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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2006Hypoallergenic food - What else?
My cat's been diagnosed as developing a food allergy and the vet put her on Science Diet Z/D. She hates it and is eating very little. She isn't vomitting every ten minutes, so that's good (I need new carpet). So my question is: Can anybody recommend an alternate brand? Preferably one an unemployed owner can afford, but her health comes first. Thanks!  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > My cat's been diagnosed as developing a food allergy and the vet put her on > Science Diet Z/D. She hates it and is eating very little. She isn't > vomitting every ten minutes, so that's good (I need new carpet). > > So my question is: Can anybody recommend an alternate brand? Preferably one > an unemployed owner can afford, but her health comes first. Thanks! Is your cat allergic to grains? Or don't you know? I put my allergic cat on good quality canned food (I use Fancy Feast, but any variety that has meat and not "byproducts" as a fist ingredient and no wheat gluten or other grain products is fine) and she improved. Also, my cat gets Depo Medrol shots about four times a year. What are your cat's symptoms? Is she itchy and scratchy, or is her stomach where the allergy presents? SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com "cybercat" <cyberpurrs@yahoo.com> wrote in news:4502d59d$0$19603$88260bb3 @free.teranews.com: >> My cat's been diagnosed as developing a food allergy and the vet put her > on [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > What are your cat's symptoms? Is she itchy and scratchy, or is her > stomach where the allergy presents? I believe it's a meat protein allergy, which is a bummber for a cat, but I'd have to get a clarification from the vet. I asked if I could give her baby food as a treat, and the vet said only vegetable baby food (like she'd actually eat that). Here symptoms are vomitting and diahrea, which had gotten progessively worse over the last year. She's a 'senior' now, at 8 years old. so it may be something she just developed. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com We used IVD brand, and Bob loved it. We had to get that brand from the vet. We also used Waltham's brand, which is part of PetSmart. I forget what their allergy food was called -- but it also had very few ingredients. We had to bring the prescription in to PetSmart and they gave us a card to use to check out with it each time. It was a little less expensive than IVD. Rhonda > My cat's been diagnosed as developing a food allergy and the vet put her on > Science Diet Z/D. She hates it and is eating very little. She isn't > vomitting every ten minutes, so that's good (I need new carpet). > > So my question is: Can anybody recommend an alternate brand? Preferably one > an unemployed owner can afford, but her health comes first. Thanks! > We used IVD brand, and Bob loved it. We had to get that brand from the > vet. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> Preferably one an unemployed owner can afford, but her health comes >> first. Thanks! Thanks! I'll try one of those, if I can find it. This area is fairly rural,so the nearest PetSmart is a ways off, but if she likes it, it might be worth making a 25 mile trip once a month. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >We used IVD brand, and Bob loved it. We had to get that brand from the vet. I'd be wary of the IVD brand. I believe they changed what's in the cans. About three months ago, both my cats stopped eating the stuff after eating it happily for almost a year. We also noticed a texture change to it. Several people have seen this same issue but the manufacturer claims they haven't changed anything. >We also used Waltham's brand, which is part of PetSmart. I forget what >their allergy food was called -- but it also had very few ingredients. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> So my question is: Can anybody recommend an alternate brand? Preferably one >> an unemployed owner can afford, but her health comes first. Thanks! > My cat's been diagnosed as developing a food allergy and the vet put her > on [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > one > an unemployed owner can afford, but her health comes first. Thanks! Of course it all depends on what she is allergic to. California Natural is a five ingredient food developed for cats with sensitivity issues. http://tinyurl.com/qxbg6 SignatureToni http://www.cearbhaill.com/kitties.htm
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