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Originally Posted by lil fu fu girl  Yes, absolutely, during the initial recovery phase of pancreatitis a low fiber diet is suggested by most nutritionists and vets as fiber slows gastric emptying and can indeed prolong pancreatic stimulation: thereby causing further damage to the organ.
However, in consideration that the OP has stated that it has been at least 9 days or more, past the episode,
and that her pup is up and around playing; than I assume her acute phase is over.
The addition of fiber into the diet is not a debate by most of the nutritional community, but the amount of fiber is. While some pups do best with a 0.5-5.0 , others work better with a higher ratio 10.0-15.0 %.
Interesting that a pup was set off by peas, as most nutritionists recommend a diet high in carbohydrates for pancreatic patients as they have little effect on gastrointestinal hormones which are the triggers for the pancreatic enzymes. Perhaps another chronic disease was in play.
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I think this is a very dangerous assumption. I'm really a believer in high fiber too, but adding it that soon seems very dangerous. I think with health matters it's always better to error on the side of caution, so an acute case doesn't become chronic or deadly. Serious, from my understanding, it takes months for the digestive system to heal, I don't think we can assume because a dog was playing that it's digestive system has healed. Britister, I believe, said that Jackson was playing when he got home from the hospital.
Kathy, my son's dog has to be on low residue for life. It took a long time before they even could find a food that worked. Each incident damages the pancreas so much more that they don't want to take a chance, that next time it won’t recover at all.