Pumpkin for Pets
Holistic Pet Tip—Canned pumpkin is a great addition to your pet’s diet to help with diarrhea and constipation.
Dogs and cats can both benefit from adding pumpkin to their diets. It is a good source of soluble and insoluble fiber, which can help with diarrhea, colitis, anal sac disease and constipation. It is also very nutritious and high in antioxidants, beta-carotene and vitamin A.
Dose is 1 tsp-1 TBS twice a day for cats, 1-4 TBS twice a day for dogs.
You can also try this tasty recipe from Dr Khalsa’s Natural Dog book:
Pumpkin Nut Loaf Topper
2 cups whole-wheat flour (replace with 1 cup coconut flour and 1 cup tapioca flour for gluten-free)
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 cups pumpkin pulp (canned or fresh)
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs
1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup pumpkin seeds, finely chopped (easy to do in food processor)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix or sif together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Combine the pumpkin, molasses, milk, olive oil and eggs in a mixing bowl or blend in a blender. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir in the chopped pumpkin seeds. Spread the mixture in a well-greased standard loaf pan and bake for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool and crumble on top of pet’s food.
