Nutrition
Medicine and General Surgery
“Let your food be your first medicine”, Hippocrates, ancient Greek physician
An old phrase 26 centuries but still true.
Animal feed is as easy to access as it is difficult to choose. television advertising, the countless number of different brands, lack of information, received ideas and passing fashions are just as many traps that lose the consumer in his choice of food for his animal.
Overweight/underweight management, chronic diseases requiring the establishment of an appropriate diet, la gestation/lactation, the growth,… all these periods of life are not equivalent in terms of energy needs and nutritional balance.
From the correctly calculated household ration to the dry industrial ration (croquettes), wet (mash) or mixed, we are the first objective orientation actors of your choice.
Classic recommendations can be made by our reception assistants. For any placement adapted to an underlying disease, consultation with a veterinarian beforehand is essential.
When struggling with weight management, we will invite you to come simply and free of charge to weigh your animal at least once a month in order to refine its ration in case the result is not satisfactory.
However, we will never prescribe
- Of BARF, for which sanitary hygiene measures for raw materials are difficult to achieve and can jeopardize the health of your companions. However, nous comprenons l'attente de certains propriétaires de sortir de l'alimentation “industrial”, et serons tout à fait d'accord pour la mise en place d'une ration ménagère adaptée au besoin de votre animal.
- D’grain free foods, for which the nutritional benefit has never been proven, and WORST, whose recent studies evoke the implication in the new resurgence of cases of dilated cardiomyopathy
- Dvegetarian/vegan diet…animal proteins being essential in the balance, in particular of amino acids, of our carnivores (+/- strict) servants
We are aware that food represents the main maintenance budget of a pet. Good quality food is necessarily more expensive than low quality food.. This is why we have chosen to be affiliated with a specialized site on which you will only find 6 different veterinary food brands (Virbac HPM, Specific, Royal Canin, Hill’s, ProPlan VeterinaryDiet and Tonivet) at very competitive prices and aligned with traditional online sales sites (Zooplus,…). For more information, do not hesitate to consult the Vétoavenue section on our website (tab “BOUTIQUE VETO-AVENUE present at the top of each page).
