More Diarrhea-ick!

[yorkiebaby123]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Hills/SciDi are not known, at all, for being very healthy foods. For one, they actually LIST exthoxyquin and menadione in some of their foods - both of which are toxic - and yet vets still knowingly recommend these foods, and make kickbacks off of selling them.

Ahhhh that makes me so angry!!! I know i dont KNOW thats the cause, but if i switch her and she is OK, im going to be so happy and so mad at the same time that i wasted all this time and emotions on something that was so easily preventable!!

One of my coworkers feeds Evo Red Meat small bites and she said its high in protein, and all the ingredients look good from what i can see! Also California Naturals looks good too (all these from Natura brands). I think im going to narrow down to one of their brands.

Still a slow transition though right? I should still do the I/D with the new food slowly??

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by yorkiebaby123

Ahhhh that makes me so angry!!! I know i dont KNOW thats the cause, but if i switch her and she is OK, im going to be so happy and so mad at the same time that i wasted all this time and emotions on something that was so easily preventable!!

One of my coworkers feeds Evo Red Meat small bites and she said its high in protein, and all the ingredients look good from what i can see! Also California Naturals looks good too (all these from Natura brands). I think im going to narrow down to one of their brands.

Still a slow transition though right? I should still do the I/D with the new food slowly??

I know how you feel. The pet food industry can really be a conundrum and very upsetting.

Gosh, I would hope it would be so easy as to just getting her off corn...but don't get your hopes up too high. Maybe, maybe not. But it's definitely worth trying to eliminate that ingredient just to see...

Part of me would be tempted to do a sudden transition , but given how sensitive she now is, I'd probably do it slowly. And, I'd probably try give probiotic/digestive enzymes during the change, but you don't have to of course.

[yorkiebaby123]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

I know how you feel. The pet food industry can really be a conundrum and very upsetting.

Gosh, I would hope it would be so easy as to just getting her off corn...but don't get your hopes up too high. Maybe, maybe not. But it's definitely worth trying to eliminate that ingredient just to see...

Part of me would be tempted to do a sudden transition , but given how sensitive she now is, I'd probably do it slowly. And, I'd probably try give probiotic/digestive enzymes during the change, but you don't have to of course.

Thanks Wylies Mom!! You have been MORE than helpful!

We are going to try out Innova which has the following ingredients:

Turkey, Chicken, Chicken Meal, Ground Barley, Ground Brown Rice, Potatoes, Natural Flavors, Ground White Rice, Chicken Fat, Herring, Apples, Carrots, Cottage Cheese, Sunflower Oil, Alfalfa Sprouts, Egg, Garlic, Taurine, Vitamins/Minerals, Viable Naturally Occurring Microorganisms



If that still doesnt work after some time, Im going to try the grain-free formula too, but this has good grains from what I'm told, so we will give it a shot!! I'm going to try it while i have her on the meds for the next 5 days, and hopefully that will help too. If not, maybe turkey is the culprit b/c she has that now, but like you said, too early to rule out allergy to protein, lets start with the bad grains!!

Thank you again!!!

[Ellie May]

How is she doing?

While grains could be irritating her, I am really thinking she is too young for food sensitivities still.

Maybe she is just very sensitive.
Probiotics may be helpful and maybe not.

By the way, when an adult dog has loose stools for too long and nothing works to make things right, an intestinal biopsy is considered and then prednizone.

[yorkiebaby123]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

How is she doing?

While grains could be irritating her, I am really thinking she is too young for food sensitivities still.

Maybe she is just very sensitive.
Probiotics may be helpful and maybe not.

By the way, when an adult dog has loose stools for too long and nothing works to make things right, an intestinal biopsy is considered and then prednizone.

Well we bought new food (Innova) but I wanted to give her a few more days to get back on track with her meds and then we are going to try. Her stools are solid today, but I just want one more day and then we will test it out. I'm not entirely convinced she has allergies to grains either, since she was fine before we attempted to switch her off RC, but the I/D has corn in it, so maybe that has something to do with it?? Her Dr had told me a while ago that it COULD be allergies but that would require us doing trial and errors with food and since her tummy is sensitive to change, its going to be difficult to pinpoint. I just dont want to put her on meds every 2 weeks so I guess i have to do the trial and error myself! I was reading online that diarrhea in puppies is not that uncommon, certainly more common than in adults, but they usually grow out of it. I'm hopeful for that too, but I think that this is a little too often to be "common".....

[msmissy7aa]

I have just conquered the diarrhea thing with my 5 1/2 yr old Yorkie. Pumpkin......pure Pumpkin....not the pie filling. Got it at Lowes Food Store and I am not kidding you, it stopped 4 days of constant watery to projectile diarrhea within an hour and.....he's back to absolute normalcy today.....eating, not throwing up, normal poop. Please, give it a try. Someone wrote to me she has a small dog (mine is big 23lbs) hers is small, I think 4 lbs.....she gives hers 2 tsps. of pure Pumpkin. I gabe Mickey 2-3 Tbs. of the Pumpkin. And like I was told, you can't overdose on it either. I tried everything.....I do mean everything too....and nothing worked......until I did the Pumpkin thing.....and my fussy eater LOVES it too. I will give it to him daily forever! Please try it. It's in the section of the store that sells pie fillings.

Good luck and God Bless you and your baby.

[yorkiebaby123]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

If this pup has had issues with drooling and GI problems, you may want to consider a bile acids test. I think I'd feed them in separate rooms 3 or 4 times a day so that the adult can eat something better. Of course that won't work if you have to free feed.

If there is a problem everytime you try to take the pup off of the I/D, she may have to stay on it for life. For the once every couple weeks issue, have you thought about probiotics?

We started transitioning both dogs on Merrick this weekend. They LOVE it. The only thing that im questioning and need some YT advice is that we put them both on the adult formula. We were told that is ok since our pup is over 8 months old and we can supplement with additional protein/fat or with nutracal. Any thoughts on that? I'm going to keep them on Merrick, they LOVE the food (although anything is better than I/D) but i like that they have so many choices and that its touted as good for "sensitive stomachs". We havent had diarrhea, but just softer stools with the pup since we started. Our oldest has not had any adverse reaction yet. The woman at the petstore who was extremely helpful and knowledgable told me not to get probiotics until I speak with my vet, so I am going to check with her on that today. Thanks!!