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moolinia

7 month puppy has loose stools even after transitioning her to new food, when should I change food again?

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Hello, me and my 7 month samoyed, Luna, has been on a loose stool poop journey since the beginning of December (sigh...).

Here's a very short history of what happened so far:

- Beginning of December, randomly has severe diarrhea, thought it was the stomach bug, poop came negative (parasites and Giardia) was put into meds and prescription diet. Before any of this, I fed her Purina Pro Puppy Shredded Chicken and Rice. SUPER HEALTHY POOPS..... literally. Don't know what happened.

- After meds and putting back her original kibble diet, still had loose stools, fecal test still negative, vet thinks it's a diet thing so was put into a trial for prescription (chicken and turkey)

- 4/5 weeks has passed, Luna still has loose stools, I decided that "ok fk it maybe she's allergic to chicken or somesort and I wanna put her into a fish diet"

- Beginning of January, I slowly transition her to Purina Pro Puppy Salmon Sensitive Stomach

- It is now the present... and it's been about 1.5 weeks to her new salmon kibbles and she still has some loose stools. Some days her poo will take shape (which is like... an improvement) but they are still soft. Some days her poop come out loose first then form a shape. Basically... her poop still hasn't gone back to its super firm healthy poop.

I called the vet again, and she advised that maybe Luna can't really handle the protein and she suggested she be put on Royal Canin Hydrolyzed Protein. I did some research on that type of food and was thinking I could switch... BUT since I just transitioned her to the salmon food, should I just wait a bit longer and see how her body reacts? I just started these new kibbles and I am NOW realizing I am being really impatient to see results. I heard it'll take a month or two for new food to react properly. Should I wait a bit longer and see how her salmon kibbles go for her before I put her into a Hydrolyzed Protein Diet?

Posted Jan 20, 2022, 5:45 PM UTC

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Cursethewind🥇 Champion; Mika NTD/Sebastian NTD•

I'd say, ask the vet.

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helleraine🥇 Champion•

I would swap to the hydrolyzed diet, but I would also ask your vet if the meds could have impacted her stomach and if something like a probiotic might be a good next step instead of a food swap. Just food for thought? Some meds can really jack up gut health. My vet has typically always recommend following up things like antibiotics with a probiotic (post course completion).

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ForosnaiHusky and Golden Retriever•

I'd second this, just because we were given some probiotics after one of ours needed to go on antibiotics for a bit, and he was better than ever afterward.

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InsideCondition•

One thing to think about, and maybe ask the vet, is quantity can also cause loose stools. It might be worth trying smaller meals more frequently (3 times a day instead of 2 for example) and see if that helps.

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