body uses more calories and energy than normal. this increase in calories and energy used is to fuel the fever. since the amount of energy and calories used increases, so does the amount of calories that are taken in. if the amount of calories that are taken in are not increased, the only other place to take them from is the dogs body. if this occurs the recovery time is much longer.
due to the increased burning of calories, the amount of calories that are taken in should also increase. a good rule of thumb is to increase the calories by three per pound of body weight for each degree that 