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by VBK9 on 25 November 2006 - 21:11
Does anyone have good links or recipies for nutritionally complete soft food? I have a pup with esophogeal diverticulam from a PRAA surgery and he needs to be on a soft slurry like food. Canned food is too darned expensive plus it is full of junk. Any help would be greatly appriciated!
by corieone on 25 November 2006 - 21:11
Here is a link for a food called NDF. I had a dog with a throat problem and we tried everything and this worked great. You can water it down a bit to make it easier for the dog to eat and at the same time you don't have to add so much water that the dog can't eat enough. It isn't cheap but they don't have to eat a huge amount of it to maitain.
Good Luck
http://www.phdproducts.com/main/phdpath.asp?page=196
by animules on 25 November 2006 - 22:11
Since you already feed a high quality dry food, could you soak it in goats milk until soft then run it through your blender? Most grocery stores carry goats milk now.
Good luck with the pup.
by blueskyekennels on 25 November 2006 - 22:11
Hi Animules,
Why Goats milk? Just curious as to why Cow's milk might not work...Thanks
by stephenitz on 25 November 2006 - 22:11
cow's milk is not good for dogs and kill puppies.the benefits of goats milk r easily found thru any search engine.the blender is the best advice !
by EDD in Afgan on 25 November 2006 - 23:11
The blender is great. I use to soak the food and then hand mush it when weaning puppies with all them howling cause they were hungry, now a couple seconds in the blender with warm water and done.
Never thought of the goat milk.
mike
by BabyEagle4U on 26 November 2006 - 01:11
I make a thick patte out of cooked chicken livers, bread cubes and goats milk.
by Bob-O on 26 November 2006 - 02:11
The goat's milk can be found two (2) ways. First, condensed, and second, dry. It is very close to the dam's milk and very digestable.
I believe that since many people are lactose-intolerant, that the goat's milk has won itself a presence on the shelves of most grocery stores. The nice thing about the condensed milk is that is is ready from the can, and does not need refrigeration unless opened.
As far as I know, only a calf can digest cow's milk well!
Bob-O
by animules on 26 November 2006 - 03:11
Many stores in our area have goats milk in the carton in the refrigerator section, right next to cows milk and soy milk. We also know some goat breeders we can get milk from. The suggest freezing it for when needed, we've never tried that but may sometime.
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