As some of you know, my year old cat, Finn, has been dealing with supposed food allergies. Early this fall, Finnegan began to develop hairless lesions on the inside of his back legs as well as on all four paws. Along with his vet, we ruled out any major issue and came to the conclusion that he was likely suffering from some sort of food allergy. After a course of Prednisolone, he was placed on Hill's Z/D and has improved dramatically. However, the Hill's Z/D is very expensive and, along with feeding my other cats (and other pets) a high quality diet, it has proven to be a bit out of my range. Of course, since that is what he needs, that is what he gets. But, due to my company's affiliation with Royal Canin, I have recently discovered that I can get their prescription food for half price. The difference is huge -- I pay $24.99 for 4 pounds of Hill's Z/D and about $2.25 per can. Royal Canin's hypoallergenic food, for me, costs $17.99 for 6 pounds. Unfortunately, they do not have a canned version of their food and so I'll be continuing with the Z/D for that, but I have made the decision to transition Finnegan to the Royal Canin kibble.
I have done a small trial of the RC food for Finn and he seems to tolerate it well. He has never loved the Hill's Z/D dry food and appears to prefer the Royal Canin kibble and, even though he receives dry as only 25% of his diet, the fact that he likes the Royal Canin better only solidifies my decision to transition him to that food. I ordered the RC food from the company yesterday and it should be delivered to my home within the next 3 days. I'll then start to mix it in to his current food. And, hopefully, we'll move forward from there. My goal is to have him on the Royal Canin dry kibble and on the Hill's Z/D canned food. I'm confident in my decision and have spoken at length with all of the vets at the practice where I work. All think I am moving in the right direction, but I'd still like to hear about other people's experience with the Royal Canin hypoallergenic food. It's one I've not seen mentioned here and so I am just interested in reading more about. I don't really need a breakdown of the ingredients as I've done that ad infinitum already, but, really, I'd just like to know how other kitties have done on this food. Thanks in advance!
I have done a small trial of the RC food for Finn and he seems to tolerate it well. He has never loved the Hill's Z/D dry food and appears to prefer the Royal Canin kibble and, even though he receives dry as only 25% of his diet, the fact that he likes the Royal Canin better only solidifies my decision to transition him to that food. I ordered the RC food from the company yesterday and it should be delivered to my home within the next 3 days. I'll then start to mix it in to his current food. And, hopefully, we'll move forward from there. My goal is to have him on the Royal Canin dry kibble and on the Hill's Z/D canned food. I'm confident in my decision and have spoken at length with all of the vets at the practice where I work. All think I am moving in the right direction, but I'd still like to hear about other people's experience with the Royal Canin hypoallergenic food. It's one I've not seen mentioned here and so I am just interested in reading more about. I don't really need a breakdown of the ingredients as I've done that ad infinitum already, but, really, I'd just like to know how other kitties have done on this food. Thanks in advance!
