Pumpkin Question

I started mixing some pumpkin in with Marley's food to control his diarrhea and he LOVES it! Does anyone know if to much pumpkin is bad for him. I always mix it in with some wet cat food, is it okay to give it to him all the time? If not how much is to much?

I'm actually not sure and someone with more knowledge should be along with an answer, but my first instinct would be not more than a tablespoon per day and not over a prolonged time period. As I said, that's just my "instinct" so don't take it as gospel. Sharky is pretty wise about these things and I'm sure she'll be along soon.

I don't know either but I would imagine use pumpkin as a treat instead of mixing it in the food. I'm sure you can just call up your Vet or the technician to answer that question for you. I give about 1 spoonful every other day to my two kittens as their treat and they love it.

When our vet recommended it, he said to give one teaspoon per day, for not more than three days at a time. So I wouldn't give it every day. If you do keep giving it, the cat tends to start having digestive upset... so there is such a thing as too much.

Since the helpful ingredient in the pumpkin is fiber, you might try looking into feeding a cat food with more fiber on a regular basis. I was having to resort to the pumpkin when I was feeding supermarket food, but when I (reluctantly) switched to Nutro food, the cat became regular and hasn't needed pumpkin since.

So I give my cats pumpkin twice a day EVERYDAY and they love it and have no bad side effects. Callie probably gets about 1/2 t daily and Hannah gets about 2 t daily. It really helps keep them moving and keeps Callie's stools softer, as she normally has harder, drier stools.

Stephanie