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Bam79 Newborn
Join date : 2012-04-10
| Subject: Does this sound right? Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:52 pm | |
| I have had Kira for 3 weeks now, She is 2 years old and seems skinny but her weight isn't too bad at 21kg. When I collected her she was feed on a bad diet of scraps and cheap asda smart price food I tried Kira on Skinners kibble which she eat but she seemed very picky at eating it. Now I have started her on NatureDiet and she really loves it plus im rotating flavours to keep her happy. The feeding guidelines say 1-2 trays a day which are 390g each but thats for a normal size dog. I have read many threads saying huskies are not massive eaters and to feed them on 60% of what guidelines suggest. At the moment I am feeding her 1 1/2 trays daily in 2 intervals so 585g in total and 2 raw chicken wings every other day. Does this sound good as I think she would eat more NatureDiet on top of this but dont want to over feed her |
| | | Demon&Dakota Senior
Join date : 2011-08-04 Location : Aurora, CO
| Subject: Re: Does this sound right? Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:37 pm | |
| She may still bulk up/fill out a bit over the next few months. If her spine, ribs aren't sticking out she's probably okay. Trying to convert your amounts to some more familiar nonmetrics...it looks like you're feeding her 1.2 lbs of the NatureDiet per day.
Lots of Huskies are self regulators and will eat when they're hungry and not eat when they aren't. If you think she should be eating more, try it, see if she'll eat it. If she does, keep an eye on her to make sure she's not gaining too much weight, getting runny stools (sign of overeating) things like that.
Huskies are also a lean breed. My boy Demon has a pronounced waist and looks thin at times but he's at a healthy weight. |
| | | Bam79 Newborn
Join date : 2012-04-10
| Subject: Re: Does this sound right? Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:30 pm | |
| Thanks for the reply The feeding guideline under dog bodyweight on the NatureDiet website says 875g for 20Kg http://www.naturediet.co.uk/adviceadultfeedingguide.html Obviously as I have read a husky should be feed 60% of any packet recommendations, Do you think I should follow this quotation or be aiming at a higher percentage? |
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