How do I switch my pet’s food?
...100% Here’s an example as a guide to help out: Let’s say you have a 12 lb cat that needs 250 Calories per day according to his veterinarian. Let’s do...
...100% Here’s an example as a guide to help out: Let’s say you have a 12 lb cat that needs 250 Calories per day according to his veterinarian. Let’s do...
For any cat or dog with a history of calcium oxalate urinary stones, ensuring plenty of water intake and feeding a specially formulated and tested diet without any additional food...
...typical or average fat content from the manufacturer which should be on a “per 1000 kilocalories” or “per 100 kilocalories” basis, not percent. If the manufacturer can only give you...
While food allergies (also called adverse food reaction or ‘AFR’) are uncommon in pets, diagnosing them or ruling them out completely remains a frustrating endeavor for veterinarians and pet owners...
...week. So, for example, if you have a 100 lb Labrador Retriever, he can safely lose 1 to 2 lbs per week. If you have a 20 lb cat, she...
...my dog, right?” “Does it matter if this cat food is “organic” or “heritage” or “wild”?” As a result, studies show that most owners base their pet food decisions on...
In the first part of this series, we talked about the basics of fat – how many calories it contains and why animals need it and mentioned some diseases where...
...units based on calories so you can compare apples to apples. This conversion involves some math, but we’ve made it easy for you with this...
...providing a consistent amount of all essential nutrients in a recipe that is not time- and cost-prohibitive to make requires the use of concentrated supplements to fill in the gaps...
...example, a Great Dane puppy that weighs 1 or 2 pounds at birth grows well over 100 pounds within one year (and even more by the time they’re full-grown at...