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So, on kibble Annie was always solid. Always.
She did well on raw for a couple days, but the last three days she has had some major diarrhea. It's a dark brown, a tiny bit of mucus, and probably 80% liquid. She has dropped quite a bit of weight in the last couple days, too. She was already pretty thin as it was, and we were hoping to be able to put some weight on her with raw. (she never had enough interest in kibble to finish her meals, but always wants raw) but she is SKINNY now. If I up her meals, it just makes the diarrhea worse. I hate to see her so skinny. I can see her hip bones, and way too much rib.
She's on chicken only, and started one week ago today. I use quarters, and was feeding two quarters/ day which is about 1.5lbs. Yesterday I cut the quarters in halves (split the leg from the thigh) hoping I'd see some results, and have done the same thing today. So she's getting the weight spread out in four meals.
Every meal has bone right now. We take most of the skin off, but not all of it.
Is she just going through the "detox" I keep hearing about? Grissom never went through that so I have no experience there, he was solid on day two and has been ever since.
How long do I let it go? I don't even know a vet here, just moved 8 days ago.
Anything I can give her to help?
We're really concerned about her, and I'm at the point that I am having to convince Jon that this is the best for her, but he's almost ready to put her back on kibble.
She did well on raw for a couple days, but the last three days she has had some major diarrhea. It's a dark brown, a tiny bit of mucus, and probably 80% liquid. She has dropped quite a bit of weight in the last couple days, too. She was already pretty thin as it was, and we were hoping to be able to put some weight on her with raw. (she never had enough interest in kibble to finish her meals, but always wants raw) but she is SKINNY now. If I up her meals, it just makes the diarrhea worse. I hate to see her so skinny. I can see her hip bones, and way too much rib.
She's on chicken only, and started one week ago today. I use quarters, and was feeding two quarters/ day which is about 1.5lbs. Yesterday I cut the quarters in halves (split the leg from the thigh) hoping I'd see some results, and have done the same thing today. So she's getting the weight spread out in four meals.
Every meal has bone right now. We take most of the skin off, but not all of it.
Is she just going through the "detox" I keep hearing about? Grissom never went through that so I have no experience there, he was solid on day two and has been ever since.
How long do I let it go? I don't even know a vet here, just moved 8 days ago.
Anything I can give her to help?
We're really concerned about her, and I'm at the point that I am having to convince Jon that this is the best for her, but he's almost ready to put her back on kibble.