lindiak007
January 30th, 2008, 08:10 PM
I know vomiting and diarrhea are expected signs of switching dog food from dry kibble to raw, but....
My dog (INDIE, beagle-25% dachshund)used to eat dry kibble with dry freezed raw food (Stella&Chewys'). What he finds, he eats as well (on the street and when I want to stop him, he just swallows it:dog:) :
the muffin papers on the street are digestable, the bones, etc...even a condom;))) was digestible....
The problem is that we switched to BARF prepared patties, and he was ok. After 1 week or so, he has got really bad diarrhea (just water) and he vomited. In one day he vomitted like 9 times, even he has had nothing in his stomach, he was vomiting the water / fluid that stomach produces.
That was his worst diarrhea/ vomiting ever. He was even shaking so badly - his hind legs especially. I took him to vet and told him that we have switched to raw food and I expected a bit of these problems but not in such a extensive way.The vet has said that he was not the fan of raw food. He took blood test and xtrays, just in case nothing is stuck in INDIE's stomach. And he said that Indie should be on "ID, prescription diet" food for long time because he "has" sensitive stomach and because we took him to vet because of diarrehea 6 months ago. => conclusion Indie has sensitive stomach.Also, he thought it could have been pancreatitis....that is another thing I have read with switching to BARF, that can develop. INDIE got fluids as well, because he didn't want to drink / eat at all.
My question is: if being now and 6 months ago at vet for diarrhea means sensitive stomach???? I mean, I take INDIE to vet if any small thing is going on.Don't have people bad stomachs once in a while???? I know that I haven't started with BARF the best way...I bought the "BARF combination patties" with lamb, beef,....I gues, lamb is veeeery fat and I should have started like with chicken, right? But diarrhea appearde after more than a week....Could it be a bacteria somehow????
Now I feed him on "ID" ;( only
My other question: I want to try BARF again,...if INDIE experiences vomiting/ diarrhea again with chicken raw patties, shalll I just continue with raw, even he has those problems???
Or, if he has really sensitive stomach, which kind of raw meat should I feed him and how long should be the transition?
Thank you for reading this thread and looking forward to your advices. Sorry if the language is not best, English is my second language
:fingerscr
My dog (INDIE, beagle-25% dachshund)used to eat dry kibble with dry freezed raw food (Stella&Chewys'). What he finds, he eats as well (on the street and when I want to stop him, he just swallows it:dog:) :
the muffin papers on the street are digestable, the bones, etc...even a condom;))) was digestible....
The problem is that we switched to BARF prepared patties, and he was ok. After 1 week or so, he has got really bad diarrhea (just water) and he vomited. In one day he vomitted like 9 times, even he has had nothing in his stomach, he was vomiting the water / fluid that stomach produces.
That was his worst diarrhea/ vomiting ever. He was even shaking so badly - his hind legs especially. I took him to vet and told him that we have switched to raw food and I expected a bit of these problems but not in such a extensive way.The vet has said that he was not the fan of raw food. He took blood test and xtrays, just in case nothing is stuck in INDIE's stomach. And he said that Indie should be on "ID, prescription diet" food for long time because he "has" sensitive stomach and because we took him to vet because of diarrehea 6 months ago. => conclusion Indie has sensitive stomach.Also, he thought it could have been pancreatitis....that is another thing I have read with switching to BARF, that can develop. INDIE got fluids as well, because he didn't want to drink / eat at all.
My question is: if being now and 6 months ago at vet for diarrhea means sensitive stomach???? I mean, I take INDIE to vet if any small thing is going on.Don't have people bad stomachs once in a while???? I know that I haven't started with BARF the best way...I bought the "BARF combination patties" with lamb, beef,....I gues, lamb is veeeery fat and I should have started like with chicken, right? But diarrhea appearde after more than a week....Could it be a bacteria somehow????
Now I feed him on "ID" ;( only
My other question: I want to try BARF again,...if INDIE experiences vomiting/ diarrhea again with chicken raw patties, shalll I just continue with raw, even he has those problems???
Or, if he has really sensitive stomach, which kind of raw meat should I feed him and how long should be the transition?
Thank you for reading this thread and looking forward to your advices. Sorry if the language is not best, English is my second language
:fingerscr