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Brian or Sharon Beuchaw wrote: But the cats's stools seem to be fairly loose, so I've been googling and found that ground psyllium is probably OK to use in small amounts on the food to give them normal turds again. I would like to use just pure ground psyllium, but most manufacturers either put sugar (Metamucil) or other ingredients in them. What's the easiest way to get just plain ground psyllium? I thought that Colon Cleanse would be OK, but it doesn't look like it's ground. Then I checked out GNC's products and they've got all kinds of other stuff with ground psyllium, but nothing by itself. Does anybody have any brand names of anything that would be safe to use without any additives and is easily obtainable? While you should be able to find ground psyllium husk at a health food store, I highly recommend a gentler soluble fiber like canned pumpkin (not the pie filling with additives, just 100% pure packed pumpkin). As a bonus, many cats like the taste. -Alison in OH |
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Alison Perera wrote:
While you should be able to find ground psyllium husk at a health food store, I highly recommend a gentler soluble fiber like canned pumpkin (not the pie filling with additives, just 100% pure packed pumpkin). As a bonus, many cats like the taste. That'll work for me too - if it makes it easier on the cat, then that's definitely good. It looks like 1 tsp - 2 Tbsp per feeding is what's recommended, guess we'll buy some and experiment with the serving to see what works. Thanks for the tip. brian -- If you want to reply to this message by mail, you will have to change the reply address to |
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Alison Perera wrote:
While you should be able to find ground psyllium husk at a health food store, I highly recommend a gentler soluble fiber like canned pumpkin (not the pie filling with additives, just 100% pure packed pumpkin). As a bonus, many cats like the taste. That'll work for me too - if it makes it easier on the cat, then that's definitely good. It looks like 1 tsp - 2 Tbsp per feeding is what's recommended, guess we'll buy some and experiment with the serving to see what works. Thanks for the tip. brian -- If you want to reply to this message by mail, you will have to change the reply address to |
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Alison Perera wrote:
While you should be able to find ground psyllium husk at a health food store, I highly recommend a gentler soluble fiber like canned pumpkin (not the pie filling with additives, just 100% pure packed pumpkin). As a bonus, many cats like the taste. That'll work for me too - if it makes it easier on the cat, then that's definitely good. It looks like 1 tsp - 2 Tbsp per feeding is what's recommended, guess we'll buy some and experiment with the serving to see what works. Thanks for the tip. brian -- If you want to reply to this message by mail, you will have to change the reply address to |
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From: Alison Perera lid
While you should be able to find ground psyllium husk at a health food store, I highly recommend a gentler soluble fiber like canned pumpkin (not the pie filling with additives, just 100% pure packed pumpkin). As a bonus, many cats like the taste. Good advice. You have to be careful with psyllium because if you don't add enough water, the cat can actually get constipated from it. My cats like sweet potato and also squash as well as pumpkin. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: Alison Perera lid
While you should be able to find ground psyllium husk at a health food store, I highly recommend a gentler soluble fiber like canned pumpkin (not the pie filling with additives, just 100% pure packed pumpkin). As a bonus, many cats like the taste. Good advice. You have to be careful with psyllium because if you don't add enough water, the cat can actually get constipated from it. My cats like sweet potato and also squash as well as pumpkin. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: Alison Perera lid While you should be able to find ground psyllium husk at a health food store, I highly recommend a gentler soluble fiber like canned pumpkin (not the pie filling with additives, just 100% pure packed pumpkin). As a bonus, many cats like the taste. Good advice. You have to be careful with psyllium because if you don't add enough water, the cat can actually get constipated from it. My cats like sweet potato and also squash as well as pumpkin. We got some pumpkin and have been adding it to their food since Thursday night. Doesn't seem to have helped much, but we may just need to give them more (it's probably a little less than a tablespoon per cat per feeding (we feed them 3 times/day). They also don't like it when we heat the pumpkin and food that's been in the fridge (just enough to knock the chill off, we know about hot food and cats :-)), so we're having to get it down them when we get fresh food from a new can. Should it have started working by now? Thanks, brian -- If you want to reply to this message by mail, you will have to change the reply address to |
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PawsForThought wrote:
From: Alison Perera lid While you should be able to find ground psyllium husk at a health food store, I highly recommend a gentler soluble fiber like canned pumpkin (not the pie filling with additives, just 100% pure packed pumpkin). As a bonus, many cats like the taste. Good advice. You have to be careful with psyllium because if you don't add enough water, the cat can actually get constipated from it. My cats like sweet potato and also squash as well as pumpkin. We got some pumpkin and have been adding it to their food since Thursday night. Doesn't seem to have helped much, but we may just need to give them more (it's probably a little less than a tablespoon per cat per feeding (we feed them 3 times/day). They also don't like it when we heat the pumpkin and food that's been in the fridge (just enough to knock the chill off, we know about hot food and cats :-)), so we're having to get it down them when we get fresh food from a new can. Should it have started working by now? Thanks, brian -- If you want to reply to this message by mail, you will have to change the reply address to |
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From: Brian or Sharon Beuchaw
PawsForThought wrote: From: Alison Perera lid While you should be able to find ground psyllium husk at a health food store, I highly recommend a gentler soluble fiber like canned pumpkin (not the pie filling with additives, just 100% pure packed pumpkin). As a bonus, many cats like the taste. Good advice. You have to be careful with psyllium because if you don't add enough water, the cat can actually get constipated from it. My cats like sweet potato and also squash as well as pumpkin. We got some pumpkin and have been adding it to their food since Thursday night. Doesn't seem to have helped much, but we may just need to give them more (it's probably a little less than a tablespoon per cat per feeding (we feed them 3 times/day). They also don't like it when we heat the pumpkin and food that's been in the fridge (just enough to knock the chill off, we know about hot food and cats :-)), so we're having to get it down them when we get fresh food from a new can. Should it have started working by now? Thanks, brian Hi Brian, I'm glad to hear that your cats seem to like the pumpkin. My cats won't eat it but they do like squash and sweet potato. I would give it more time to see results. I'm thinking at least a couple of weeks if you are treating for chronic constipation. Another good remedy is slippery elm bark, both for constipation and diarhhea. I have a recipe around here somewhere if you're interested in trying it. Here's a bit of information about it: http://www.holisticat.com/slipelm_arch.html http://proliberty.com/observer/20000312.htm Are your cats going at all? I can't remember your original post. If they're not, they might need the vet to give them an enema if they're that badly constipated. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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