hi all had to take my crystal to the vets,she has really bad runs with some blood in vet said to feed her a bland diet for 48 hrs,
so what would be the best sort of thing to give her??
rice and chicken? what other things would help her many thanks
mandy.

Hi Mandy - I would probably not feed her for a day... then introduce some pasta and some boiled chicken...what is she normally fed on?

Hi Mandy, yes boneless chicken [$ rice also white boneless fish, turkey, scrambled eggs, live yoghurt, actimel. Did he say when to start feeding her ie] leave her a while before giving her food? If he didn`t check with him, but most recommend leaving dogs 12/24hrs after last bout of diarrhoea. Cook the rice in the water you`ve cooked the chicken/fish in & if you have any stock left over you can give it to her to drink. I also cook a carrot, clove of garlic maybe bit of parsley, celery etc with the meat then strain it & use the liquid for the rice. How old is she & did he give you any medication?
Hope she gets better soon :)

Christine, Spain.

Hi Christine and Mandy,

Turkey is quite a rich meat (or it used to be in the days before intensive farming). If giving bland food is the aim I have to disagree with Christine in this instance and would not add anything to the plain boiled rice/chicken/fish, at least for the first 24 hours of feeding it (after starving for 24 hours) to see how her stomach is settling.

Vets used to "prescribe" scrambled eggs a lot more than they do now because so many people add milk, salt, pepper and other flavourings when preparing them so they were no longer "bland"

Kerioak

thanks all vet said not to give anything milky at all,she has never had anything like it anyway,she was starved yesterday,
vet said feed her little chicken and plain boiled rice today and see how she goes,she has burst blood vessels in her bottom from going to the loo so much,she never has stained to go so im at a loss to why this happened,thankfully she seems alot better in her self .
she is normally feed james wellbeloved and a raw chicken wing,which she loves,
many thanks for all your help
mandy.

Hi Christine, I should have said the turkey breast or white turkey meat which is very easily digested & tolerated by invalids & sick animals. The broth also is strained & any veg discarded which makes a highly nutritious drink & is a good way to keep them from getting dehydrated & a good way of getting nutrients into a dog that has no or little appetite, live youghurt helps soothe the gut & put back the good bacteria especially if a/biotics are being given. The scrambled egss of course should be made without anything being added :)

Christine, Spain.

When Bess has Diarr+Vom I always give her porridge made with water and also Slippery Elm if I've got any. She used to have a delicate stomach when she was on a certain food (changed that now) and the first time she was really bad, had some blood in it both ends. I starved her a day and it made her worse. When I tried the porridge it improved within a couple of hours and she was OK by next day. I've used it 3 or 4 times now and it's worked quickly every time. Obviously you'd want to get back to meat as soon as poss. but I think it's more soothing than meat at first as it coats the stomach. Needs to be made with water only though.

Hope she's feeling better soon. :)

Kath.

thanks for everyones advice :)
i woke this morning and thankfully crystal seems 95% better was all over me like a rash which she hadnt been for a couple of days,
i will give her chicken and rice again today and then go back to her normal diet,
many thanks again
mandy. :)