need fiber advice thats safe

[Summers Mom]

Summer has hard poops. So hard that they crumble into powder when mashed with the pooper scooper, i also noticed a tad of blood on a piece like she strained. this was going on before the lantus also. Is plain canned pumpkin ok OR does it have too much carbs and natural sugar in it? For a 1/2 cup it has 10 carbs and i have gave her a good teaspoon before. if not pumkin, what about slippery elm bark? I have no idea how much though as i just bought the slippery elm yesterday, it is 400 mg each capsule. And she eats a raw diet with extra water for hydration. Thank you.

 

[Chris/China (GA)/Garfield]

So hard that they crumble into powder when mashed with the pooper scooper

That's actually totally normal if she's on a raw diet!!

Dr. Lisa has some good pictures and advice on her website under Constipation

 

[JanetNJ]

Summer has hard poops. So hard that they crumble into powder when mashed with the pooper scooper, i also noticed a tad of blood on a piece like she strained. this was going on before the lantus also. Is plain canned pumpkin ok OR does it have too much carbs and natural sugar in it? For a 1/2 cup it has 10 carbs and i have gave her a good teaspoon before. if not pumkin, what about slippery elm bark? I have no idea how much though as i just bought the slippery elm yesterday, it is 400 mg each capsule. And she eats a raw diet with extra water for hydration. Thank you.

You can totally give pumpkin. Add extra water to the food too.

 

[Beenie (GA)]

Hi
I use Miralax and Vetasyl. I don't see Vetasyl mentioned often here but it works well. You can buy it on Amazon here. If a fiber supplement is what you're looking for I recommend it. I just open the capsule and sprinkle it on the kitties food add a little water and the taste is either never detected or they like it. My civvie that really needs it liked pumpkin two times then turned his nose up to it. Never an issue with Vetasyl (physllium husk).