Can anyone help me out?

    • Gold Top Dog

    Can anyone help me out?

    This is the calorie info on Willow's prescription food.  Is it 360 calories a can??  I'm confused by all these numbers. 

    Thanks-Lori

     Metabolizable Energy¹ (Caloric Content)

    Canned       973kcal/kg (152 kcal/ 156 g can 360 kcal/ 370 g can )

    • Gold Top Dog

     Yes; it's 360 calories for a regular sized can and 152 calories for a smaller can. The can should have the amount of grams on the label; most canned dog food has both the amount of ounces and grams. That's pretty low; California Natural lamb and rice, for example, is about 581 calories a can.

    • Gold Top Dog

    OOOOhhhh, OK, I see what numbers are now.  I wasn't realizing they were also giving the small cans too--this is what getting up every hour does to you, LOL.  I was checking because I had a feeling it was low because she's eating about 2 1/2 cans a day plus lots of other stuff and she has been maintaining her weight, not gaining.  Aw boy, it's too bad she's got to eat that at all but what am I gonna do. 

    Thanks.

    Lori

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    willowchow
    this is what getting up every hour does to you, LOL

     

      That's for sure,LOL. Is it because she needs to pee so much because of the pred? You're the best dog mommy ever!!!!!!
     

    • Gold Top Dog

    Yes, she has to pee a lot and also she is having other side effects too like panting and it gets worse at night.  So, she wakes me up.  I've been sleeping on the couch so she can reach me easily and I hear her. 

     

    jessies_mom
    You're the best dog mommy ever!!!!!!

    Thank you.  I hope so, I feel like I'm questioning everything I do lately. 

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    willowchow
      I hope so, I feel like I'm questioning everything I do lately. 

     

      When I've been losing sleep, I'm the same way. Try to remember that it won't be very long and she'll be on a much smaller dose of pred, or none at all, and she won't have these symptoms anymore. {{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}