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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / December 2005Need high energy/nutrient concentrate
I have a pregnant bitch with two weeks to go. She is eating 6 small meals a day, but just doesn't find room, and vomits her meals up. She covets her food, and stand s guard, but isn't eating it. I need some suggestion for a more nutrient dense food so that she meets nutritional requirements on a minimal volume. diddy <diddy@nospam.diddy.net> said in rec.pets.dogs.health: > I need some suggestion for a > more nutrient dense food so that she meets nutritional > requirements on a minimal volume. Evo, from Naturapet, is about the most nutrient-dense kibble I've come across. Very low carb, though, and I have no idea as to what pregnant bitches need.  Signature--Matt. Rocky's a Dog. "Rocky" <2dogs@rocky-dog.com> wrote in message: > Evo, from Naturapet, is about the most nutrient-dense kibble > I've come across. Very low carb, though, and I have no idea as > to what pregnant bitches need. Barring that, Innova, by the same manufacturer, is also pretty calorie dense. You may want to look into performance formulas from various manufacturers, as those are more nutritionally dense in general. Suja <spanaval@scs.gmu.edu> whittled the following words: > "Rocky" <2dogs@rocky-dog.com> wrote in message: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Suja Thank you both >Barring that, Innova, by the same manufacturer, is also pretty calorie >dense. With a pregnant bitch you probably want more than just calories - you need to pay attention to overall nutritional content. >You may want to look into performance formulas from various >manufacturers, as those are more nutritionally dense in general. Right. Plus there's always Satin Balls - magical stuff. There are some good recipes here: http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/health/diet4.htm SignatureMelinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - shore@panix.com 1/3 of US GDP growth is based in consumer borrowing in thread news:dnsdoi$cr5$1@panix2.panix.com: shore@panix.com (Melinda Shore) whittled the following words: >>Barring that, Innova, by the same manufacturer, is also pretty calorie >>dense. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > There are some good recipes here: > http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/health/diet4.htm to come to think of it, I have satin balls in the freezer! How about something like VitaCal or NutriCal? http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/NavResults.cfm?N=2001+113388 >I have a pregnant bitch with two weeks to go. She is eating 6 small meals > a day, but just doesn't find room, and vomits her meals up. She covets > her > food, and stand s guard, but isn't eating it. I need some suggestion for a > more nutrient dense food so that she meets nutritional requirements on a > minimal volume. > I have a pregnant bitch with two weeks to go. She is eating 6 small meals > a day, but just doesn't find room, and vomits her meals up. She covets her > food, and stand s guard, but isn't eating it. I need some suggestion for a > more nutrient dense food so that she meets nutritional requirements on a > minimal volume. Hi Diddy, I hope everything else is going well for you. You didn't indicate what food you are using now, so it's hard to determine what might be more calorically dense than what you are feeding. A pregnant bitch can and should be fed a puppy food with elevated levels of DHA. Perhaps canned foods might be less likely to cause the vomiting problems?? I have no idea if this would work at all, but iit might be worth a shot. To give you some options: Science Diet Lamb Meal & Rice puppy dry 4,028 kcals/kg with added DHA Pro Plan Original chicken & rice puppy formula 4,237 kcals/kg (no added DHA tho) Pro Plan Lamb Meal & Rice for puppies 4,203 kcals/kg (no added DHA tho) Eukanuba Puppy Lamb & rice 4,128 kcals/kg with added DHA Science Diet Canine Active Adult - 4,619 kcals/kg - (not a puppy formula and no added DHA) more for comparison than anything else. Science Diet canned puppy 1,219 kcals/kg Pro Plan Puppy Chicken & rice canned 1,244 kcals/kg in thread news:1134761294.775579.277590@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com: "Steve Crane" <eodemolay@cox.net> whittled the following words: >> I have a pregnant bitch with two weeks to go. She is eating 6 small >> meals a day, but just doesn't find room, and vomits her meals up. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > more calorically dense than what you are feeding. A pregnant bitch can > and should be fed a puppy food with elevated levels of DHA. Shes currently being fed Hills Science Diet Natures Best Puppy with additional DHA Supplementation. Perhaps > canned foods might be less likely to cause the vomiting problems?? I > have no idea if this would work at all, but iit might be worth a shot. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Science Diet canned puppy 1,219 kcals/kg > Pro Plan Puppy Chicken & rice canned 1,244 kcals/kg Diddy, Nature's Best Puppy is 3,818 me/kcals - a bit lower than the ones I gave you. The problem I think is the dog vomiting the food up, not so much the caloric density of the food itself. I'd suggest a trip to the vet and make sure there isn't some reason for this. S/he may even suggest using a/d to add some significant calories, or perhaps canned i/d to hold down the vomiting problems. she really shouldn't be vomiting and I think a trip to the vet might be the best suggestion. in thread news:1134858010.202582.191070@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: "Steve Crane" <eodemolay@cox.net> whittled the following words: > Diddy, > Nature's Best Puppy is 3,818 me/kcals - a bit lower than the ones I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > i/d to hold down the vomiting problems. she really shouldn't be > vomiting and I think a trip to the vet might be the best suggestion. She hoards her food from the other dogs, and sits and guards it. She's getting 6 SMALL meals a day. But she lets them build up, then eats it all at once, and because she's pregnant, there is no room in there, and it just comes up. I wanted some sort of concentrate tyo make sure if she was only getting small amounts, she was still getting what she needed. She's got one week and three days to go. >She's >getting 6 SMALL meals a day. But she lets them build up, how about hand feeding her? that way, you know she's actually eating the six smaller meals when she's supposed to. aside from the vomiting problem, letting her hoard them and eat them when she wants totally defeats the purpose of breaking up the meals. Signatureshelly http://www.cat-sidh.net || http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com Is not life a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves? -- Friedrich Nietzsche |
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