VERY Concerned...bloody poop...need help!!! PIP!

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Duke

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Barked: Thu Feb 9, '12 3:04pm PST


	Consider a chicken intolerance...Duke had it and I just kept giving him more and more of the very stuff that was upsetting his whole GI tract. Duke is intolerant of ALL chicken, even the free-range, hormone-free, organic everything chickens. Doesn't matter. They all cause nasty GI upset. Personally, I would take him off all chicken and try another protein. Pork works just fine for transitioning to raw. As does rabbit. Or turkey. Anything, really, as long as you have bone. (Some dogs are sensitive to both chicken and turkey; Duke handles the latter just fine.) I say it's worth a try to see if the poop issues clear up. It certainly won't hurt. Stick with it for at least a couple weeks--no chicken at all.

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Crash- Dynamite

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Barked: Thu Feb 9, '12 9:37pm PST


	I like Duke's idea. Good Luck

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Achilles

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Barked: Fri Feb 10, '12 9:05am PST


	Thanks Duke & Crash I'll try the pork idea. I have a local butcher were I can get a 1/2 or whole pig @.99pd, any idea what cheaper cuts I can give him? Can I give him the organs too? What about bone, can I give him pork bones? BTW...his poop is a little more solid today but it still has blood in it, I was talking to DH last night about Achilles possibly being allergic to the chicken. Edited by author Fri Feb 10, '12 9:08am PST

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Brody

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Barked: Fri Feb 10, '12 5:07pm PST


	Just to clarify .... when feeding chicken where he was having the bloody stools, what exactly was he eating? I may have misunderstood, but I thought you said he was eating chicken backs ONLY. Is that correct? If so, I can just about guarantee - THAT was the cause of his bloody stools. Too much bone, not enough meat. I doubt it was an intolerance to chicken. Sure, you can try pork if you want. But make sure that you are feeding mostly meat, a little bone at this point. You will add in organs. Later. Much much later. Get him stabilized on meat first. If you do decide to try chicken again, try the WHOLE chicken - not just the back. bone in chicken breasts are a GREAT place to start. A lot of meat and a little bone to firm up stools.

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Duke

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Barked: Fri Feb 10, '12 6:30pm PST


	As a newbie, folks told me for 3 months "it can't be a chicken intolerance," until I went with my gut and discovered it was. Just sayin. Might be, might not, but it's something worth considering and not automatically disregarding. I rarely see anyone suggest this to newbies and always feel obligated to at least mention it as a possibility. With pork, I would try ribs...riblets or spare ribs might be better than the big thick ones. If you can get whole pork necks, GREAT! Just be wary of cut up necks and NO pork chop bone. Sawed bones are much too sharp. Pork hocks are another good option. I think the shoulder roasts have a large bone in them, but I've never fed this cut, so I'm not sure. For meaty meat, anything will do, as long as it's not enhanced. The picnic and butt roasts around here are not a bad price on sale. If there's a thick fat cap or marble, cut it off and freeze for later.