Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
How long to give pumpkin?
Our pup has had an upset tummy on and off for the last 6-8 weeks. He basically has loose stools and every once in a while will throw up. The vet checked him out and nothing appeared to be wrong, but he put them on flagyl for 2 weeks and it cleared up some. As soon as he got off flagyl, it came back. We switched his food about 3 weeks ago to Canidae thinking that he may have a wheat allergy but it's really not helping. We tried rice, yogurt, chicken, etc to firm his stools up some but its not working. We started on pumpkin last evening hoping to firm up his stools again. FWIW his first stool of the day, right after he gets up in the am, is pretty firm. He is a happy puppy, active and no other symptoms that he isn't feeling well.
Thanks!
Re: How long to give pumpkin?
From what I understand (we just started our Jasper on pumpkin for similar reasons to yours) you can give pumpkin as long as you want/need. A lot of the other pesties use pumpkin and give it daily as a treat (frozen cubes) or mixed in food.
I posted a question about pumpkin a day or so ago, and might have some information you're looking for.
Here's the link: http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/63595839.aspx