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Article #236: Metabolic Bone Diseases in Exotic Animals

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Metabolic bone disease is optionally quantity of calcium and high levels of
described as osteoporosis, cage phosphorous. Phosphorous causes calcium
paralysis, nutritional secondary hyper deficiency by decreasing the capacity of
Parathyroid, rickets, and paper bone the body to absorb the available calcium.
disease. Actually imbalance between Same result can be expected if the meat
calcium and phosphorous is also one of consists only of neonatal prey.
the causes.In such case a well balanced Recommended ratio of calcium and
diet will help with proper absorption and phosphorous is 20:1. Historical evidence
retention of calcium in the bones. suggests that organs such as heart,
Pets suffer from diseases caused by kidney and liver will have calcium and
deficiency of proper nutrients in the phosphorus in the ratio of 1:44 which is
diet apart from diseases from infection quite alarming. Excess intake of vitamin
from bacteria and viruses. A deficiency A suppresses the absorption capacity of
of vitamin D, calcium, and phosphorus vitamin D and even of calcium, resulting
causes metabolic bone diseases. The major in neuromuscular abnormalities and poor
cause of this disease is due to improper motor reflexes.
care in dietary needs of animals. A well-balanced diet, and bones with
Ironically, this disease can also be scanty meat on it like ribs, necks, thigh
caused by high consumption of proteins. bones, given twice a week will ensure
Animals out in the wild have lesser proper health for your exotic pets. A
chance of developing metabolic bone more expensive method is commercially
disease. These animals get their prey as designed diets because it has the
a whole which means the meat is taken in required composition. If you are worried
with so many other items like skin, fat, about metabolic bone diseases of your
fur, bones, feathers, intestines, etc. exotic animals, you must understand these
Different parts of the prey provide basic facts - calcium is necessary for
different nutrients and the animal proper bone growth as well as proper
feeding on it gets a balanced diet by functioning of muscles. Calcium activates
eating it. enzymes. The function of vitamin D is to
Imbalance of calcium is THE major cause maintain the proper ratio of calcium and
of Metabolic bone disease in exotic pets. phosphorous in the blood stream.
Meat fed to Pets contains very less






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