What to Feed a Dog with Colitis (+ cure their diarrhea) - Dog Health Vet Advice

Описание: My dog is recovering from a nasty bout of colitis. What foods can I offer her to tempt her to eat again? Here are some home treatment and diet suggestions to get your dog with colitis diarrhea back to normal!

Here's what I discuss:

Colitis is diarrhea due to a problem in the lower intestinal tract. Signs and symptoms include straining with little produced, mucus and some blood.
Generally due to problems within the colon rather than the rest of the body
“Normal” liquid diarrhea without blood or mucus can be due to issues within the gut but also the rest of the body

when to see the vet and when it's safe to try treating colitis at home

The best diet for colitis recovery:
Bland food that is easily digestible
Avoid high fat, high salt, rich foods
Fibre important for health and recovery of colonocytes - cells lining the colon

Home cooked vs commercial diets
Various quality commercial diets that are specifically designed for intestinal recovery
Easily digestible
Prebiotics to encourage good bacteria + discourage harmful bacterial overgrowth
Complete diets so can be fed longer term without problems
Home cooked
Chicken, rice, pasta, white fish, cottage cheese, scrambled egg
Try blending
Not balanced but more easily digestible

Probiotics - Can speed up recovery but don’t make a huge amount of difference in general
Don't know best bugs to include
Unregulated + quality control is poor

Tempt to eat
Fresh, warm, hand feed, if private eaters then leave to it for 20 minutes

If not eating/recovering or getting worse then reassess diagnosis with your vet. Additional treatments (anti-nausea meds for example) may be needed or different tests/diagnosis

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