Hi Again Dr. Kellon,

 

It does seem like a ton of feed, I agree. And I do know Feedxl is not a guarantee in terms of accuracy or just matching real life, but Crimson was barely maintaining this weight on his previous diet which was 33.2  MCal (calories mainly from hay pellets and TC senior gold). FeedXL has his requirements at 23.9 MCal/ day and this new ration is only 24 MCal. So I'm fully expecting weight loss just given the difference in calories but perhaps his body will utilize the feed better? I'm just worried he's going to drop weight like crazy as the evenings get cooler. We worked really hard to get him to this condition and I am terrified that if he looses it we won't get it back. 

With that being said another "calorie requirement" calculator put his needs at 18.2 Mcal so maybe that will be more accurate once the PPID is controlled? 

My gut says to adjust down from here if weight gain becomes a problem rather than to try and adjust up if I notice weight loss, but I'd love to hear your opinion on which is the better route to take.

I'll add as well that all his feed is soaked, and it takes him all day to eat most of it, IE there is never a time he does not have feed in front of him. He cannot chew dried cubes or pellets or hay. He does waste some of the feed, either spilling it onto the matted floor where it apparently becomes inedible or simply by leaving it in his feed pan until the next day at which point I toss it. This had nearly ceased until the laminitis episode (we were getting an empty feed pan at each feeding but still losing a small amount the the floor).

I'll take a look at adding in Absorb-all as well.

All the best,