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Is my IBD dog's sweet potato & rabbit diet nutritionally balanced?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Greyhound | Female | spayed | 9 years and 3 months old | 32 lbs

Chronic ibd, eating sweet potato and rabbit which appears to agree with her (no sickness stince started and firmer stools). Has had wormer, currently taking serrapeptase ant acids and having weekly vitamin b injections and waiting for lypex and tylosin to arrive. The vet said the sweet potato and rabbit diet could be long term due to the severity of the ibd, should I be supplementing this to ensure she is getting the correct nutrition? What pre and pro biotics should I use? Thank you

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Answered By Lauren Barry, BVSc, MRCVS, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on September 10th, 2017

Hi There I'm glad that you've found a diet that works for Doris. Are you home cooking sweet potato and rabbit or is it a commercially prepared diet? If you are home cooking you are correct that you will need to add a supplement to create a balanced diet for her. My suggestions would be to start with the website called balanceit.com and also justfoodfordogs.com. Both these sites are based in the US, but your vet in the UK may have a suggestion that is easier to obtain in the UK. Most of the vet schools in the UK will have a veterinary nutrition specialist that also could be a source of help in creating a good nutritional plan. A probiotic that is avaiable in Europe and the US is called "Fortiflora" this is made specifically for dogs and is a very palatable powder that you mix with food. There is a human probiotic called VSL-3 which is gaining interest by veterinary medicine specialists as a high quality product. It comes as a capsule and can be purchased online.

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    Answered By Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS

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    If this is a commercial diet, there is usually no need to supplement anything else. A good probiotic would be Fortiflora, but tis use should be supervised by your veterinarian anyway as Doris is taking many different medications at this stage. Please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.

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