Amy, I'm guessing you have only checked the serum calcium levels. You need to check the ionized calcium levels to know if there is a problem. If the iCa is high then you would want to look into the cause. The iCa test is expensive but the only way I know of to verify if there is a problem. Sharyl
--- On Sat, 8/28/10, Amy <awilkin...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Amy <awilkin...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [Felvtalk] EVO and high calcium levels > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 8:33 PM > Has anybody had a problem with high > calcium levels after feeding EVO? I changed my > household to it over a year ago when Wolfie was losing > weight. At one of his last visits, his calcium tested > just slightly elevated. Now I've taken my FIV+ cat in > and she is also testing high for calcium. She seems > perfectly healthy and my vet recommended we look at the diet > before getting all freaked out by the high calcium. > > EVO says it contains about 2.59% calcium. My vet says > this is about double what most of the foods she looked up > contain. The pet store told me that the grain free > foods can contain more of stuff because the idea is that the > pet will eat less of it than other foods. I'm going to > contact the company but just wondered if anybody else has > experienced this with cats on EVO. > > Amy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
