Jenk
Well-Known Member
I am at a loss as to what I should do to decrease our girl's bouts of diarrhea, which seemto occur when she's going for cecals--either during or immediately after.
She can't handle most greens and currently gets only a small amount of Italian parsley each night. I've been feeding her 2 tsp. of pellets each morning, and she gets unlimited hay (mostly 1st-cut timothy and oat or orchard grass at times).
Our vet suggested that I cut out the pellets if our girl's diarrhea continued; but she's been on a hay-only diet for such long bouts at times--per my decision, not my vet's--that I hate the idea of removing them from her diet entirely. Still, what choice does one have if they're the cause of the diarrhea?
I'm wondering if I should decrease her pellet content to1 tsp./day to see what happens? Or maybe I could keep her on 2 tsp./day and see if giving her Probi (a prebiotic/probiotic) for a week increases the time between diarrhea bouts?
God, I hate feeling powerless to help the situation.
Thank you,
Jenk
She can't handle most greens and currently gets only a small amount of Italian parsley each night. I've been feeding her 2 tsp. of pellets each morning, and she gets unlimited hay (mostly 1st-cut timothy and oat or orchard grass at times).
Our vet suggested that I cut out the pellets if our girl's diarrhea continued; but she's been on a hay-only diet for such long bouts at times--per my decision, not my vet's--that I hate the idea of removing them from her diet entirely. Still, what choice does one have if they're the cause of the diarrhea?
I'm wondering if I should decrease her pellet content to1 tsp./day to see what happens? Or maybe I could keep her on 2 tsp./day and see if giving her Probi (a prebiotic/probiotic) for a week increases the time between diarrhea bouts?
God, I hate feeling powerless to help the situation.
Thank you,
Jenk