Performatrin dry food

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Hello,

For the longest time I was feeding my cat Nutro Natural Choice dry food (which she liked) but have noticed in the past year or so that she always has itchy skin and is constantly scratching herself. My vet has told me that it could be due to a food allergy. I switched to Performatrin: Senior Nutrition (my cat is 10 years old) and she loves it, though the itchy dry skin is still there.

I've been hearing a lot lately about grain-free foods, so I thought I would try a few brands to see if that might help. I have tried Taste of the Wild, Now!, and even another brand (with grain) Wellness Indoor Health. Besides not liking the flavours of any of these brands, my cat is also having trouble chewing the hard kibbles. As she gets older (and has had issues with her teeth), she can only chew soft kibbles.

Even though the itchy skin has not gone away, I feel like I don't have a choice, and need to keep feeding her the Performatrin Senior Nutrition (soft small kibbles, and she loves the taste).

My question is: Does anyone have opinions or reviews about Performatrin? (if the ingredients are pretty good, etc.) I have heard about Performatrin Ultra, is this much better? This is the food that my cat loves most, and is able to chew the best. Although it is not grain-free or corn-free, so I don't know if one of those ingredients could be causing an allergy....

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
 

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Don't know, sorry, but just to add that some grains like brown rice are hardly ever an allergen. And the allergen MIGHT be something like chicken, rather than a grain.

Did the vet suggest doing an elimination diet trial to determine that it really is a food allergen and help narrow down to what?

After all, it could be seasonal from the air or even the litter (parasites I assume were ruled out already). Just like people, cats can also eat the same food and use the same litter for years and not develop an allergy until later in life.
 
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Thanks for the reply.


My vet didn't say much about it, just that I should keep an eye on her, and see if the itchiness and scratching continues.

It makes sense that it could be an allergy that is just developing as she gets older.....as she never had this problem in the past.

I don't know much about litter causing allergies.....are there certain ingredients in litters that can do this?
 

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Here are the ingredients, according to petfooddirect:

Chicken, chicken meal, ground rice, corn gluten meal, ground corn, oatmeal, chicken fat (stabilized with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), dried egg product, natural chicken flavor, dried beet pulp, herring meal, potato protein, salmon oil (stabilized with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), oat fiber, potassium chloride, lecithin, dl-methionine, dried kelp, potassium citrate, calcium sulfate, taurine, chicory root extract, sodium tripolyphosphate, yeast extract, choline chloride, glucosamine hydrochloride, l-carnitine, yucca schidigera extract, chondroitin sulfate, rosemary oil, dried cranberry, dried dandelion leaf, dried birch leaf, fennel seed, dried nettle leaf, zinc proteinate, ferrous sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, zinc oxide, iron proteinate, niacin, inositol, copper sulfate, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, ascorbyl polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), manganous oxide, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, beta carotene, Vitamin A supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, calcium iodate, Vitamin D3 supplement, biotin, sodium selenite, Vitamin B12 supplement


Too much corn for my liking, but certainly not the worst food out there. Someone else will have to give you advice on the allergens in the food.

If I recall, Ultra is better, but also quite a bit more expensive.
 

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Originally Posted by zoeysmom

Here are the ingredients, according to petfooddirect:

Chicken, chicken meal, ground rice, corn gluten meal, ground cornNOT a top allergen but still in the top 8-10 , oatmeal, chicken fat (stabilized with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), dried egg product, natural chicken flavor, dried beet pulp, herring meal, potato proteinNatural flavor can be derived from anything ... one companies garlic flavor came from beets , salmon oil (stabilized with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), oat fiber, potassium chloride, lecithin, dl-methionine, dried kelp, potassium citrate, calcium sulfate, taurine, chicory root extract, sodium tripolyphosphate, yeast extract, choline chloride, glucosamine hydrochloride, l-carnitine, yucca schidigera extract, chondroitin sulfate, rosemary oil, dried cranberry, dried dandelion leaf, dried birch leaf, fennel seed, dried nettle leaf, zinc proteinate, ferrous sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, zinc oxide, iron proteinate, niacin, inositol, copper sulfate, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, ascorbyl polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), manganous oxide, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, beta carotene, Vitamin A supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, calcium iodate, Vitamin D3 supplement, biotin, sodium selenite, Vitamin B12 supplement


Too much corn for my liking, but certainly not the worst food out there. Someone else will have to give you advice on the allergens in the food.

