Re: [PyrNet-L] Trip t0 the Vet

["Tracy Bassett" <espinay@dynamite.com.au>]

<<Chicken would be OK I've just always used hamburger, boiled with all the
fat rinsed off. Just a thought though, has Kemo ever had chicken before or
is it contained in her regular dog food? I know Clondike K. and a few other
dogs have problems with diarrhea after eating chicken. Just make sure
there's no skin or fat when you feed it if she's not had a problem with it
before.>>Barb

I must have missed some of the early posts on this - are we talking a
problem with diarrhea?  Here are a few ideas which may help get things 'back
on track':

Keep the food bland and as 'lean' as possible. I like using chicken usually
(and as you know I feed it all raw ;-) ), but chicken can be a lot fattier
than other meats unless you are feeding just the breastmeat etc.  Lean beef
may have some advantages at this point.

Add pureed pumpkin.  This is great for helping harden things up a bit (I
believe you can get it in cans in the US? - just make sure you use the plain
one! :-) ).

Bananas are also good to help bind things up.

Yoghurt (with live cultures) is good for helping to restore good gut flora
(particularly if on antibiotics).  You need to be careful with dairy
products though as some dogs can be allergic.  I understand you can buy
'probiotics' which help with digestion.

I can remember years ago having great success with a very sick pup who was
put on a diet of rice, banana, yoghurt and honey for a few days.  Once
things settled down, we started to reintroduce the meat a small bit at a
time.

Hope this helps (if I actually got the topic right that is! LOL! ) :-)

Tracy Bassett
Canberra, Australia
espinay@dynamite.com.au
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