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Post by ethelthrifty on Apr 25, 2013 1:52:37 GMT -5
Hi!
New here....
6 weeks ago, my partner and I adopted 2 retired greyhounds (male at 3 years old and female at 7 years old) and, as unpleasant as this is to discuss, their poo has always been something that resembles mousse....
They're first stool of the day is more solid, but then the next 2 or 3 are like Mr Whipy! We first put it down to the new surroundings as moving into a new home can be, understandably, quite unsettling, but they do really seem like they are happy and settled with a nice and regular routine and their stools are still the same.
Their original food was a brand I wasn't aware of but supplied by the charity we received them from. We then decided to mix it up a bit and introduce Bakers Complete to see if that changed things, but no joy!
Any ideas on what is going on or any solutions? Poop bags are really difficult to use with them. I need a shovel most of the time!
Thankyou for your time,
Rebecca
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Post by bdiddy on Apr 25, 2013 1:57:32 GMT -5
Greyhounds have ridiculously sensitive tummies! It took ages to find a food that agreed with my two and if we have to change it for any reason now their poo goes runny!
It could be down to stress/ nerves as you say but you may just need to find a food that suits.
Ideally they need something with less than 20% protein I think?
We feed ours on skinners field and trial maintenance there are other foods that are good and maybe better but we just find this is a decent food at a good price, I get it online. It agrees with their tummies which is the main thing!
They do still have some runny poos though I find with ours that on a walk the first poo is very solid but then they get progressively sloppier lol
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Post by ritab on Apr 25, 2013 2:14:16 GMT -5
I was advised NOT to feed Bakers when I got my first, nor anything with colouring in it. Mine had very loose stools for ages and was also very itchy.
The vet said that loose stools indicate they are not getting all the nutrients from the food and should be addressed.
After trying several different foods (20% protein or less) Burns Pork & Potato was recommended and hey - it did the trick - although I have to feed more than Burns recommend for her weight. She doesn't itch any more and her stools are usually normal.
Some people have success with Autarky, or fishy foods. In earlier threads on here white fish and boiled potato have been recommended for an upset tum (for a few days before re-introducing normal food).
However, my first grey did take a long time to settle down, 6 weeks is early days, but you might want to ditch the Bakers.
Good luck.
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Post by vickyb on Apr 25, 2013 4:25:16 GMT -5
Bakers is a big no no. It's full of colours and sugar. I'd agree with what's been said. Also a lot of greyhounds can't cope with wheat so it might be worth trying a wheat free food. Were they ok on the food that came with them? It might be worth looking at any treats you're giving them too. It took a lot of trial and error and time to find food that suits ours but you will eventually. The getting sloppier over the day is quite common I'm afraid but hopefully once you find a food that suits them it should improve. A lot of dogs do well on Burgess Greyhound and lurcher food or their sensitive food.
Good Luck!
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Post by Nettie on Apr 25, 2013 5:28:01 GMT -5
I think if you ditch the Bakers and start feeding a good quality food without coloured bits you will see a difference very quickly. Bakers does tend to make dogs very hyper as well because of the 'E's. Others will be along to suggest which food might be best, afraid I can't advise as I feed a raw diet.
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Post by julies on Apr 25, 2013 5:45:43 GMT -5
Noooooo not Bakers  .. like the others say ... Burns is great especially the Pork and Potato and greys can have intolerances to wheat, chicken, beef (mine), etc etc and intolerances can build up over a few weeks or you can have an instant problem (you'll get used to discussing greyhound poo LOL) I'm like Nettie and feed raw in fact if I feed my lurcher processed foods he'll get colitis which is very yukky The RGT always recommend you feed less than 20% protein to keep them more sane Welcome to greyhounds  Julie |
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Post by Cath on Apr 25, 2013 10:50:47 GMT -5
Welcome to my world.  One of our Greys, Bob, has a ridiculously sensitive stomach and it took a long time to find a food he would tolerate. We feed CSJ Champ www.csjk9.com/range/csj-champ_p140.html which is about £11 for 15kg sack. He is now mostly not smelly and he has solid poos. Because he was so bad on his previous food we didn't bother introducing his new food gradually, as we had nothing to loose. Within 2 days we noticed a massive difference. Our vet recommends Chappie dry food to settle upset tummies- we've used it when we ran out of CSJ for a couple of days and it was well tolerated. We also don't give any treats.... or the smells and dire-rear come back straight away. But it is worth it to be able to have the windows closed in winter |
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Post by muttlies6 on Apr 25, 2013 11:16:26 GMT -5
If you are interested in the champ I can bring a sack down for you if you are going to the show it is £12 a sack. Have some samples as well. Try to stay off bakers if at all possible
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Post by dylansdad on Apr 25, 2013 11:39:57 GMT -5
We've found Vitalin Active working diet complete and our 3 are absolutely thriving on it. (£10.99 for 15Kg) Its 24% protein and we under portion it & top up with a wet mixer to moisten it
But we *don't* use pedigree chum as that makes them fart :-)
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Post by andywillow on Apr 25, 2013 12:03:19 GMT -5
I did the same as you when I adopted my first greyhound many years ago. I went to tescos and thought that bakers looked nice (to me!), big mistake, Andy (my first hound) had the most awful stomach, I needed a hosepipe rather than a bag to clean up after him. Someone told me about Burgess supadog sensitive and we never looked back after that, it worked wonders on him. All my hounds now have Burgess greyhound and lurcher food which suits them all. Bakers really is awful food, they say its like giving kids smarties with all the additives in it. Hope you get their stomachs sorted soon and please try and post some pictures of them, we all love to see everyones hounds on here  |
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Post by Andy & Justine on Apr 25, 2013 15:45:23 GMT -5
We also recommend Burns food. Ours enjoy all flavours and all seems to agree with them. We put our most recent addition - an 8 year old girl - straight onto it a month ago and have had no problems with her either J
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Post by dylansdad on Apr 26, 2013 1:19:33 GMT -5
>Hope you get their stomachs sorted soon and please try and post some pictures
... Just to clarify, I think we'd like pictures of the hounds ;D
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Post by dash4misty on Apr 26, 2013 16:16:18 GMT -5
we feed burns here too , with just a bit of naturediet on top and both their poos are firm and easy to pick up |
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Post by runnit on May 21, 2013 21:37:19 GMT -5
i am laid here next to a snoring FARTING greyhound in my bed....i used to give him Burgess supasensitive and i highly reccommend it for firming up greyhound poo - made a big difference. unfortunately they seemed to put the price up by a fiver recently and feeding 3 dogs on it was costing quite a lot.... i'm going to try the CSJ champ as that is cheaper but sounds effective. fed up with people glaring at me as snoop crouches down for the nth time in the park and all that comes out is a droplet ! |
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Post by nataliesian on May 22, 2013 2:30:34 GMT -5
I think I'm going to try the csj as well :0)
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