EPI * Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency

I would like to know whether dog food can be made ahead for a whole day, allowed to incubate, and then refrigerated.  buffy

Yes buffy, many here do just that.   I dont, but I have been told that they put it in the frige and then later let it come to room temp.  (no microwave) and that it is fine.   I am sure you will hear from the source directly real soon on this one.  But, I have done it in the past, and it works.   I also free feed Suzie, which means that I mix food for her in the morning, and sometimes she doesnt eat it until noon.  No problem.  I cant speak about wet food, or raw, but with my moistened kibble, it has not been a problem.

Hi Buffy....and welcome to our EPI family. Yes.... many folks do make the food ahead of time...... we have members here who have done that and their dogs do perfectly fine on this method..... while others have tried this and eventually developed SIBO.  My dog is one of the later...... but my friend's EPI dog is one that can indeed have food prepared ahead of time, frig'd and then allowed to come back up to room temp and dog does just fine.

SOoooooooo.. although i personally don't recommend this for me and my dog ;)..... your dog might do just fine with this method... so the best advice i can give is to just try it.......try it for a few days, week or two.... keep an EPI LOG... http://www.epi4dogs.com/downloads.htm

watch and record the poo results (frequency, volume, texture, color) and if all continues to remain fine... not getting sloppy/ more frequent/larger volume or getting a yellowish tinge........then i'd say your dog is one of the dogs that will do just fine with this method.

Hello Buffy,

We typically make a full week worth of meals at one time.  It saves me a ton of time – but moreimportantly Bandy isn’t sitting in the kitchen watching her food incubate.  Okay she still does, but now it’s only once aweek.  The preparation is the same as ifI was making one meal and I store them in the refrigerator.  When it’s meal time I would remove the bowl (stainlesssteel bowl – collects heat) from the fridge and I would set the bowl in somehot water to speed up the warming process. The key to the warm up process is to ensure that the enzymes do not getto hot (that’s why no microwave as mentioned above).  If they are introduced to too high of tempsthe enzymes are structurally changed and become less effective.  I try to stay under 104 degrees Fahrenheit.  We are fortunate – Bandy doesn’t mind coldfood and gets it right out of the fridge.