Soil...

Indiana · Guru

Soil...

Siouxsie · Enlightened One

What do you feed Indiana on and what are the mineral level of the food - it can sometimes be a mineral deficiency that can make a dog eat soil, or if he is on a good complete food then his body might not be absorbing the mineral content as well as it should be.

Would be keen to know what food he is on.

-- Edited by Siouxsie at 19:52, 2006-12-06

Indiana · Guru

Thanks for replying. Indiana is on 'Hill's Science Plan Nature's Best' dry dog food for breakfast which contains calcium 0.99%, phosphorus 0.81%, sodium 0.46%, potassium 0.74%, protien 27.6, fat 12.9, fibre 2.8, ash 6.5, moisture 8%.

For dinner he has either pasta and peas or rice and peas, with either liver, lamb mince, tuna, or corned beef.

This has been a trial and error with us in terms of his skin. He had terrible dandruff when we first got him and had loose stools. This diet suits him the best but I am worried he is missing out on something since he is eating the soil.

Alexis

Siouxsie · Enlightened One

How many grammes does Indiana get daily and on to poo talk

had the poo firmed up and does he do lots?

Teresa · Enlightened One

hehehe, we just love talking poo on here !!!

on a serious note, I have found that a tablespoon of natural yoghurt, once a day in their dinner, makes the poo much firmer. Our gang have had no problems since I introduced the natural youghurt.

Indiana · Guru

He gets 200g of dry dog food and 400-500g of food in evening. Since going onto this diet the poos have been firm and he goes three times a day.

Lovely conversation this!

Siouxsie · Enlightened One

Hi Alexis

It was nice to talk to you and I will speak to you soon.

Siouxsie

Indiana · Guru

Thanks Siouxsie

I will move onto dry dog food for both meals and let you know how it goes.

Fingers crossed!

Alexis

carolineasb · Representative Member

Alexis

Just to let you know that I used to feed my Sascha (8yr old female Grey) & Alfie (4yr old male Lurcher) on the Hill's Nature Diet but I had to stop as Sascha started to pee herself even lying in her bed & the Vet got me to change her diet. I can't remember what it was that he found in her urine sample. If you smell the food it smells as if it is highly flavoured/salted. They are both now on Ardengrange Dry food which you can buy in a few different flavours.

Caroline

Siouxsie · Enlightened One

thanks for that Caroline

- Alexis and I had a chat on the phone last night and she is changing Indiana on to AG.

-- Edited by Siouxsie at 18:46, 2006-12-07

Laura · Master

Rosie has started eating soil over the past week or so. She is on Arden Grange. Whenever she is put out in the garden she eats the soil from the pots. Any ideas how we can stop her? And will it do her harm?

Siouxsie · Enlightened One

Divert her attention as soon as she goes for the soil, either with a toy or vocally as in play and treat as soon as she come away from it.

Laura · Master

Thanks Siouxsie. I thought that might be what we have to do.