Rayne clinical nutrition

cannot recommend rayne nutrition highly enough. top quality food.

I love the fact that this is a whole food diet.  I have a client who feeds the kangaroo diet to her dog and has had success with it.   The only concern I have is, in the short time they have been around, they have already had two minor recalls - one for the rabbit treats and another for the dog canned - the dog canned food wasn't a recall = more of an overcooking issue and discolouration as a result.  The rep claims they do extensive testing and I am not debating it because they did catch the problems early and actually called my clinic to let us know.  I would recommend this food to people who prefer a more natural diet.  Hopefully, they will come out with more diets in the future.

I know I am a little late to this conversation, but it is because of this thread that I decided to try Rayne Clinical Nutrition for my own cat. 

I have a 10+ yr old cat who has always had IBD. I tried her on various Veterinary diets that treat IBD (hypoallergenic, novel proteins etc) but none of them worked and she continued to vomit on a daily basis. I just assumed this was going to be her life from now on.   I saw a friends post on facebook about Rayne Clinical Nutrition and got curious. I googled it, and saw all of these posts here and it helped me decide.   I spoke with my veterinarian about it and He put my cat on the Rabbit Novel protein diet RSP dry food, and the Novel protein Kangaroo wet diet.   Since she started this, her vomiting has decreased to almost non-existent. I am so impressed with the efficacy of these diets on a cat who was not thriving, and now she is very healthy and happy, she never looked better, and now she is vomit free. I did not want to put her on steroids, and by the way things have improved so drastically, I dont think I ever will.      I highly recommend this diet, and my cat does too. She loves it. when it is feeding time, she goes insane for it to be put down. I love the renewed zest for life she has, the quality of her life is amazing.      

there is an american and Canadian division, i am posting the links to their facebook pages. 

USA: https://www.facebook.com/rayneclinicalnutrition/

CDN: 

 https://www.facebook.com/RayneClinicalNutritionCanada/

i hope everyone tries this diet on their own pets, and has the same success with it that I have. I can't thank them enough for bringing my cat such a renewal and rejuvenation.  
Whole food is the way I live, and this is now a great option for our pets as well. 

I am also coming to this post very late but I've been doing online research today on Rayne's feline diet as my 6 year old kitty was diagnosed yesterday with IBD and the vet recommended Rayne's. I never heard of the brand so have been checking it out. I am impressed with your comments since it's obvious the diet has improved the quality of your kitty's life considerably.  However the diet will not work for my cat since it is available in dry only and my kitty has never been able to digest dry food. Two of my other cats could not eat dry either as it caused urinary blockages. Dry is not the best choice for cats, although it's true that not every cat who eats dry will become ill.  It would have made sense to at least offer the Rayne's in both dry and wet, so pet parents would have a choice.  But since they don't, I will have to look elsewhere for a nutritional diet for my poor kitty.

Felines6 said:

 
I am also coming to this post very late but I've been doing online research today on Rayne's feline diet as my 6 year old kitty was diagnosed yesterday with IBD and the vet recommended Rayne's. I never heard of the brand so have been checking it out. I am impressed with your comments since it's obvious the diet has improved the quality of your kitty's life considerably.  However the diet will not work for my cat since it is available in dry only and my kitty has never been able to digest dry food. Two of my other cats could not eat dry either as it caused urinary blockages. Dry is not the best choice for cats, although it's true that not every cat who eats dry will become ill.  It would have made sense to at least offer the Rayne's in both dry and wet, so pet parents would have a choice.  But since they don't, I will have to look elsewhere for a nutritional diet for my poor kitty.

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Rayne does have wet food.

On their US site, the Novel Protein formula (kangaroo) wet food is in stock...

http://www.raynenutrition.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VF001M-5

As well as their Sensitive/GI formula (turkey) wet food...

http://www.raynenutrition.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VF006M-5

Thanks for your reply. I'm in Canada and the diets offered are not the same. In any case, my vet had told me that the rabbit is the maintenance formula, fully balanced, while the kangaroo is not fully balanced so the cat can only eat it for a specific time period. Those are the only two formulas for cats in Canada.

