May 10, 2011
My two maltipoos started on a Honest Kitchen's Force diet with a little bit of kibble in it. I noticed they have more bowel movements. Is this unusual?
Full Question:
Hi Cindy,I had a couple of questions in regards to The Honest Kitchen. I have two little maltipoos- 5 and 7 lbs. I recently started them on the Force diet and mix in a little kibble with it (they seem to like some crunch in there). I have noticed that they have far more frequent bowel movements since being on this food. 4-5 a day. Is this normal and what does this mean? Are they not absorbing the nutrients in the food? Will this go away? I was curious as to what you might recommend for this.
Also, because I work I soak their morning food overnight and their dinner during the morning before I go to work. Is it okay to serve it to them cold? They seem to still really like it that way as well.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Tiffany
Cindy's Answer:
I am glad you are soaking the food overnight, I was going to suggest that. It should be fine to feed it cold, as long as they don’t mind. :-)
As for the frequent BMs, it may just be a matter of them adjusting to it completely. I might recommend adding a digestive enzyme to their meals for a short time (a few weeks) to see if that doesn’t help. You may also be overfeeding if the BMs are that frequent.
For the digestive enzyme, you could divide one capsule between the two of them at each meal since they are quite small.
Cindy
As for the frequent BMs, it may just be a matter of them adjusting to it completely. I might recommend adding a digestive enzyme to their meals for a short time (a few weeks) to see if that doesn’t help. You may also be overfeeding if the BMs are that frequent.
For the digestive enzyme, you could divide one capsule between the two of them at each meal since they are quite small.
Cindy
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