Do any of y'all have insights linking particular diets or ingredients with poodles producing more or less porphyrins?
The reason I ask is our standard white male has begun to develop some red tint to some of his hair at 18 months old. I'm familiar with saliva being the cause of red fur staining from porphyrins. However, it's not like the minimal amounts of dark rust red you get around his eyes or mouth or in between his toes. It's almost a peach color and very faint in most places. But he has no allergies and doesn't lick unless there's an actual injury. Plus the locations are interesting (and some are impossible to lick). On the back of his front elbows and front arm pits fading into his chest. Some more around the back of the ears near where they meet the skull. Some on his rear ankles.
The bits on the elbows and ankles are darker and at those are his favorite contact points when sitting or lying down. That's certainly part of it. His hair is lush and thick there and the skin is soft without any callus or dryness though.
So I'm eliminating things to see if this trend can be reversed.
We've always used Wahl 4-in-1 Calming Pet Shampoo. And I do the grooming on him. I'm not thinking this is it. But I'm going to get the whitening version from Wahl.
He eats out of stainless bowl and drinks filtered water out of a stainless bowl.
Another thing that comes to mind is his food. He's not into treats btw. We went through a bunch of food choices before finding one that presented good solid stools that he was happy to eat when he hit adulthood. Right now it's Diamond Pro89 and he's been on it for about 4 months. Before he was on Large Breed Puppy Lamb and Rice Formula. I'm out in the country and the local feed store has some limited other options. Do y'all think changing to something grain free like Diamond Skin and Coat All Life Stages Salmon & Potato Formula would do any good. What little I've found online about porphyrins that tries to make a link to diet has to do with hydrolyzed proteins and grains.
The reason I ask is our standard white male has begun to develop some red tint to some of his hair at 18 months old. I'm familiar with saliva being the cause of red fur staining from porphyrins. However, it's not like the minimal amounts of dark rust red you get around his eyes or mouth or in between his toes. It's almost a peach color and very faint in most places. But he has no allergies and doesn't lick unless there's an actual injury. Plus the locations are interesting (and some are impossible to lick). On the back of his front elbows and front arm pits fading into his chest. Some more around the back of the ears near where they meet the skull. Some on his rear ankles.
The bits on the elbows and ankles are darker and at those are his favorite contact points when sitting or lying down. That's certainly part of it. His hair is lush and thick there and the skin is soft without any callus or dryness though.
So I'm eliminating things to see if this trend can be reversed.
We've always used Wahl 4-in-1 Calming Pet Shampoo. And I do the grooming on him. I'm not thinking this is it. But I'm going to get the whitening version from Wahl.
He eats out of stainless bowl and drinks filtered water out of a stainless bowl.
Another thing that comes to mind is his food. He's not into treats btw. We went through a bunch of food choices before finding one that presented good solid stools that he was happy to eat when he hit adulthood. Right now it's Diamond Pro89 and he's been on it for about 4 months. Before he was on Large Breed Puppy Lamb and Rice Formula. I'm out in the country and the local feed store has some limited other options. Do y'all think changing to something grain free like Diamond Skin and Coat All Life Stages Salmon & Potato Formula would do any good. What little I've found online about porphyrins that tries to make a link to diet has to do with hydrolyzed proteins and grains.
