If you think he's truly constipated you can sprinkle a little Metamucil on his food...or maybe get a little lactulose from the vet(?)
Sent from Lynda's iPad On Nov 26, 2011, at 9:52 AM, "alexisandtim_fl" <[email protected]> wrote: > He is doing well but I'm getting concerned about one thing - he has to be on > rest and when he first came and did a lot of running around he was having two > bowel movements a day. Now he has had ONE in almost three days and I'm > wondering if anyone has any good ideas about keeping him regular. I put some > chia seed in his food this morning and also discovered he likes to eat some > dried zuchinni I had dehydrated a couple of years ago - he thinks it's a > treat but then he tries to eat paper too! > > He is VERY quiet - in the week he has been here he has only barked once - a > couple of rather weak little yips - he does whine at times in the crate but > that's about it. Does this seem unusual? When he is out he WANTS to run > around so 4 months of not letting him is going to be difficult but I do have > to say he is being very good natured and adaptable about it. The other dogs > are getting more used to him slowly. > > Will try to take a pic and post later on today. > >
