ZoeHale
Well-Known Member
I know that there are some issues with high protein foods, and low protein foods.
So what is the ideal protein percentage in a lab block?
So what is the ideal protein percentage in a lab block?
jorats said:Babies go from 24% protein with mom's milk to needing only 10% protein when weaned if protein comes from a good source.
So all my rats, starting at 5 weeks go on a 14% block and supplemented each day with daily veggies which lowers their protein % per day.
Mine have done excellent with that.
I see no problems feeding 16% and even 18% if supplemented with foods that can bring down the daily count. Anything more than 18%...I believe becomes harmful to the kidneys and liver.
"High quality" being the key words there. Unfortunately the majority of commercially available dog (and cat) foods are mostly corn and/or rice...tons of grain-based carbs which are totally useless to carnivores like dogs and cats. (I feed Orijen, which is grain-free, 70% protein and 30% vegetables/plant matter and I LOVE it...not like that lol, but I totally recommend it to anybody who has dogs and/or cats :thumbup: ) That being said, I still wouldn't feed low quality dog food to any animal, since most of them get their meat from dead, dying and/or diseased cows from factory farms in China...or even worse: from "Animal By-products" which often means euthanized shelter animals...nasty, nasty stuff goes into a lot of commercial pet foods. I don't even like touching it, so I definitely wouldn't feed it to any of my animals. I don't know what it's like in the UK Rachael, but I wouldn't advise anybody to feed cheap North American dog food. Blah...jorats said:In fact most high quality dog food are grain free.
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