Hi Michael,
Her BMs are mostly nice and solid. However, she has had two incidences of runny BMs. The latest one being his afternoon.

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Let me know how she is tolerating the diet so far and then we can get a little more specific.:smile:

Just to clarify, what I really want to know is how much have you been feeding?

Are you leaving all the fat and skin on?

Solid log poops?

All this will help us let you know how to proceed.:smile:

Yes, I'm leaving all the fats and skin on. Regarding the poops, except for two times, that have been solid log poops.

O.K. I gotcha.:smile:

BTW, where have you gotten most of your rawfeeding info?

For the initial switch, you've got a little too much variety. She seems to tolerate it well, though, so thats a good thing. I'd suggest you back up just a little bit to get her adjusted.

Too much food, too much fat, or too much organ meat are usually the diarrhea culprits.

For right now, don't worry about organ meat. You'll add that in later.

A good first food is chicken RMB's. Chicken backs are normally recommended. For the first few meals, remove the skin and fat. After she has had a few good, solid BM's you can start leaving some skin and fat on. Progressing in small increments is best and will give you time to see that her poop is good and she is tolerating the new addition well.

Same with any new protein source. Small amounts added into the diet slowly.

Again, the same with organs. Slowly, in small amounts.

When new foods are added in slowly, it gives her time to adjust to the new food. Adding food in slowly also gives you time to observe her poop and pinpoint how much of which item caused a problem. If it is solid, then you can add more of the new item. Make sense? Let me know if I need to clear my words up a little. I sometimes lose my point in my rambling.

So lets slow down, and add one food at a time.

Hi Michael, thank you so much for the information. I have plenty of chicken backs from our farmer..I'll remove the skin and fat starting tomorrow. So just one back per meal...three meals a day. So let me get his straight.

Tomorrow, start out with the backs, removing skin and fat. Continue for a couple of days then add skin and fat back in for a few days. If she continues to do good, start adding different rmbs like necks or quarters. Monitor her progress on each for a few days, right?

I've pieced together a lot of my information from this site and a couple of people in my farm co-op.

Emily

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Hi Michael, thank you so much for the information. I have plenty of chicken backs from our farmer..I'll remove the skin and fat starting tomorrow. So just one back per meal...three meals a day. So let me get his straight.

Tomorrow, start out with the backs, removing skin and fat. Continue for a couple of days then add skin and fat back in for a few days. If she continues to do good, start adding different rmbs like necks or quarters. Monitor her progress on each for a few days, right?

I've pieced together a lot of my information from this site and a couple of people in my farm co-op.

Emily

I will take the liberty of replying in place of Michael, who is offline, only because I know that Michael and I have the same raw-feeding POV. (In other words, Michael is an excellent source of info. )

Yes, you have the right idea. You also want to feed lighter than the expected 5 to 10%, just until you have 100% perfect poops. That won't take more than a couple of days. (If it does, then you will know exactly which item is causing the problem, because there will be only one item!)

Thats it, Emily.:smile:

By taking your time like that you will know what caused a problem if one occurs. Then just back up to the last way you were feeding that had perfect poops.

No real formula for how fast you should progress, just watch you pup and she will let you know.

She sounds, by your original post, to take to variety well. Going slow will help ensure that.

Connie, feel free to take that liberty when I am ONLINE as well.:wink: