[rawfeeding] Re: Fish oil amounts?

"Anndrea" <anndreae@...> wrote:
>
> I have a 55-60lb dog with really dry flaky skin and allergy/dry skin
> issues, and a 75-80lb dog with some dry skin issues.
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One 1,000mg capsule containing at least 180 EPA and 120 DHA per 20lb
of dog, daily.

An 80# dog would get four 1000mg capsules a day. which is 1200mg
combined EPA/DHA. These two amino acids are the ones that matter as
far as supplemental O3 oil goes.

The place I want to buy from has 500mg and 1000mg softgels that
> contain the following per 2 softgels:
> 500mg:
> 80mg EPA
> 120mg DHA
> 200mg Omega-3 fatty acids
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This product, to get to at least 300mg combined EPA/DHA, would need
to be increased as the base dose because the combined EPA/DHA is only
200mg/capsule. You'd need to feed three capsules as the base dose.

Which means for a 80# dog you'd be giving as many as 12 capsules a
day (three capsules per dose quadrupled). If you are arithmatically
inclined you can figure the exact number of capsules you'd need in
order to deliver 1200mg combined EPA/DHA; me, I'd rather purchase a
product that has more bang per capsule. Per dose is not the same as
per capsule.

What else
> would be in it? Like gelatin or whatever for the "skin" of the
softgel?
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The softgel construction is not part of the EPA/DHA numbers. What's
not DHA/EPA in the oil is other stuff that comprises oil.

> Now, I need to figure out how much my dogs need per day. Does anyone
> know how to figure that out?
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Based on one 1000mg capsule with a combined EPA/DHA total of 300mg,
bigger cats might get one capsule a day--every other day if the dose
is a maintenance dose; small cats could take a capsule every other
day for a therapeutic dose but perhaps only three or four times a
week for maintenance.

It's difficult to overdose on this stuff, so feeding a precise dose
is not essential. If you feel that big doses will be useful, best to
find a product that allows you to feed big doses without bankrupting
you.
Chris O

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