https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/29734/diet-selection-for-megacolon-in-cats What experience does everyone have with choice of diet for managing megacolon in cats? Do the prescription gastrointestinal diets work well? en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/229554?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:14:45 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c2c4e1c0-f03c-4d67-91e3-98797105a1c9Emily Ross<p>Thank you very much Lisa and Andy, it will be interesting to see the benefits of the biome diet as you say but you have given me something to work with already thank you</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/229547?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:44:48 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:78735db0-872e-491a-a030-048983dc90b8Andrew Kent<p>In my hands this is trial and error but I often find low residue diets (ie GI diets) are more helpful than high fibre as some cats can&#39;t handle the increased bulk. So I start with GI diets and see how I go. Then definitely consider high fibre. I know there has been an ongoing study into the Hills GI Biome diet (which may have some other benefits from a gut health point of view) but haven&#39;t seen any findings yet...</p> <p>Andy</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/229525?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 01 Apr 2021 09:56:51 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:8ffa19e7-be97-4457-b257-f9766625abb3Lisa Gardbaum<p>Hi Emily</p> <p>The main diet I find of benefit in these cases is one containing the soluble fibre psyllium. Royal Canin fibre response does. Otherwise you can feed and easily digestible, low residue diet eg RC sensitivity, Hills ID and can add psyllium husks (1 teaspoon a day) but some cats will not eat the food with it in. Any of these diets will only help in mild cases of megacolon.</p> <p>Regards</p> <p>Lisa</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>