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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I'm not sure why the vet would recommend doing this. Does your vet specialize in small breed dogs? If not, I think I would try to find one that did. Vets need such a vast array of knowledge to treat so many various animals that sometimes it's best to find one that specializes. Lot's of people think if the letters "nutri" is in the label it means "healthy" nutri actually means "calories." So that's why any sugar of fat substance can be called "Nutri" or even nutritious. |
I can think of exactly why her vet said to do this...first of all Nutracal has cod liver oil which is Omega fatty acids, these are broke down into a form or proteins, it has several vitamens and minerals and calories which comes from the oils in it...adding this to the food will raise this babies blood glucose higher and give him more "stores" of fats to later break down and use for energy and glucose..since the food has more protein than the Nutracal..this will level the glucose and sustain it for longer. All in all hpefully allow the baby to put on some fat and prevent him from running out of stored energy...thats a nutrition fact that doesn't take a specialist to figure out...The oils Thor is getting in this recipe will do the above and help his stools stay lubricated...Look up the ingredients in Nutracal and the nutritional information...