I was having a discussion with someone in the nutrition forum about stool size. Rather than take the thread off-topic, I figured I'd start this one.
Whenever people start feeding raw, the questions about stool size, frequency, and texture often come up, so maybe this will be helpful anyway. :lol3:
I think most people feeding raw find that the volume is considerably less; the texture is harder and drier, and for many, the frequency is less. Of 8 cats, I only have one that has a bowel movement every day, and his stool volume is less than the other cats, who now have bowel movements every 2 to 3 days. Yet they are not constipated.
The stool of my cats is not as dry as it used to be since I added egg yolk lecithin to their diet daily (to help prevent hairballs).
I don't know whose stool this is - I just know it isn't Chumley's. So this represents 2 or 3 days worth of eating. The last meal where they had red meat was Thursday, when the food was beef. Thus the stool is mottled - the light is poultry, the dark is beef.
I do give my cats probiotics and digestive enzymes.
So here's the size:
And there is actually not a lot of fecal matter in the stool. It's mostly a "poop crust" over hair. This is a close-up (sorry!)
Whenever people start feeding raw, the questions about stool size, frequency, and texture often come up, so maybe this will be helpful anyway. :lol3:
I think most people feeding raw find that the volume is considerably less; the texture is harder and drier, and for many, the frequency is less. Of 8 cats, I only have one that has a bowel movement every day, and his stool volume is less than the other cats, who now have bowel movements every 2 to 3 days. Yet they are not constipated.
The stool of my cats is not as dry as it used to be since I added egg yolk lecithin to their diet daily (to help prevent hairballs).
I don't know whose stool this is - I just know it isn't Chumley's. So this represents 2 or 3 days worth of eating. The last meal where they had red meat was Thursday, when the food was beef. Thus the stool is mottled - the light is poultry, the dark is beef.
I do give my cats probiotics and digestive enzymes.
So here's the size:
And there is actually not a lot of fecal matter in the stool. It's mostly a "poop crust" over hair. This is a close-up (sorry!)
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