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Originally Posted by Khimaira  Thank you all. I looked at Royal Canin, but I don't think we can convert him over to just dry food. Bubbi hates his kibble, only eats it when he has no choice - and he makes it clear he's not happy about it when he does.
He's been eating Cesar brand wet-food, but we're going to be changing that once he is better. Any recommendations for a good low-fat wetfood? I don't think there are any canine nutritionists in my area to help work out a good diet for Bubbi, maybe we can do half and half...some wet food in the morning and chicken/rice for his dinner? Or would that still be too fatty to be safe?
What are some of the "forbidden foods" we need to avoid? |
Wet foods are usually higher in fat than dry as a general rule. Of course there are exceptions. Before you feed wet food, you have to learn to read the labels. When it says "crude fat minimum %" and then it will say something like 6 or 8% crude fat minimum it sounds like that's pretty low.
But it is not. You have to convert the % by using the moisture in the can as well. When you convert it, the fat will be much higher.
No one ever says what the crude fat MAXIMUM is so they can put however much fat in that can that they want. This is how Barney got sick BOTH TIMES. He ate a superpremium wet food and his blood fats were so high they could not register them in house at the vet.
Also, just wanted to let you know that the canine nutritionist I use and many of the others who are associated with veterinary hospitals do nationwide phone consults. I am only 45 mins from our vet hospital but I still do the phone consult option to save time. It's not cheap, but it is alot cheaper than pancreatitis for sure.