Follow the directions explicitly - feed no other foods or treats . If your pet is taking any other medicine, tell your veterinarian about it so that interactions between the diet and medicine can be controlled. A trial with a therapeutic diet usually takes three to six weeks before your veterinarian will be able to accurately assess the results of the trial. Be patient, and remember, diarrheas in some pets may actually worsen for a few days while the pet's digestive tract is becoming accustomed to the new diet. Importance of Fiber Fiber is a carbohydrate in our diet that cannot be digested by enzymes.
Insoluble fibers provide bulk to the diet and help food and water move through the digestive tract.
It is well established that fiber-rich diets can be used to manage constipation in pets because fiber increases water retention in the intestines which softens the stool. The increased bulk also increases the propulsive movements of the intestine, helping to alleviate the constipation. Amazingly enough, fiber also can be used to treat some diarrheas. In diarrheic animals fiber normalizes intestinal transit time, which increases water absorption form the colon. Therefore, there is less water lost in the stool.