Grain-free/Chicken-free

What brands have grain-free canned foods that don't contain any chicken, chicken broth, etc? I posted a question to Dr. Jean about Ramsay's chronic ear infections and she suggested it is probably allergy related. [Who woulda thought??] He has always eaten chicken based foods and I know that can be an issue, but the only canned wet I can find is Merrick's Thanksgiving Day Dinner flavor. He does eat some Merrick canned now and enjoys it, but I like to know all of my options, and ideally would like to find more than one flavor and be able to try other protein sources with him as well.

evo makes COMPLETE 95% meats ... i think they have beef , venison , lamb , rabbit...

evangers makes a mackrel

wellness 95% are labelled dog at the moment come in similiar meats to evo

natural balence makes the venison and pea and duck and pea

canine cavier( also cat ) has beaver and a few others

Thanks Sharky....how about dry foods that are both grain and chicken free? A 50/50 combination is also something that I'm thinking about.

chicken free grain free at this pt is non existant in cat ... a few have made it in dog ...

Natural balance in duck and pea is the closest but duck is very close to chicken

I feed "Now" turkey and duck formula.

I don't believe it has any grains or chicken. It's kibble.

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that looks good now if it was readily avail outside Canada ... it is in some area s but others have no distribution

It is MAINLY starch so a no go for the low carb wanting... see de boned turkey is prior to cooking and thus looses about 2/3 of its wt and so this formula is mostly potato and pea

the garlic MAKES a NO go for me

Don't know that much about cat food.

Just figured it has no chicken and no grains.

The Natural Balance first ingredient is pea as well, so I guess cats like peas whether they're good for them or not! LOL

Originally Posted by RescueKitten

Don't know that much about cat food.

Just figured it has no chicken and no grains.

The Natural Balance first ingredient is pea as well, so I guess cats like peas whether they're good for them or not! LOL

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Peas are a question right at the moment many cats are turning up allergic.. yeah it is

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Originally Posted by sharky

chicken free grain free at this pt is non existant in cat ... a few have made it in dog ...

Natural balance in duck and pea is the closest but duck is very close to chicken

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No wonder I couldn't find anything in dry foods...

Okay, I need help finding a chicken-free food that is of decent quality but not a crazy price. I plan to feed half canned and half dry from now on. I realize that I'll have to give up the grain-free part of the dry food for now, but man...I can't even find chicken-free at all. Everything seems to have chicken fat in the ingredients still. Also, you said duck was similar to chicken, but what about turkey? I would think that would be similar to chicken also, but the wet food that Dr. Jean suggested was turkey.

turkey and duck are worth a try they just arent the first things I think of as I would want to try a NOVEL protein like bison or lamb

wet food is a different ball game

http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...t+foods&page=2

this has some dry s and wet s without chicken

Sharky, Im suprised you missed a few.

My cats new favorite is Nature's Variety Instinct.

They make a 95% product like Evo, just meat, liver, and eggs, and maybe pea or carrot (there there are a few whole pieces, you could pull out if u think cat has alergies).
They have Duck, Lamb, Venison, Rabbit, Beef and of course chicken.

My cat has tried all of them and loves them. I was worried she wouldn't go for the venison but she did (it smelled wretched to me)

Evangers carries an Turkey and Butternut squash, and Pheasant based canned.

Im actually mad at Nature's Variety, my kitty likes it SO much she is almost rejecting the other wets (Evangers and Merrick) I give her.

I think the canned is ok, but the dry NV Instinct Rabbit does have chicken.

Originally Posted by Korina

Sharky, Im suprised you missed a few.

My cats new favorite is Nature's Variety Instinct.

They make a 95% product like Evo, just meat, liver, and eggs, and maybe pea or carrot (there there are a few whole pieces, you could pull out if u think cat has alergies).
They have Duck, Lamb, Venison, Rabbit, Beef and of course chicken.

My cat has tried all of them and loves them. I was worried she wouldn't go for the venison but she did (it smelled wretched to me)

Evangers carries an Turkey and Butternut squash, and Pheasant based canned.

Im actually mad at Nature's Variety, my kitty likes it SO much she is almost rejecting the other wets (Evangers and Merrick) I give her.

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On occation I do actually foget , lol ... but THIS is for DRY food ... Instict has chicken in all of the instinct dry ...

Thanks, the NV lamb was the only one that I could find as well. I guess that's all there is? That's really too bad. I hope they like it or I'm in trouble!

Ahh, it never ends!!! There are chicken eggs in NV Lamb.

i will look and see if any food is without poultry in a dry for cats....

Thank you so much for the help! I know that I was told Ramsay's ear infections could be an allergy, and that is why I was originally going to change, but wasn't in a hurry because he's infection free lately. BUT I posted last week about Gus having bloody/mucusy diarrhea and that he'd only eaten his normal food and some boiled chicken that day. He's always had somewhat soft stool since we got him. Well, yesterday and today the cans I gave them were Merrick's chicken pot pie flavor and again, pure liquid diarrhea. It's so bad right now I'm following him around with vinegar and paper towels just wiping up what he's leaking out. And it only dawned on me that he had chicken last week when this happened, it can't be anything else. I got a small bag of the NV lamb because it's at least better than what I can find. The chicken eggs are near the end of he ingredient list.

If you need it, you can ask your vet for a prescription for the Royal Canin IVD diets - they have a few versions that are chicken/grain free.

If you are willing to switch to raw and/or dehydrated, Nature's Variety makes both premixed raw and freeze-dried versions that are chicken/grain free.

I would happy to be able to feed the cats raw, but we're full-time unemployed students, so that is not a reality for us.