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I’m trying to find a high quality dry food that doesn’t contain chicken or fish protein because I have a cat (Bailey) that may have developed a food allergy. Canned too, but it appears that will be easier. Eliminating chicken and fish protein is where I’m going to start because almost everything Bailey has been eating contains those. I have 5 cats so I free feed dry food and then offer them canned a couple times a day.
The dry: Farmina Prime Chicken, Prime Wild Boar (also contains chicken) and Ocean Herring. Dr Elsey’s Chicken, and Salmon.
The wet: Mostly alternating between Farmina fish varieties and Wellness Core Tiny Tasters (all contain chicken). Less frequently Fancy Feast (all varieties contain fish). Also some days just a little bit of Gerber Chicken baby food (only ingredients are chicken and corn starch).
So my thought was to change brands and also eliminate chicken and fish proteins, since almost everything Bailey has been eating contain both. But I’m finding that it is quite difficult to find foods (particularly dry foods) meeting this criteria without considering brands that seem low quality to me and have undesirable ingredients.
I read that Dr. Elsey’s recently made a slight recipe change for their dry Chicken and customers are reporting that their cats are not doing as well on it now. Has anyone experienced that with Dr. Elsey’s?
I need to be able to keep free feeding dry food for now (I know, it’s not healthy), so whatever change in food I make will need to be for all 5 of my cats.
I have been trying to find a freeze dried that could replace the dry – one with small crunchy nuggets. But so far no luck. The freeze dried brands I have tried so far, with only disapproval by my cats, are: Steve’s Quest, Vital Essentials, Bixbi Rawbble, and Feline Natural. I’ve ordered some Ziwi Peak air dried but it hasn’t arrived yet. Was considering Purpose and Northwest Naturals. I think small and crunchy is the key. Recommendations?
The dry: Farmina Prime Chicken, Prime Wild Boar (also contains chicken) and Ocean Herring. Dr Elsey’s Chicken, and Salmon.
The wet: Mostly alternating between Farmina fish varieties and Wellness Core Tiny Tasters (all contain chicken). Less frequently Fancy Feast (all varieties contain fish). Also some days just a little bit of Gerber Chicken baby food (only ingredients are chicken and corn starch).
So my thought was to change brands and also eliminate chicken and fish proteins, since almost everything Bailey has been eating contain both. But I’m finding that it is quite difficult to find foods (particularly dry foods) meeting this criteria without considering brands that seem low quality to me and have undesirable ingredients.
I read that Dr. Elsey’s recently made a slight recipe change for their dry Chicken and customers are reporting that their cats are not doing as well on it now. Has anyone experienced that with Dr. Elsey’s?
I need to be able to keep free feeding dry food for now (I know, it’s not healthy), so whatever change in food I make will need to be for all 5 of my cats.
I have been trying to find a freeze dried that could replace the dry – one with small crunchy nuggets. But so far no luck. The freeze dried brands I have tried so far, with only disapproval by my cats, are: Steve’s Quest, Vital Essentials, Bixbi Rawbble, and Feline Natural. I’ve ordered some Ziwi Peak air dried but it hasn’t arrived yet. Was considering Purpose and Northwest Naturals. I think small and crunchy is the key. Recommendations?