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Question on cooked chicken diet for cats with allergic skin conditions
As some of you know, my long haired cat has some sort of allergy that
causes her to lick parts of her hind legs and feet which causes sores. The vet thinks its a granuloma problem as she's tested negative for ringworm and doesn't appear to have fleas (she's mainly white haired). She's currently on Triamcinolone (1 mg/day). Prednisolone seemed to stop working as she probably built up a tolerance to it. Anyway, I'm trying to wean her off of Fancy Feast. Removing wheat glutens and corn from her diet by using Hills Prescription Diet d/d didn't work. If I switch to a diet of cooked chicken, what chicken do I buy? I was looking at the Perdue skinless and boneless breast cuts in the supermarket which are 99% fat free. It says "no additives" and "mininal processing". I was thinking of giving her this in addition to Dermcaps from Drs. Foster and Smith. It's a vitamin supplement that's high in Omega oils, which are supposed to heal the skin for cats with allergic conditions. Comments and any advice would be appreciated. I know there's natural cat foods out there but I'm worried about going with a small food manufacturer out of fears of quality control. Some say because they're smaller distributors, they have better control, but I'm still a little leery. If only Purina would use their clout, and develop better and more extensive lines of food. Every time they introduce a "natural" food, I get excited, only to look at the ingredients and see the same byproducts and mixture of every protein under the sun. Sorry to digress. Has anyone had luck with the cooked chicken diet? |
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Question on cooked chicken diet for cats with allergic skin conditions
You need to provide the taurine that Perdue leaves out. (Gosh, I'm
glad they leave it out!) I tried liquid DermCaps on my granuloma kitty. He refused to eat food having the oil mixed in and gave me a real battle when I tried to give it by mouth. Capsules are probably better. Dr F&W's shipping and handling charge is hefty - sometimes better to buy locally. |
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Question on cooked chicken diet for cats with allergic skin conditions
Not sure about chicken as I'm not in your area, but I've had great success
feeding chicken and kangaroo mince. My clowder react to a lot of commercial foods with diarhea and/or hurking and as they are mostly littermates & mother I think it's genetic. i give them mince with some grated carrot, a small amount of quick cooking oats, some cold pressed olive oil, an occasional egg yolk, and vitamin powder (including taurine of course) mixed in. Ever since I changed them, there is no smelly pooping, flatulence, and regurgitating as previously experienced. They are all healthy and shiny, have great immune systems andno hairball trouble anymore either. So I'd definitely say go ahead, as it's the only way I was able to solve my allergy problems. |
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"meeee" wrote:
Not sure about chicken as I'm not in your area, but I've had great success feeding chicken and kangaroo mince. I'm all out of Kangaroo so I called my supermarket and they seem to be as well :-) -mhd |
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Question on cooked chicken diet for cats with allergic skin conditions
wrote in message ... "meeee" wrote: Not sure about chicken as I'm not in your area, but I've had great success feeding chicken and kangaroo mince. I'm all out of Kangaroo so I called my supermarket and they seem to be as well :-) -mhd Lol Really? well there's plenty here if you want some....skippy seems to be very high on the pet ingredients list for some reason |
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Question on cooked chicken diet for cats with allergic skin conditions
wrote in message ... "meeee" wrote: Not sure about chicken as I'm not in your area, but I've had great success feeding chicken and kangaroo mince. I'm all out of Kangaroo so I called my supermarket and they seem to be as well :-) I imagine you would not be feeding it to breeder cats, in any case. |
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wrote in message ... I was thinking of giving her this in addition to Dermcaps from Drs. Foster and Smith. It's a vitamin supplement that's high in Omega oils, which are supposed to heal the skin for cats with allergic conditions. If you're trying to treat allergic skin conditions, DermCaps are probably the worst thing to use. DermCaps are very high in omega-6 fatty acids-- omega-6s are *pro*inflammatory-- which is probably why prednisolone seemed to stop working. You might want to try 3V Caps HP liquid - its made by the same company (DVM Pharmaceuticals). http://dvmpharmaceuticals.com/3VHPdetailsheet.pdf 3V Caps are very high in omega-3 fatty acids-- which are anti-inflammatory. Omega-3s and omega-6s compete for the same enzymes that omega-6s need to generate an allergic reaction. So, increasing tissue concentrations of omega-3s reduces the inflammatory responses. Phil |
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Question on cooked chicken diet for cats with allergic skin conditions
"cybercat" wrote:
wrote in message .. . "meeee" wrote: Not sure about chicken as I'm not in your area, but I've had great success feeding chicken and kangaroo mince. I'm all out of Kangaroo so I called my supermarket and they seem to be as well :-) I imagine you would not be feeding it to breeder cats, in any case. Breeder cats? Do you mean cats for breeding or cats from breeders? In any case neither scenario applies to my 2 boys. -mhd |
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Question on cooked chicken diet for cats with allergic skin conditions
"meeee" wrote:
wrote in message .. . "meeee" wrote: Not sure about chicken as I'm not in your area, but I've had great success feeding chicken and kangaroo mince. I'm all out of Kangaroo so I called my supermarket and they seem to be as well :-) -mhd Lol Really? well there's plenty here if you want some....skippy seems to be very high on the pet ingredients list for some reason That to me seems sad just like eating Flipper would be :-) -mhd |
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