Changing stool - confusing time!

[NeSaxena]

Quick question (again?! )

His poop is nowhere close to yellow yet - it's still brown, though now nicely formed and he goes once a day (in the morning). Stank's reduced, though its still poo .

Should I be changing something? Currently he eats three times a day, all chicken - breast mostly, one leg thrown in in the evening.

 

[ruthcatrin]

Nope, I'll keep it. At least for now his body isn't producing yellow chicken poop, it may just be his digestion, especially since all the other signs look good.

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

Yellow poo? That's intereting.

 

[musicdeb]

yellow poop? Titan has never had yellow poop.

 

[ruthcatrin]

There see lol, not every dog produces yellow chicken poop. Both of my two did, and I've talked to lots of folks who's dogs did, but not all dogs do lol

 

[NeSaxena]

Hey look - a new discussion about poo! How many of these have you guys had already? hahahahaha! It's crazy how I make my hubby take pictures of his poo now!

Another note - all signs look good, go or no go on the beef?

Edit: NOT hubby's poo

 

[ruthcatrin]

lol! Poop discussions are fairly normal, even among non-raw feeders!

I'd say he looks good, go ahead and start him on just a little bit of beef for a couple days and see how he does (and I mean only a little bit, it could give him diarrhea again, so go SLOW).

 

[NeSaxena]

Slow = 3 oz or lesser than that?

 

[ruthcatrin]

I can't picture 3oz lol, I'd go with something along the lines of a one inch cube (give or take) with every meal and then go from there.

 

[NeSaxena]

Alrighty!

 

[NeSaxena]

Latest weigh in (today) 36 and a quarter - a full 4 and a half pound gain this week.

Gave him a small chunk of beef with lunch and dinner. Boone looks at it, smells, goes "Really? arty:Woohoooo! :letseat: Piece down, looks at the chicken, back at me, then the chicken again, back at me with a "You really expect me to eat THIS after THAT?" look. I swear he looked like he's "resigning to his fate" when he went back to eating the chicken!

No poop as yet, so can't tell how he's taking the beef.

Quick question - Can I leave the skin on the chicken as yet? Or keep removing it?

 

[ruthcatrin]

Go ahead and leave the skin on.

and lol @ Boone!

 

[NeSaxena]

Poo update: half pasty half porridge like, dark brown almost black. No beef tomorrow morning?

 

[ruthcatrin]

Go ahead and give him the beef, but add in an extra half a drum's worth of bone.

 

[NeSaxena]

And he's good with the beef! The poo update here was the only time he had it loose. He's been letting out nicely formed ones since then!

I've been increasing the quantity of beef slowly, and he's still doing fine My brave and crazy boy!

Edit: Okay spoke too soon He just had a round of loose poop... in sections.. with some bright red spots of blood and mucus

 

[ruthcatrin]

Keep an eye on it, but it doesn't sound abnormal. It sounds like he's just having a hard time adapting to the new beef. Having said that, I told you to up his bone % a bit, go ahead and reduce it back to where you were, since it sounds like its not helping and it is irritating his system.

( I missed your post here sorry)

 

[NeSaxena]

Thanks Ruth! I'll do that

Edit: And no worries about the missing - I'll find a way to bug you anyways

 

[musicdeb]

Sounds like Boone is going to do just fine on raw.

 

[NeSaxena]

Sounds like Boone is going to do just fine on raw.

I'm so happy about that!!! Woooohooooo!!!

Poo update: No poo yesterday all day. I took him off the extra bone, continued with the small chunks of beef every meal. Pooped in the morning today - back to nicely formed, no bones big enough for me to see, passed out easy (no struggle). The last bit was a little loose, but nothing I'm worried about

I've updated his evening meal to half a breast, a thigh and the beef - morning and afternoon is only breast and beef.

 

[ruthcatrin]

sweet!