Soft Poop Pet Pectillin Question

[Chinwawa]

Have a chin with soft poop. Have read all the threads here. She is eating and drinking and active.

I think it is from treats. I have a probiotic that I will give and will take pellets out.

She always refuses to eat shreddies. So could not try that.

I read about the Pet Pectillin here. If I need to use that what would the dose be?

Thank you in advance for the help.

Of course if I see no improvement we will be off to the vet.

 

[ticklechin]

I give 3ml twice a day for a couple of days, as long as it was food/stress related it cleared it right up. If it does not after a couple of days the chin goes to the vet.

 

[Chinwawa]

Thank you for the speedy reply Dawn. Will get the pectillin on my way home from work.

So I have to catch chin, burrito and squirt? OK. I am pretty sure it is from treats but of course will go to vet if needed.

I guess this will be a burrito night. Have another with very dry back feet that will have to be burritoed. Using bag balm tonight.

 

[ticklechin]

The ones I have gave it to liked the flavor and sucked it down!

 

[Chinwawa]

Oh, I hope so. The one that I have to bagbalm is a pee shooter. LOL
I'll follow up on both accounts on Monday.

Thank you!

 

[Olallie]

What I did for my guy... He loves the taste of the baby gas drops, so I put some of that on the tip of the syringe, and just squirted the pectillin in his mouth. heehee

 

[Chinwawa]

I am proceeding slowly because they both seem to be improving based on me pulling their pellets and giving hay only. I also removed a new soft pumice chew.
Their poops look more normal already.

I have decided to move them into a FN142 as this made me realize how difficult it is to clean the cage they came with when I rescued them. I expedited the shipping and bought all new shelves. I want to move them over on Friday and then clean all the old items or just toss them.

They deserve the best conditions, of course.

 

[Chinwawa]

poop update: more formed, not perfect yet. Now I don't want them to get constipated so will slowly introduce limited amounts of pellets starting tomorrow.

Next question... Should I not go back to free feeding pellets. I was giving hay but free feeding unlimited amount of Oxbow pellets. Should I continue to feed mostly hay and less pellets than I was giving?:wacko:

 

[CTChin]

Faye, I always free feed and tend to be over generous with the hay. However, I do what you do if I have any loose stool and that is pull the pellets for a couple of days and give lots of hay. I slowly introduce the pellets once the stool is looking better. Until it looks perfect, give smaller amounts of pellets. Shreddies tend to help...darn non-shreddie eaters! LOL good luck

Edit: do a search on here about charcoal. I've never tried it but others have.

 

[Chinwawa]

Brenda, thank you so much. Will check on charcoal. Will wait till poop more normal.

Faith and Serena are perfect poopers right now. No worries there.

 

[Chinwawa]

Ahhh the pleasure of normal poop.

Jesh, they really ruined all their ledges. I expedited shipping on an FN142 and they are in a nice new clean cage with new ledges. It took me 7 hours from start to finish to assemble everything but it was easier for me to just transfer them from the horrible to clean cage that they came in when I got them.

I am giving medium amount of pellets still just to keep everything firm.