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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

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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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

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
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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
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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
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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