Diarrhea after food change?

[LarryL]

Oliver is a little over 3 months - he's been with me a bit over two weeks.

At the two week mark I wanted to change his food.
We are switching from Royal Canin mini puppy - to Orijen puppy.
We didn't switch cold turkey, but father I mixed the orijen w the RC kibble.
Maybe I mixed too much?

It's about 65/70% RC & 30/35% Orijen.
He's been eating that since Thursday.

Yesterday he had hist first diarrhea.
For the most part he always had soft BM's - but this was full blown diarrhea.
In the last two weeks I've always tried pumpkin to harden up his stool, but it doesn't really work for us.

Also today's stool looked a bit mucus-y
We have an appt at the vet and are bring a stool sample.



My question is - when changing foods, is diarrhea normal?
Like is it his body just adjusting to it?
Or does diarrhea mean he can't take the food?

Thanks in advance for all the great insight I'm sure to receive!

Larry & Oliver

[Brittney & Cally]

Larry, I would post this in the food group!

[Gem's Jewel]

First know it could be a coincidence, but you might try 1 to 5 ratio for a few days, then move to 2 to 3 ratio for a few days and keep adding Orijen until a complete change. It would also be good to skip breakfast and then give a little cooked organic rice with organic chicken broth and a little cooked organic chicken for a few meals. Be sure all ingredients are organic to make sure added ingredients don't get into his little system. So glad you are switching food...RC is rated very low. Hope he feels better soon! Keep us posted

[Carol Hanr]

Whenever my dogs (all 4) switch foods I add pumpkin. Have never had any problems. One of the dogs actually gets pumpkin daily for other issues related to age related problems. For more help I'd post in the food group.