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Week 5 Update
Mickel weighted in at 25:11 (lbs
z) tonight. That's only 3 oz down from last week. That's only 0.7% of his body weight. I'm glad his weight is going down but that is too slow!
About mid-week I started him on a mix of Weruva and by Nature foods. The Weruva foods are all very low in calories and fat but high protein. The by Nature products are low calorie with moderate amounts of fat and protein. I think a mix of the two makes for a nice high protein, moderate fat and fairly low in calories food. I was giving him 170 calories which was 7.5 oz of the mixed food. I like that I can cut the calories and he still gets 7.5 oz!
Since his weight loss is still so slow I'm going to cut the calories to 153. That will be about 7 oz, a little more or less depending on which Weruva and by Natural foods I use.
I'm so glad he will eat anything. That makes the process so much easier!
I gave some of the left over Weruva/by Nature mix to Coco, my Bengal, and she loved it! Usually all of mine are very picky about processed foods. It will be interesting to see if the others like it also. Not that I would give it to them on a regular basis since I feed them a raw diet.
Edit: I just did the calculation and the Weruva/by Nature mixture comes out to 11% protein, 3.7% fat and 2.6% carbs. I thought the fat would be a bit higher than that but it's probably good that it isn't. As sedentary as he a lower fat food is probably better although I think the Weruva by it's self is too low in fat.
Mickel weighted in at 25:11 (lbs
About mid-week I started him on a mix of Weruva and by Nature foods. The Weruva foods are all very low in calories and fat but high protein. The by Nature products are low calorie with moderate amounts of fat and protein. I think a mix of the two makes for a nice high protein, moderate fat and fairly low in calories food. I was giving him 170 calories which was 7.5 oz of the mixed food. I like that I can cut the calories and he still gets 7.5 oz!
Since his weight loss is still so slow I'm going to cut the calories to 153. That will be about 7 oz, a little more or less depending on which Weruva and by Natural foods I use.
I'm so glad he will eat anything. That makes the process so much easier!
I gave some of the left over Weruva/by Nature mix to Coco, my Bengal, and she loved it! Usually all of mine are very picky about processed foods. It will be interesting to see if the others like it also. Not that I would give it to them on a regular basis since I feed them a raw diet.
Edit: I just did the calculation and the Weruva/by Nature mixture comes out to 11% protein, 3.7% fat and 2.6% carbs. I thought the fat would be a bit higher than that but it's probably good that it isn't. As sedentary as he a lower fat food is probably better although I think the Weruva by it's self is too low in fat.
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