What Do White Poos Mean?

[Rilla-My-Rilla]

Wasn't sure whether to put this in here or in Health, so apologies if it's in the wrong place! :-)

We feed our dogs raw, BARF style, and I have noticed that one of the dogs has started doing white/grey poos regularly. I remember someone else asking about them, put couldn't find anything in the search. Probably a silly question , but was just wondering....

Thanks!

[Dame Aussie]

A lot of the time white poos are due to a lot of calcium, ie: bones in the diet. If you regularly feed bones this would most likely be the reason. I always notice white poos whenever we feed a lot of bones :)

[persephone]

yep..nicely digested bone .

[Rilla-My-Rilla]

So it's a good thing? Sorry for my ignorance...there's nothing about white poo in Give Your Dog a Bone :)

[zeebie]

Depends also on whether dog has any other digestive upsets, my dog is also on B.A.R.F and has normal coloured stool. Only time I see them white is if it happens to sit out for a week without being scooped and disposed of.

I do know that in humans white or grey stool indicates lack of bile production to help colour stool content and is often associated with liver problems.

[persephone]

I do know that in humans white or grey stool indicates lack of bile production to help colour stool content and is often associated with liver problems.

...indeed - but dogs fed lots of bone will produce a white, often dry and crumbly stool ..depending on the amount of bone. if our dogs have been royally dining on goat/rabbit and chewing up whole ribcages , etc there will be lots of white produced .

[Rilla-My-Rilla]

Thanks for the replies everyone :D

royally dining on goat/rabbit

Lucky dogs!