Pancreatitis- Is Raw Safe?

[Houndess]

My girl is 13.4 years old.

Her first and only bout with pancreatitis was in August 2014. She's on a low fat kibble. I want to switch to raw. Is it safe?

[Houndess]

My girl is 13.4 years old.

Her first and only bout with pancreatitis was in August 2014. She's on a low fat kibble. I want to switch to raw. Is it safe?

[RedHead]

I fed my very first dog on raw because she had pancreatitis and wasn't thriving too well on the low fat kibble (dry skin and fur, sensitive tummy, weekly vomiting, etc.). She did amazing on it...it literally changed her health around 100% and we never had another food issue for the rest of her life. It just seemed to be way more digestible for her.

 

Usually, the diets recommended for pancreatitis have a higher amount of veggie and starch content in them. The diet we used was about 50% meat (bones, organs, included), 25% veggie, and 25% starch (usually sweet potato or barley). Once she was used to it, we did increase the meat content. Obviously stick with lean meats, and remove skin from chicken, etc. (raw does not have to be any higher in fat than other diets!!)

 

I wouldn't recommend raw for a dog who is just recovering from a bad attack, but since your dog is now recovered, it may be fine.

[JAJ2010]

I would imagine you would need to find a low fat raw diet, so not sure you found use the prepared raw. I'm not familiar with pancreatic issues first hand. So I'm not much help.

[3greytjoys]

Considering my teenage Greyhounds' sensitive systems, I would not risk feeding raw meats. (The oldest is age 15.)

 

Have you thought about safely cooking the raw meat (without any toxic spices)?

 

 

If interested, the following professional veterinary organizations discourage feeding raw meat to dogs.

Dangerous organisms in raw meat that are shed in dogs' stools can survive for weeks or longer in the environment.

 

1. American Veterinary Medical Association

 

2. The American Animal Hospital Association

 

3. American College of Veterinary Nutritionists

 

4. National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians

 

5. U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention

 

6. U.S. Food and Drug Administration

 

Etc...

[juliemac]

My (now angel) seniors didn't like raw diet even though they had liked it when they were younger. My boy Riley needed his food cooked medium, while Baby preferred medium rare. (sigh).

 

good luck!

[dante2zoe]

My whippet got pancreatitis (lamb is very fatty) but continued on raw and never had another bout. I never feed lamb any more either for anyone. All my seniors have embraced the raw diet, too. I feed my current one a ground mix for breakfast and whatever they are having for dinner - that works well. My last senior didn't have any teeth so I ground all his food. He did well, too.

Good luck!

[Houndess]

Thanks all!

[Houndess]

Thank you