be cooked 20 min longer than humans as they have a faster digestive tract. Well she was all jacked up and ended up with colitis then as too much fiber can lead to colitis so ALWAYS use white rice or you can make the diarhea worse and also too much pumpkin can cause diarhea too so just a little pumpkin mixed with dds plus probiotics 15 min before food and do white rice with chicken