Prescription Diet for Pets
We have a wide range of prescription diets on hand ready for your pets needs. Let us help your pet get the best nutrition for their specific needs, and we can help you make an informed decision to help you keep your pet healthy. A healthy diet is a path to harmony and good health. This notion is relevant for both humans and pets. Animals, just like humans, seek love, care, and a balanced diet for a healthy and happy life. However, pet nutrition is different than human nutrition. Thus, pet owners need to be extra cautious about what food they offer their dogs and cats. Pet prescription diets are clinically proven for maintaining the pristine health condition of your pets. Our vets and trained staff at Cornwall Animal Hospital in Oakville Can help you decide the best prescription diet food for your pet depending upon their age, activity level, or to address chronic illness issues. We stock prescription and maintenance diets and can order a large variety of foods for your pet’s needs.
Advantages of Prescription Food over routine/raw diet for Pets
• Prescription food contains balanced nutrients in proper ratio that are easy-to-digest and allows the body tissues to repair at a faster pace
• We can also prescribe specialized nutritious meals to help your pet cope with food allergies, anti-inflammatory foods to treat disorders such as osteoarthritis, and diets designed to address systemic internal conditions.
• Acidic urine can lead to numerous health ailments. Specialty diets play a vital role in balancing the pH levels in pet urine that prevents several serious diseases.
• High-fiber specialty diet helps in maintaining gastrointestinal health.
• Prescription food promotes speedy recovery and robust the immune system
• Special prescription diet helps in preventing diabetes.
Prescription Food for Pets
Not every animal is the same and neither are their nutritional needs. A working dog or puppy needs more protein and energy-dense food than an older, more mature dog. The same is to be said about a female cat nursing kittens versus a neutered male house cat. Individual pet has individual nutritional needs depending on their age, breed, lifestyle, and various other factors After a thorough physical examination, our veterinarians will recommend the best-suited prescription food for your pet depending the pets need. Mainly prescription food is suggested when:
• Skin disease diagnosed in the pet
• Pet requires additional nutrients for a speedy recovery from a serious ailment
• Your pet is overweight or underweight
• Your mature or aged pet needs a healthy aging diet
• Pet is suffering from liver, kidney, and or urinary tract infection
• Pet enduring chemotherapy and much more
Prescription diets are considered as a crucial supplement or complete replacement for the existing diet of your pet. Prescription foods are enriched with all the necessary nutrients that normal food cannot provide.
What are the reasons to come to Cornwall Animal Hospital?
Choosing a high-quality food from the hundreds of available brands and formulas can be a really challenging. If you think regular dry kibble is the only good and healthy diet your pets require, you are highly mistaken. Paying due attention to your pet’s diet will prevent you from paying for expensive
illnesses. The right diet improve the life expectancy of your pets and provide great support for getting over an infection or disease Our veterinary professional team can help you select a diet that is backed by scientific principles and research and that meets your dog’s individual needs.
The changing balance between food intake and activity can sneak up on you as your pet gets older and activity levels lower.
Our veterinarians at Cornwall Animal Hospital can help you determine the optimum balance between caloric intake and exercise to significantly reduce the risk of obesity. Upon your visit our Professional team will weigh your pet and discuss their diet and current activity, this will help us determine whether any dietary and nutritional adjustments are necessary. Obesity can lead to joint damage, heart disease, kidney or thyroid problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, and even cancer. We carry a wide range of veterinary diets and supplements to ensure that your pet receives all its vital nutrients.
For more information.
Please call Cornwall Animal hospital at 9058428800 for assistance in creating your pet care plan.
