![]() I am also to up the fibre I put into his raw diet and try different fibre veggies. But I am just not sure what his stomach is upset from in his raw diet. Narrow or stringy stools can be a sign of constipation, colorectal cancer, anal cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, or parasitic infections. I know forsure that he can not eat Nature's Variety Instinct canned rabbit because he threw up and had a pencil thin stool after eating this food. So, I am now going to keep a journal of exactly what I feed him each day so I can figure out what is upsetting his tummy the next time he has a pencil thin stool. Irritable bowel syndrome often causes changes in the shape and consistency due to altered colonic motility. Rorabeck notes that pencil-thin poop (a popular topic on Instagram) is left out. She believes that Bishop has irritable bowels, allergies/sensitivities to different foods/ingredients. While the chart helps depict different stool shapes, Dr. cancer, etc.) because the stools would not change to normal once his food was changed. She does not think it is life threatening (ie. There are usually associated symptoms like abdominal cramps, vomiting or fever. They can also be bacterial like salmonella and shigella or may be parasitic like giardiasis. Viruses are the most common infective cause of stringy stools. She said she has heard of these pencil thin stools many times. Intestinal infections lead to loose stools, which may be narrow too. And then I told her about his pencil thin stools on a raw diet and how they changed back to normal when I put him on canned grainfree food. I gave her Bishop's history with his tummy, diarrhea, loose stools over the years on vet prescribed pet food. It’s broken up into seven categories based on a 2,000-person study. I feel much more at ease about these pencil thin stools now.I had a phone consult with my fairly new holistic vet yesterday. The Bristol stool chart is an overarching indicator of how and why different types of poops look or feel a certain way.
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