Another poop question!
My 5 month kitty has been on a raw diet since he was 10 weeks. I started with commercial raw (PetsGoRaw, full chicken meal for cats) but it has large-ish bone chips that he doesn't seem to like. At one point he coughed up several undigested bone bits along with a furball, and I decided to switch to making my own. I followed the Dr. Pierson recipe, but with the added egg yolks and with a kelp supplement instead of lite salt (couldn't find lite salt anywhere and the local pet store said kelp was a good substitute?).
When I first switched to the homemade, I noticed his poop got much much darker, a black/green, turdy (??) consistency, sometimes with a bit of mucus. This past week I had to temporarily switch back to commercial (turkey this time). After switching, his poop is now almost completely white and very dry. Also it looks less like little round turds pushed together and more like the normal cat poo logs. He isn't straining really, but there can be a bit of a pause between the squat and the poop (after some landscaping of the litter box, haha). He goes every day or day and a half.
What I'm wondering is, which poop type is "normal"?? I'm finding differing opinions, some saying the light poop means too much bone, and others saying it means a great digestive system. If his poop really should be lighter, then I'm worried that the homemade raw diet isn't properly balanced for him. Alternatively, if really light/white poop is a serious problem then I need to bring him to the vet. (His vet isn't pro-raw so I don't think they would be much help with my diet questions).
Hopefully someone more experienced can help me??
My 5 month kitty has been on a raw diet since he was 10 weeks. I started with commercial raw (PetsGoRaw, full chicken meal for cats) but it has large-ish bone chips that he doesn't seem to like. At one point he coughed up several undigested bone bits along with a furball, and I decided to switch to making my own. I followed the Dr. Pierson recipe, but with the added egg yolks and with a kelp supplement instead of lite salt (couldn't find lite salt anywhere and the local pet store said kelp was a good substitute?).
When I first switched to the homemade, I noticed his poop got much much darker, a black/green, turdy (??) consistency, sometimes with a bit of mucus. This past week I had to temporarily switch back to commercial (turkey this time). After switching, his poop is now almost completely white and very dry. Also it looks less like little round turds pushed together and more like the normal cat poo logs. He isn't straining really, but there can be a bit of a pause between the squat and the poop (after some landscaping of the litter box, haha). He goes every day or day and a half.
What I'm wondering is, which poop type is "normal"?? I'm finding differing opinions, some saying the light poop means too much bone, and others saying it means a great digestive system. If his poop really should be lighter, then I'm worried that the homemade raw diet isn't properly balanced for him. Alternatively, if really light/white poop is a serious problem then I need to bring him to the vet. (His vet isn't pro-raw so I don't think they would be much help with my diet questions).
Hopefully someone more experienced can help me??