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Sharon14 said:
Did you find some food? Many of us use Friskies Pate (not the indoor kind with green lid) or Fancy Feast Classic. 9 Lives Meaty Pate are fine too and a bit less expensive. All 3 can be found at Walmart or any grocery store. If you want something a little higher end, let me know and I'll give you some more ideas. As for reading labels :confused: if you can see them, look for foods with no grains, potato, tapioca, peas or other high starches, in the first five ingredients.
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OK. Thank you so much. It's all so confusing. I knew you stay away for the veggie mixes. And the ones with gravy. But, I thought it would be fairly simple to figure out calories. But, when I did the calorie counter I just looked at it like, OK so what does that mean. Is it good or bad.
 
Here is a calculator for you. It's based on the label which isn't the proper way to calculate but when you use it the calculations will let you know if your in the right range. If you have it on a smart phone it's easy to use while shopping. The foods I use are extremely close to what is on the food list that's available.

http://fnae.org/carbcalorie.html
 
Woodsywife said:
Here is a calculator for you. It's based on the label which isn't the proper way to calculate but when you use it the calculations will let you know if your in the right range. If you have it on a smart phone it's easy to use while shopping. The foods I use are extremely close to what is on the food list that's available.

http://fnae.org/carbcalorie.html
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Apparently there is an App now for carb calculating on the smartphone. I've heard of 2 members using it :). I think it's just called Carb Calculator lol
 
Yong said:
Apparently there is an App now for carb calculating on the smartphone. I've heard of 2 members using it :). I think it's just called Carb Calculator lol
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There are a few out there. The one I posted comes close to the food chart more than the other calculators. And there is a link if you want to do dry matter calcs.
 
Woodsywife said:
There are a few out there. The one I posted comes close to the food chart more than the other calculators. And there is a link if you want to do dry matter calcs.
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I tried a calculator once. But, I guess it's more that I don't really know what the #s should be. The best protein # and what the carb # should be?
 
2onetice said:
I tried a calculator once. But, I guess it's more that I don't really know what the #s should be. The best protein # and what the carb # should be?
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Also I did get the canned food you guys recommended and of course she loves it. And wants to eat it all the time. She's so funny.
 
2onetice said:
I tried a calculator once. But, I guess it's more that I don't really know what the #s should be. The best protein # and what the carb # should be?
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Take the numbers from can label and put them in corresponding blocks in the calculator. Click the calculate button at bottom. Look at green square carbohydrates. You want that number to be under 10%. The lower the better.
 
Woodsywife said:
Take the numbers from can label and put them in corresponding blocks in the calculator. Click the calculate button at bottom. Look at green square carbohydrates. You want that number to be under 10%. The lower the better.
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OK. great. Actually that # was 2.9 so, I guess that I'm doing all the right things that you guys are telling me to do. Thanks for explaining that to me. Also, I know that I'm not supposed to get the food with gravy. And no veggies. Which makes sense. But, why just pate. I saw some foods that are like shredded meat. Any reason why not anything besides pate. And im not trying to be argumentative. I'm just trying to figure all of this out. In a good note, Fortune is grooming again. She's not loosing her hair at an alarming rate anymore. She's sleeping. She's not begging like a dog anymore. And, her hair is growing back.
I just want to say thank you all so much. I know that it is God that led me to this site and all you fabulous people. Thank you so much!!!
 
I haven't done any extensive research at ingredients or anything so just a hunch ;) but the (Friskies) shreds, prime filets, meaty bits have more gravy and that's usually where the extra carbs come from :). Great to hear some noticeable improvements!
 
Yong said:
I haven't done any extensive research at ingredients or anything so just a hunch ;) but the (Friskies) shreds, prime filets, meaty bits have more gravy and that's usually where the extra carbs come from :). Great to hear some noticeable improvements!
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OK. Well that makes sense. Thanks again.
 
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