We took Butter in to see our homeopathic vet yesterday for an updated checkup on his allergies and to have a blood test to see if anything was out of balance after the lopsided elimination diet we've had him on. My concern was that he may be low on potassium, vitamins, maybe even sodium.
Everything was fine except for, much to my surprise, his calcium level (11.1), which was on the high end of the "normal" range (6.6-11.8) and his phosphorous level (3.1) was on the low end of the "normal" range (2.9-6.6) range, so the vet recommended we lower the calcium citrate from 1.5 teaspoons per pound of meat to 1.25 teaspoons per pound of meat. This was the one nutrient I thought we had a handle on!
Our vet feeds her own animals a raw diet and annually does a CBC test to make sure nothing is out of balance -- I think we're going to do the same from now on. For what it's worth from Butter's human still trying to strike the proper balance in Maine.
Kris |