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Why do you want to change food?

The digestive tract of dogs is relatively short, and the diversity of intestinal flora is far less than ours, so during the period of dog food exchange, a little carelessness can easily lead to gastrointestinal discomfort, diarrhea, allergies and other symptoms.

So why give the dog food? Is it not good to eat the same food all the time?

Ki Ma feels that no matter how good the dog food is, even if the formula is comprehensive, there are only a few kinds of meat sources, such as fish, chicken, duck, beef, mutton, venison, kangaroo meat, and so on. Even though many high-quality dog foods are carefully balanced in terms of ingredients, formula, proportion and nutrition, letting dogs eat only one kind of dog food in their lifetime is equivalent to letting us eat rice, vegetables, ribs, fish soup and apples every day. Although it is rich and nutritious, who can stand it for a long time?

The same is true of

dogs, such as a lifetime intake of only the same group of nutrients, or a single food, it is not easy to meet the body's diverse needs, and can not get different vitamins, minerals, trace elements.

Plus Kiki is a very picky eater, sometimes a bag of food is not finished, he is tired of eating, so Kiki has changed food many times so far, Kiki Ma roughly lists several kinds of experience of changing food, to share with you ~

1. Ordinary puffed grain for grain

Similar to this kind of puffed food, ki hemp will follow the seven-day food exchange method ~

It is to gradually add new dog food to the original dog food every day. The suggestions are as follows: The proportion of new and old dog food on the

first day is about 10% of new food and 90% of old food.

The next day, the proportion of new and old dog food was about 20% of new food and 80% of old food.

On the third day, the proportion of new and old dog food was about 30% for new food and 70% for old food.

On the fourth day, the proportion of new and old dog food was about 40% for new food and 60% for old food.

On the fifth day, the proportion of new and old dog food was about 60% for new food and 40% for old food. On

the sixth day, the proportion of new and old dog food was about 80% for new food and 20% for old food. Completely replace with new dog food on the

seventh day.

Doing

so will help prevent disorders in the dog's digestive system and avoid digestive stress reactions.

Second, caviare dog food for food.

One of the selling points of caviar dog food is that it is recommended to replace the old food directly with this food.

So Ki Ma implemented ~ according to the official recommendation.

On the first day, the new and old grain accounted for 50%, and on the second day, the new grain accounted for 100%, directly through the grain exchange period, and Kiki did not have any discomfort symptoms.

Ki Ma feels that this is the unique formula of this grain, which is not applicable to all puffed grains, but this grain exchange process is really the most worry-free one ~

3. Freeze-dried food for food

We know that freeze-dried food is a production process in which food is dehydrated and sublimated after rapid cooling and low temperature. In essence, freeze-dried food is raw meat.

For Kiki, who was used to eating puffed food at that time, the first time he came into contact with raw meat freeze-dried food, Kiki was worried that he would not be able to adapt to it in a short period of time, so the time for exchanging new and old food was extended to 15 days.

It took 15 days to slowly and thoroughly convert the original puffed food into freeze-dried food. During the whole process of food exchange, Kiki had a high acceptance of freeze-dried food and no discomfort occurred.

Four, air-dried food for food.

The meat and protein content of this kind of dog food is also much higher than puffed food that Kiki is used to eating, and Kiki also wanted to use the 15-day food exchange method at that time.

I remember that Kiki liked to eat it the first day, but after a few days, he took out the air-dried food from the bowl and only ate the old food. After that, no matter what he did (feeding it as a snack, soaking it in water, tearing it into pieces, grinding it into powder, starving him, it was useless!)

Kiki just didn't eat it at all, and finally he had no choice but to give away such an expensive peak!

This is a failed food exchange experience, but Kiki not only does not eat the peak, other brands of air-dried food do not eat!

All right, after stepping on the thunder, the hemp won't buy air-dried food any more, but it also saves money.

Precautions for grain exchange

1. Select the similar formula

For children with sensitive intestines and stomach, they can choose a formula similar to the old grain, such as the old grain is mainly chicken, the new grain can also choose chicken, or chicken + fish and so on. There is no big difference in the formula between the

old and the new grain, thus reducing the discomfort symptoms.

2. What about palatability?

The price of a bag of dog food is not cheap. It's a big waste to buy it back without eating it.

Ki Ma tried to starve him! Is hungry, or during the period do not give snacks to eat, such as Kiki hungry to eat new food, but Kiki is very stubborn, this method sometimes works, sometimes not!

② Buy small bags of tasting packs. Some brands will produce small bags of tasting packs. You can buy them back for your children to try first. Sometimes Kiki will ask his pet friends for a little bit for Kiki to try.

③ Select according to the habit

For example, Kiki does not like to eat air-dried food, Kiki hemp does not buy, and Kiki likes to eat small particles of dog food, lack of interest in large particles, Kiki hemp in the selection, will prefer small particles ~

3. Addition of probiotics

During the food exchange period, we will pay special attention to the addition of probiotics, digestion tablets, digestive enzymes and other elements!

Help to balance the beneficial bacteria in the intestinal tract, promote digestion and absorption, help Kiki better through the food change period, reduce gastrointestinal discomfort and stress reaction.

Matters needing attention after grain exchange

1, Kiki will pay attention to whether Kiki has frequent itching, scratching and other phenomena?

If so, consider whether the skin allergy symptoms are caused by the new food?

If so, stop feeding the new food.

2, Kiki will also observe whether Kiki's water intake has increased? Is

the stool formed? Soft and hard? And tear stains.

❤ Ki Ma said ~

I think if the dog does not have a "glass stomach" or any special circumstances, the dog food can be changed to feed, here refers to the change of feeding is not a kind of today, tomorrow for another kind of oh, it is not recommended to change food frequently, a certain food is recommended to eat at least 3 months and then change, generally about 6 months can be changed once. It is also not recommended to mix old and new dog food together for a long time.

If the dog's stomach is sensitive, or the protein content of the replacement dog food is much higher than that of the original dog food, or the meat content of the new dog food is much higher than that of the old dog food, or the original puffed food is replaced by raw meat freeze-dried food, it is recommended to extend the food exchange cycle to 10-15 days.

The specific situation should be changed according to the dog's stomach, constitution, and the characteristics of the dog food. After all, we often hear some parents say that their children do not need any food exchange process, and it's all right to eat directly.

Therefore, dogs are different, with individual differences and particularities. For the sake of safety, we should adopt the method of changing dog food during the transition period.

The above is Kiki's experience of exchanging food. There are failures, but most of them are successful experiences. I hope it will be helpful to my pet friends.