I contacted the company yesterday to find out why they didn't offer the rabbit in a wet formula and was told that they're working on it but haven't yet been able to produce a formula that meets their high standard of quality. It may be true or there may be some other reason that they don't want to divulge. He did suggest as one option that I get both the dry rabbit and wet kangaroo and mix them. This was not a logical reply since I had already told him that my cat  had never been able to eat dry food. Furthermore, to mix two novel protein sources is not recommended in treating IBD. He said himself that it was preferable to provide just one, so he was in fact, contradicting his own advice by suggesting I mix the two. Needless to say, I wasn't too impressed.

I will be taking my kitty to the vet's on Monday for a B12 injection and will follow up with her about the food issue. Perhaps he can eat the wet kangaroo formula for a specific period of time sufficiently long enough to  allow his IBD to settle down.

Felines6 said:

 
Thanks for your reply. I'm in Canada and the diets offered are not the same. In any case, my vet had told me that the rabbit is the maintenance formula, fully balanced, while the kangaroo is not fully balanced so the cat can only eat it for a specific time period. Those are the only two formulas for cats in Canada.

I contacted the company yesterday to find out why they didn't offer the rabbit in a wet formula and was told that they're working on it but haven't yet been able to produce a formula that meets their high standard of quality. It may be true or there may be some other reason that they don't want to divulge. He did suggest as one option that I get both the dry rabbit and wet kangaroo and mix them. This was not a logical reply since I had already told him that my cat  had never been able to eat dry food. Furthermore, to mix two novel protein sources is not recommended in treating IBD. He said himself that it was preferable to provide just one, so he was in fact, contradicting his own advice by suggesting I mix the two. Needless to say, I wasn't too impressed.

I will be taking my kitty to the vet's on Monday for a B12 injection and will follow up with her about the food issue. Perhaps he can eat the wet kangaroo formula for a specific period of time sufficiently long enough to  allow his IBD to settle down.

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Oh, what a bummer! I didn't even look at their Canada site.

Hi Minerva52,

I am thrilled to hear about your success with Rayne!  I work for the company (on the Canadian side) and would love to hear more about your case. We are collecting some success stories from across the country to feature on a new website - if you're interested we would love to feature your cat!  You can reach me directly at [email protected] if you would like .

Hi there - I work with Rayne - and am THRILLED to tell you that we anticipate having a feline rabbit wet diet available by the end of the year.  It is a super long story about why it took so long to bring to market - I am happy to share the whole tale if you are interested

I wish we got this food in Australia! Foods always seem to contain meat products from here but then aren't actually sold here so we're basically left with Hills Z/D and Royal Canin Hydrolyzed soy which both of my cats did poorly on

I have just started one of my kitties (with IBD) on Rayne Kangaroo Maintenance. I must say it is really "meaty" stuff which is a good thing, but on the down side, many of the chunks are really tough, in fact they can't be mashed, they must be cut with a knife! This might not be a problem for some cats, but it is for mine since he can only digest wet pate-type food. He absolutely can't digest dry kibble and these chunks are just as hard.  I'm literally hurting my hand trying to mash this stuff for him!  Consequently, I'm not sure I'll be keeping him on this food.

My Gabriel had surgery for oxalate crystals in February. We tried Royal Canin SO, but it made his stomach sick.

He has been eating Hills CD Stress since March. So far, so good with crystals, but he is losing his hair. No patches. Equally all over his body. The only change is the food. I did a search & found he is not the only cat with this issue. He has always had long, thick beautiful hair.

He is 9 years old. I don't want high protein at his age for his kidneys.

I have read a lot & can't find a good food option. I am taking him in to vet & want to have some options to discuss.

I came across this food. He is fairly picky. If vet thinks this is a good option, do you have to buy a whole tray to try?

Has anyone tried this food for older cats with crystals? He was 8 years old before he had the incident.

Thank you.

