We recently had allergy testing done for our 10 month old cat, George, and the results are back. We ran them for the environmental components (and I've started a thread in the health forum regarding that aspect), but since a food panel was included, and I have an immediate need to change his food, I'd like to use the info if at all possible.
I know that allergy testing for cats isn't an exact science. Negatives are frequently true negatives, but positives can be false. Especially with food items.
What I'd like to do, is initially avoid the ingredients he tested positive for, and add them back slowly, one-by-one, to definitively eliminate or confirm their status.
So, the food panel results...
Strong positive: duck, rice, egg
Mild positive: potatoes, salmon, venison
Ingredients I refuse to feed, ever: soy, corn, wheat
I also need to avoid peas. He has been on a food trial for 10 weeks, with Royal Canin PR. He was eating peas regularly before the trial, and the trial food is predominantly peas. It's the one static ingredient and since we've come this far, I think it'd be extremely foolish at this point not to consider it.
It's a long list... This would actually be easy, if George was happily eating 100% wet food. But unfortunately he's not. We had started transitioning him to wet when we first adopted him in January, but when put on the food trial that went straight out the window. We need to get some weight on him before we start pushing him towards wet again, so kibble is where the challenge lies.
So...when looking at no duck, rice, egg, potatoes, salmon, venison, soy, corn, wheat, and peas...
I've found Wysong Epigen 90, and ZiwiPeak Lamb. Anyone aware of others that might fit this criteria? I know it's a long-shot with such a long list, but can't hurt to ask!
If I bend a bit, and allow for potatoes, does that perhaps open up any more kibble contenders? When scouring countless ingredient lists, I wasn't allowing for potatoes...and I'm a bit brain-dead at the moment so if anyone knows of something it would be a tremendous help to my poor abused mind, before I go at it again.
I know that allergy testing for cats isn't an exact science. Negatives are frequently true negatives, but positives can be false. Especially with food items.
What I'd like to do, is initially avoid the ingredients he tested positive for, and add them back slowly, one-by-one, to definitively eliminate or confirm their status.
So, the food panel results...
Strong positive: duck, rice, egg
Mild positive: potatoes, salmon, venison
Ingredients I refuse to feed, ever: soy, corn, wheat
I also need to avoid peas. He has been on a food trial for 10 weeks, with Royal Canin PR. He was eating peas regularly before the trial, and the trial food is predominantly peas. It's the one static ingredient and since we've come this far, I think it'd be extremely foolish at this point not to consider it.
It's a long list... This would actually be easy, if George was happily eating 100% wet food. But unfortunately he's not. We had started transitioning him to wet when we first adopted him in January, but when put on the food trial that went straight out the window. We need to get some weight on him before we start pushing him towards wet again, so kibble is where the challenge lies.
So...when looking at no duck, rice, egg, potatoes, salmon, venison, soy, corn, wheat, and peas...
I've found Wysong Epigen 90, and ZiwiPeak Lamb. Anyone aware of others that might fit this criteria? I know it's a long-shot with such a long list, but can't hurt to ask!
If I bend a bit, and allow for potatoes, does that perhaps open up any more kibble contenders? When scouring countless ingredient lists, I wasn't allowing for potatoes...and I'm a bit brain-dead at the moment so if anyone knows of something it would be a tremendous help to my poor abused mind, before I go at it again.