introduction to new diet. tips anyone?

[mspepper]

hi
pepper and dude are starting there diets on tuesday
it is highly recommended by the vet..
any tips on how to introduce them to the new food..
walthams weight control.. in the dry and the moist
they have been weighed and measured and have had there exact requirements figured out for them
it is best to do it gradually I know
dude has a very sensitive tummy and I fear he will develop diarrhea

[jazzcat]

Hi mspepper!!!! I reallly don't have any advice for you but I wanted to say hello and ask how Pepper and Dude are doing??

[slick]

Any introduction to new food has to be done gradually. Here's what I did when I switched Max and Speckles to a low-protein diet.
Week 1
80% old food and 20% new food

Week 2
70% old food and 30% new food

Week 3
50% old food and 50% new food

Week 4
30% old food and 70% new food

Week 5
10% old food and 90% new food

Week 6
100% new food

If you don't do it gradually, it can cause tummy upset and the runs.

Good luck.

[mspepper]

thanks so much for the info
I appreciate it so much

[Craftlady]

The better the food less tummy problems. Whenever we've switched it's always been to better grade food. So mixing old with new for 2 weeks tops is all I had to do with our gang. We went from Science Diet Light/Purna One mix (it helped SDL last longer) to Nutro.

[mspepper]

thanks for the help

[Craftlady]

Your welcome. We were also lucky with Eleanor when we adopted her at PetSmart. They were feeding her Friskies, I think or something similar to that for a week and we had to just start her right on Nutro (which is superior food). We had no problems. I know we would of had problems if we hadn't had the Nutro.