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Hypoallergenic 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! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Hypoallergenic food - What else?
"OceanView" wrote in message ... 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? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Hypoallergenic food - What else?
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 OceanView wrote: 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! |
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Hypoallergenic food - What else?
"cybercat" wrote in news:4502d59d$0$19603$88260bb3
@free.teranews.com: "OceanView" wrote in message ... 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? 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. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Hypoallergenic food - What else?
Rhonda wrote in
: 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 OceanView wrote: 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! 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. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Hypoallergenic food - What else?
On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:36:09 GMT, Rhonda
wrote: 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. 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 OceanView wrote: 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! |
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Hypoallergenic food - What else?
"OceanView" wrote in message ... 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! 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 -- Toni http://www.cearbhaill.com/kitties.htm |
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