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Originally Posted by blades Thanks for the info about the hill's diet. Blades has been eating the canned ID formula with a mixture of the dry. She really gobbles both down! Is this low in calories?  |
My vet said that is low to average. It is for gastro problems so it would not be high in calories. Of course it all depends on how active Blades is and how much you are feeding on whether or not they will put on weight or maintain weight. Matise is pretty active so he eats 1/3 a can a day. But I break it up into Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. He put on weight in the beginning which is what we wanted he only weighed 2 1/2 lbs and the vet said he was too skinny. So when we switched he actually wanted to eat so it wasn't hard for him to put on the weight and maintain his weight of 3.3-3.5 lbs now.
All the information I am giving comes from this website: http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/prod...=1128692065600 Here is the web address for the I/D Dry: http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/prod...=1128691893163
Metabolizable Energy¹ (Caloric Content)
Dry 3849 kcal/kg (379 kcal/per cup ² )
¹Measurement of Usable Energy in a food, which differs substantially from gross caloric content.
² An eight fluid oz. measuring cup of Canine i/d® contains 3.5 oz. by weight.
Here is the web address for the I/D Can: http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/prod...=1128691921272
Metabolizable Energy¹ (Caloric Content)
Canned 1311 kcal/kg (548 kcal/ 418 g can )
¹Measurement of Usable Energy in a food, which differs substantially from gross caloric content.
Hope this helps!!! 