If I recall, Ultra is better, but also quite a bit more expensive.
It is an okay food but NOT an allergy food...

Orange are possible

Magenta are likely allergens
 
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Great, thanks for the replies.


I have heard that corn could cause allergies, as well as protein sources (such as chicken).

But i've tried so many other foods with my cat, that she either doesn't like or can't chew (kibbles too hard for her), so I think I will stick with Performatrin! I don't think it's one of the worst out there, and she loves it.

It's so hard to know the source of a food allergy......
 

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Hello,


For the longest time I was feeding my cat Nutro Natural Choice dry food (which she liked) but have noticed in the past year or so that she always has itchy skin and is constantly scratching herself. My vet has told me that it could be due to a food allergy. I switched to Performatrin: Senior Nutrition (my cat is 10 years old) and she loves it, though the itchy dry skin is still there.


I've been hearing a lot lately about grain-free foods, so I thought I would try a few brands to see if that might help. I have tried Taste of the Wild, Now!, and even another brand (with grain) Wellness Indoor Health. Besides not liking the flavours of any of these brands, my cat is also having trouble chewing the hard kibbles. As she gets older (and has had issues with her teeth), she can only chew soft kibbles.


Even though the itchy skin has not gone away, I feel like I don't have a choice, and need to keep feeding her the Performatrin Senior Nutrition (soft small kibbles, and she loves the taste).


My question is: Does anyone have opinions or reviews about Performatrin? (if the ingredients are pretty good, etc.) I have heard about Performatrin Ultra, is this much better? This is the food that my cat loves most, and is able to chew the best. Although it is not grain-free or corn-free, so I don't know if one of those ingredients could be causing an allergy....


Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
Hello. I've had three cats on Performatrin for over 20 years. I give them a combination of dry and wet in separate bowls with plenty of fresh flowing filtered water. Spoiled or what! They all have enjoyed this food and I in particular especially with the recalls of past years when pets began to die. Performatrin was not affected by this disasters making me one thankful pet lover.
I switch cans from diet turkey and salmon to change the taste experience.
 

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Hello,

For the longest time I was feeding my cat Nutro Natural Choice dry food (which she liked) but have noticed in the past year or so that she always has itchy skin and is constantly scratching herself. My vet has told me that it could be due to a food allergy. I switched to Performatrin: Senior Nutrition (my cat is 10 years old) and she loves it, though the itchy dry skin is still there.

I've been hearing a lot lately about grain-free foods, so I thought I would try a few brands to see if that might help. I have tried Taste of the Wild, Now!, and even another brand (with grain) Wellness Indoor Health. Besides not liking the flavours of any of these brands, my cat is also having trouble chewing the hard kibbles. As she gets older (and has had issues with her teeth), she can only chew soft kibbles.

Even though the itchy skin has not gone away, I feel like I don't have a choice, and need to keep feeding her the Performatrin Senior Nutrition (soft small kibbles, and she loves the taste).

My question is: Does anyone have opinions or reviews about Performatrin? (if the ingredients are pretty good, etc.) I have heard about Performatrin Ultra, is this much better? This is the food that my cat loves most, and is able to chew the best. Although it is not grain-free or corn-free, so I don't know if one of those ingredients could be causing an allergy....

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
Have you tried switching to the Ultra limited line by performatrin? It’s aingle source protein which sometimes with cats can lead to itchy skin with more than one protein. It’s also all life stage so it is good for your 10 year old kitty.
 
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