Added Calcium

• skyehi Posted : 4/6/2007 9:13:12 PM That's what I was wondering, because on the B Naturals site, it says to add the eggshell/calcium per pound of food served, not just the meat.  That confused me, because I had always heard it was to be measured compared to the weight of only the meat.  I too use a mortar and pestle!  I've become a bit gun-shy of power tools since my last incident with my food processor... and *cough* forgetting to cover the exit chute.  At least I coined a new CSI-like term for preparing dog food:  "high velocity liver spatter". 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rwbeagles Posted : 4/6/2007 9:26:59 PM the only thing I will say is that adding calcium does affect a dogs parathyroid gland. I learned this recently...it fools the gland into thinking it does not have to produce it's own so in times of stress (most notably whelping when calcium is needed for muscle contraction)...it will not function properly and problems can result.   Just something I learned that I thought I'd throw in. You don't want to supplement calcium to the point that is disables a normal process of the body. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Misskiwi67 Posted : 4/6/2007 9:39:02 PM ORIGINAL: rwbeagles the only thing I will say is that adding calcium does affect a dogs parathyroid gland. I learned this recently...it fools the gland into thinking it does not have to produce it's own so in times of stress (most notably whelping when calcium is needed for muscle contraction)...it will not function properly and problems can result.   Just something I learned that I thought I'd throw in. You don't want to supplement calcium to the point that is disables a normal process of the body. But if you don't supplement, you can get hyperparathyroidism instead of hypoparathyroid, so thats why its SOOO important to balance, especially when you're supplementing kibble with homecooked. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rwbeagles Posted : 4/6/2007 9:50:02 PM IMO if you feed a complete food why supplement? I can certainly see it if you don't do kibble or only in part...   It's just as important as a breeder to know that your dog might not be able, by itself and given a complete food, w/out supplements...live healthily sans supps. If I had a dog with a propensity for the disorder you mention I'd just a soon know about it...than mask it with supps and risk bringing it up the pike. More of a breeder concern than a pet owner concern...but I did want to post it. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jennie_c_d Posted : 4/6/2007 10:39:52 PM If you fed EVO in the morning (which is way high calcium), would you need to supplement calcium at night? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• nwmountaingirl Posted : 4/10/2007 2:20:19 AM ORIGINAL: chritty I take a calcium citrate supplement every day that has Vitamin D in it also.  Could I pulverize these to add to my homecooked food?  If that's possible how much would I use per pound of boneless meat? I am not an expert in this field, but I recently read that an excessive of Vitamin D will increase calcium levels in the blood, and too much vitamin D, given as a dietary supplement, can raise the calcium levels too high. I would ask around here as I know there are people who are far more knowledgable in this area than myself. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• kennel_keeper Posted : 4/10/2007 8:36:32 AM I was recently doing some research for a client and ran across some very interesting information about excess calcium.   To summerize:   Excess calcium in the diet will affect the body's ability to metabolize zinc. If the body is deficent (or not metabolizing available) zinc, then the dog will have alot of skin issues, such as scaling, flaking, itching, and other skin manifestations.   [linkhttp://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1662&articleid=718]http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1662&articleid=718[/link]   [linkage=0255]http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&issn=1042-7260&volume=031&issue=02&age=0255[/link]>http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&issn=1042-7260&volume=031&issue=02&age=0255]http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&issn=1042-7260&volume=031&issue=02&age=0255[/link]   [linkhttp://tedeboy.tripod.com/drmichaelwfox/id73.html]http://tedeboy.tripod.com/drmichaelwfox/id73.html[/link]  (alot of other good info) 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login