What Treats Can I Give my Canine with Calcium Oxalate Stones? – Medical Diet Service at Cummings Faculty

For any cat or canine with a historical past of calcium oxalate urinary stones, making certain loads of water consumption and feeding a specifically formulated and examined food plan with none further meals objects is one of the simplest ways to scale back threat of future stones. These specifically formulated diets have been examined as the one meals supply. Because of this including any meals objects, chews, dietary supplements, and so on. can change how the food plan works and should not scale back threat of future stones. It’s greatest to provide no treats, however as dietary prevention is life-long, that might not be fascinating for all households. If treats are vital or needed, we have now offered some choices and methods for canine with a historical past of calcium oxalate stones.

Business Treats

Some firms that make veterinary therapeutic diets additionally make specifically formulated treats that may be given with the food plan safely. We suggest asking your veterinarian if that is an possibility on your pet. (One tip is to not combine and match meals or treats from totally different firms – this may additionally change how the food plan works!)

Inventive Methods

One inventive method is utilizing the dry model of a canned therapeutic food plan as treats (or vice versa). One other technique is to placing a portion of the dry meals into meting out/puzzle toys or a portion of the canned food plan inside a rubber toy comparable to a Kon and freezing as a chew.

Decrease Oxalate Human Meals That Can Be Used as Treats

Once more, whereas no treats are greatest, we have now included some human meals under that can be utilized as treats in small quantities. The meals listed under which might be lower than than 5 mg in oxalate content material per 20 Calorie serving (although as a reminder can nonetheless intervene with a food plan’s helpful/therapeutic results for these consuming therapeutic diets!). Instance quantities to offer 20 Energy are additionally listed to make sure your pet doesn’t obtain greater than 10% of their complete energy from treats.

Meals and Quantities to Present 20 Energy:

Applesauce:  1/8 cup (25 grams)

Banana: 1/4 cup slices (38 grams)

Blueberries: 1/4 cup (37 grams)

Pears:  1/4 cup slices (35 grams)

Strawberries: 5 medium (60 grams)

Apples: 1/3 cup slices (36 grams)

Cantaloupe or watermelon: 1/2 cup diced (78 grams)

Broccoli boiled and drained: 1/2 cup chopped or diced (78 grams)

Cucumbers, uncooked: 1 cup slices (100 grams)

Inexperienced Pepper, uncooked: 1 cup slices (92 grams)

Zucchini, uncooked: 1 cup chopped (124 grams)

What to Keep away from

Oxalate content material may be fairly variable, so different treats, animal-based chews comparable to rawhides, and different human meals ought to be averted. This additionally consists of meals objects that could be used to provide drugs (for instance, I typically hear households use peanut butter, which is kind of excessive in oxalate!). For any pet with a medical situation comparable to a historical past of calcium oxalate, we suggest asking your veterinarian earlier than giving any new treats or meals objects.

Deborah E. Linder, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Diet)

Dr. Deborah Linder, a board-certified veterinary nutritionist, is the top of the Tufts Weight problems Clinic for Animals and has had articles seem in Consuming Effectively, the Boston Globe, AARP, SHAPE, and XM Sirius Radio Physician Channel. She has spoken at nationwide and worldwide conferences and a Capitol Hill briefing, and is an skilled in pet weight problems, diet communication, and within the human-animal bond.