How Often Should I Feed My Pet?
...once a day, twice a day, or greater depending on you and your pet’s preferences. So long as your pet is meeting its daily nutritional requirements, how often meals are...
...once a day, twice a day, or greater depending on you and your pet’s preferences. So long as your pet is meeting its daily nutritional requirements, how often meals are...
...several lower calorie treats a day. If you don’t know your pet’s daily calorie needs, ask your veterinarian for help with the calculation. Are there special treats made just...
...stages, it should be ok for kittens and most small- and medium-sized puppies. But feeding trials are not usually conducted in large-breed dogs, so if your puppy is expected to...
...the quality of pet foods, this approach has many pitfalls and is very subjective to intentional manipulation by the food manufacturers. Ingredients are listed on labels in order of weight,...
...affected dogs and their owners. Veterinarians working closely with these patients have been impacted by the distress the diagnosis has caused owners because of the severity of the disease, cost...
...board-certified veterinary nutritionist (www.acvn.org) to ensure that the diet meets all of your dog’s essential nutrient needs for overall health, while still being low in copper. You may want to...
How many treats are ok? Too many treats (more than 10% of your pet’s daily caloric intake) can add lots of unnecessary kcals (which means kilocalories – the same as...
...is needed to make a diet that a pet will be eating on a daily basis if these kind of tragedies are to be prevented. There are literally hundreds of...
...fed three to four times daily with a feeding tube. Usually the diet will consist of a slurry made up of a specific canned food that has been blended with...
...recommend feeding diabetic cats a measured amount of food twice daily at the time of insulin administration. While most cats can be converted to twice daily feedings, some prefer grazing...