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Whats everyones definition of Diahrea

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#1 · (Edited)
Ok i know i cant spell it! :D ..

just wondering whats defined as diahrea? I noticed my elly has soft poo almost like a bit mushy wheatbix .. its not runny as in watery just soft and not really hard like sometimes.. ive noticed this since slowly introducing new dry food (its been 6 weeks now) ..its all the same color (same colour as the dry food , purina sensitive stomach and skin) .. i have noticed less allergys since on it.. less biting at paws and scratching (still evident but much much less). she used to be on a raw chicken/beef diet.. i slowly started taking red meat out as i read beef has a higher chance of causing allergys or something, so i kept it chicken only (wings, necks and meat) with the veggies balanced etc.. i since have taken her off the chicken all together and her alergies have calmed down ALOT. shes not read in the ears anymore and less biting on the feet and scratching the face.. I have been using betadine wash on her feet and anywhere that is moist where she scratches like in the folds of her face.. and this seems to calm it down for her...

ive been adding boiling water to it .. just a quick pour over it .. as the smell it generates makes it more enticing for her but also i read that its good to let dry food soak in water a bit to allow it to expand BEFORE the dog eats it as it causes less stomach problems and bloat .. i also read somewhere that a dog died cause it got into the dry food and ate soo much of it .. it caused its stomach to explode from the food expanding inside its stomach or something.. cant remember where i read that .. but anyway


anyway sidetracking. soo i just wanted to know if mushy wheatbix type poo is a bad thing or if it means something.. it comes out in clumps as per normal poo but its just mushy ..

thoughts?
 
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Stools that are mushy but hold their shape are not uncommon in kibble-fed dogs. It generally means there are too many grains (waste) in the food - dogs don't have the enzymes necessary to properly digest grains. Sometimes it seems that soaking the food can cause softer stools; if the kibbles are mush, often it seems the stools are, too. (Take care when soaking foods - the Purdue research showed that soaking foods preserved with citric acid actually *increased* the bloat risk, rather than decreasing it.)
 
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