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Cocker Specific Discussion => Health => Topic started by: Woody's Mum on November 12, 2004, 04:00:43 PM

Title: Straining!
Post by: Woody's Mum on November 12, 2004, 04:00:43 PM

I'm so sorry - another poo topic from Toni!!     :D

Ok, not sure how to put this nicely - sometimes Daisy doesn't poop as easily as I'd like her too and takes a while and strains a bit, hmmm!!

She now has Burns three times a day with some Naturediet mixed in. She is also now eating her food with pleasure (she was V fussy before)

Is there anything I can put in her food, such as bran, to loosen things up for her?

Title: Straining!
Post by: Kim on November 12, 2004, 04:05:35 PM

Or raw vegetables  :)  

Title: Straining!
Post by: Pipers Mummy on November 12, 2004, 04:38:56 PM

Yeah, I would say bran or vegetables should do the trick  ;)  

Title: Straining!
Post by: Cob-Web on November 12, 2004, 04:42:59 PM

Grated carrot works well for Molo; to be very basic and descriptive, it comes out looking very similar to the way in goes in!

Title: Straining!
Post by: Sue H on November 17, 2004, 07:20:45 PM

I though that bran/fibre based stuff only firmed things up so to speak ???

Having said that, I find that plain old stuff like scrambled egg (again, supposed to bind!) or chicken and rice (making sure the rice is really well-cooked and either fresh or really well re-heated to avoid salmonella)  , or anything with plenty of moisture really - sometimes complete foods are brilliant in theory, but if not enough water is being drunk then they can stodge things up a bit.