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BRT
MemberI finally thought I had found the perfect food for my maltese/poodle boy. This has been a cycle for him that just seems to be getting worse the older he gets. Heāll do really well at the start of a food, but after a couple of months he starts obsessively eating grass. I leash walk him, so of course I try to keep him from doing it, but itās at a point where we will walk by a patch of grass and he will crane his neck to get a bite. Itās getting very frustrating for me because I cannot figure out whatās going on.
I switched him to Zignature Trout and Salmon exactly one month ago. He was doing great on it. No grass eating at all. Even now when I feed him he just gobbles up the food and gets excited when he sees me get it out of the cabinet. Poop is formed and firm. He does poop quite a bit, about four times a day. Besides this grass eating heās active and happy.
Iām not sure what to do here. I know if I take him to the vet sheās going to want to put him on a prescription food. Iāve been trying so hard to avoid that. But, I feel like Iāve tried everything I can.
Do you think itās a matter of adding a probiotic to his diet? The only supplements he gets are his hypoallergenic glucosamine chew and an Omega 3 pill.
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BRT.
Susan
ParticipantHi BRT, my Patch does this every time I start introducing him to a new kibble the first month he goes real well, now we are into our 2 month & heās starting to eat grass again of a morning & before lunch..His poos are perfect nice & firm..Heās on a good dog probiotic, I think the new food either gives him stomach acid or makes him feel sick, but the Wellness Simple Duck & Oatmeal has been the longest that heās been without eating his grass on, when trying a new kibble, Im mixing in a little of his vet prescription diet again & he seems better again & stopped the grass eating, he mite eat grass once a week instead of everday when Ive mixed in the vet dietā¦..I found you need to pick kibbles like the vet diets lower in fat% around 10% fat & lower in protein% I stay around 21-24% for protein & things seem OK, but as soon as I increase the protein & fat % Patch becomes a cow with his grass eating again, also pick an easy to digest limited ingredient kibble, that way thereās not as much ingredients to cause this, I want Patch off his vet prescription diet but if he feels better & it stops his grass eating maybe heāll have to stay on the vet presription diet Eukanuba & I just mix in his Wellness Simple as wellā¦. I found another Wellness kibble, the Small Breed Complete Healthy weight the fat% max is 11% but the protein is 28% & it has L-Garnitine that suppose to help the body utilize fat.. so when the Simple is finished Iāll try a bag of the Wellness Small breed Healthy Weight & mix with Patch Vet diet & see if I can slowly take away the Eukanuba Intestinalā¦Good-Luck
Melissaandcrew
MemberTry feeding him a lower fat food. If I recall correctly, Zignature has high fat to meat ratio. No dog should be eating grass constantly, and in my experience its from an upset stomach.
BRT
MemberSo, the vetās suggestion for now is to give him 4mg of Pepcid (famotidine) first thing in the morning to see if that helps. So far, so good. He didnāt eat grass at all this morning, but tried at lunchtime. I might also add a teaspoon of pumpkin to his food to see if that helps.
I continuously research food so I appreciate what you all are saying. Will definitely look into a lower fat food.
Thanks!
DogFoodie
MemberEvery time the subject of Pepcid comes up, I think of Losulās post here: /forums/topic/desperate-for-help-vomits-every-day/page/4/#post-47439
Take a look at what he wrote near the bottom of the post in the paragraph beginning with BTW.
BRT
MemberThank you so much for posting that. I had no idea. His vet basically told me I could give him 4mg of Pepcid every morning for the rest of his life (heās 8 yearās old).
I guess Iām bad to the drawing board. This is been an ongoing struggle to find the right food and itās getting worse the older heās getting. Iām optimistic in the beginning then after about a month it goes downhill (and this is with almost every food Iāve tried).
The only one he had been on for years without problem was Natural Balance LID Venison, but I stopped feeding him that after the recalls.
BRT
MemberI just wanted to post a quick update. Before switching foods again I thought Iād try adding pumpkin their kibble. Itās actually made a difference. Iām wondering if his poop was too firm and he was eating grass to soften it up(?). Just guessing here. But, I add a teaspoon of canned pumpkin to their kibble and he isnāt eating grass anymore. Iāll see how long this works. Thanks for all of the advice. If this bombs then off to Wellness Simple.
Oh, and I stopped the Pepcid.
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BRT.
Cyndi
MemberSo glad you got it figured out BRT, but you should switch foods anyway. Rotating foods is beneficial and maybe, since he started eating grass so much and then you switched foods and he stopped, maybe it would benefit him even moreā¦. Just throwing that out there, but Iām sure you are just so happy he stopped eating grass.
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