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Originally Posted by Elle2  Huggy's poops are firm and he is fed about 1/2 a cup of dry with about 1 tsp of canned food 2 times per day. He is not predictable when he will go (I am watching him right now) and it is hard to train him with BMs. We also take him outside about every 2 1/2 hours during the day and he pees. He was with the breeder until 4 months and 3 weeks old and never went outside. I was thinking another food would help to compact his poops and make him poop twice a day.  |
Another food might make his poop smaller, but I'm not sure it will affect how many times he goes. I think as they get older they get more regular, but if you are thinking about changing foods, remember to change slowly, and add a little of the new food at a time. If he has any reaction, cut back on the new food. If you change too fast diarrhea can result, and you want to avoid that. I usually add 1/4 of the new food, to 3/4 of the old food the first day, if no reaction, I add, 1/2 to 1/2 the second day, and sometimes I keep it on this for a while to make sure there is no upsets. Then after that it would be 3/4 new food with 1/4 old food, until final switch. You sound like your doing everything right, it might be helpful to keep a dairy of exact times of his meals, and exact time he does poop, and see if there is a pattern that develops. Feeding at the exact same time will help the see the pattern easier.