Hi Alison. The owner was doing exactly that, but the problem is once you take calcium away from the carcase it’s very hard to know how much to put back.

Could that have been mitigated by a chicken neck every week, or eggshell in diet as in Raw Meow mix if senior/urinary tract compromised?

It was a diet deficient in calcium. I was reluctant to say this because it’s just as dangerous adding too much calcium as not enough. The problem was that it had never been worked out properly by the influencer despite their spiel.

The influencer ‘treatment’ that makes me angriest is homeopathy for dogs. I am so angry people fall for it, and it’s so cruel to the pet if they need genuine medical treatment. Even mainstream pet stores sell homeopathic pet products and it’s just so distressing.

Hi Jim. One thing we can say about vitamin C is that it’s reasonably safe. It’s just that the science doesn’t follow reports like these. None of us can ever know the absolute truth of course!