As I stated in my previous post,  I am now feeding Rayne Kangaroo Maintenance to my 6 yr old kitty who has IBD. This is not the same thing as crystals, so I can't comment on whether it would be recommended for your cat. You should speak to your vet about that. What I can tell you is that my cat is eating the Kangaroo but I am giving it to him mixed with another wet food which is lamb based. So technically speaking he's not getting the "novel protein" kangaroo alone. Having said this, he's doing well on the two.  I always feed two brands to all my cats because I don't want to rely on a single brand in case there should be a recall of the single brand, at some point in future. The Kangaroo is very meaty  in a gravy and some of the chunks of meat are really tough. I have to mash the food really well otherwise my fussy kitty won't eat it.   I should also mention that Rayne does come in dry formula, but I get the wet only because my kitty can not digest dry kibble.

Re your question about buying a whole tray, the Rayne comes in a tray of 12 little packs and my vet only sells by the full tray.  She doesn't stock this food, she orders it especially for my kitty as she has no other cat patients on Rayne. Having said this,  she told me I could return the balance of packs if my cat didn't like the food or if it didn't agree with him.  Happily, he does like it well enough (as long as I mash it up!) and it does agree with him. I should think your vet would be as agreeable in the event your cat won't eat it.

Good luck with little Gabriel.

My Gabriel had surgery for oxalate crystals in February. We tried Royal Canin SO, but it made his stomach sick.

He has been eating Hills CD Stress since March. So far, so good with crystals, but he is losing his hair. No patches. Equally all over his body. The only change is the food.

He is 9 years old. I don't want high protein at his age for his kidneys.

I have read a lot & can't find a good food option. I am taking him in to vet & want to have some options to discuss.

I came across this food. He is fairly picky. If vet thinks this is a good option, do you have to buy a whole tray to tr

Thanks.

I had left a message for Rayne yesterday. They just called back. They are going to send a sample of their food for crystals. When I take him to vet, I will take it with me-if he will eat it.

How did the Rayne crystal food work for your kitty? My boy had crystals in the summer and was prescribed the Royal Canine SO which gave him diarrhea so we then tried the Hills stress CD diet which didn’t help either. He seems to be allergic to both of those foods, because he goes into fits of licking himself or itching (not fleas). I’m very curious about the Rayne diet but the pork protein concerns me a little bit... how did everything turn out with you?

catmomwanda said:

Thanks.

I had left a message for Rayne yesterday. They just called back. They are going to send a sample of their food for crystals. When I take him to vet, I will take it with me-if he will eat it.

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How did the Rayne crystal food work for your kitty? My boy had crystals in the summer and was prescribed the Royal Canine SO which gave him diarrhea so we then tried the Hills stress CD diet which didn’t help either. He seems to be allergic to both of those foods, because he goes into fits of licking himself or itching (not fleas). I’m very curious about the Rayne diet but the pork protein concerns me a little bit... how did everything turn out with you?

Very late to this tread also but had info to add and figured someone will benefit from it.

Our older cat, Casper, is 16-1/2. In the past couple of years he's weathered through diabetes induced by steroids (he's been in remission for quite a while now) and now has kidney disease and a galloping heart beat (about to bring him in for diagnostics on that issue). It's also been mentioned that he may have IBS, but prior testing revealed nothing absolute on that so it's just still a suspicion but one to take seriously.

For even longer he's vomited nearly daily. We've done nearly every test possible with no conclusive results. A couple of weeks ago our vet, who is relatively new to the practice, brought up novel diets. We had tried that some time ago but never had any real success with hit. By now, as far as we were aware, he had tried every protein on the market. When she suggested kangaroo we laughed. Had NO idea this was even a thing!

Rayne is the only company that we found that has this available in the USA so we too a chance and purchased the maintenance diet for Casper to try. So far, so good! It's been almost a week and not once instance of throwing up. The trays come in at just over 3 ounces. It's quite meaty (and yes, there are a few pieces now and then which are way too hard in my opinion) with a good amount of gravy also. He took to it immediately, as did our younger cat Cocoa who doesn't need to be on it but, at the moment it's easier to feed them both the same thing to avoid him poaching in her bowl when we aren't looking. He manages about 1-1/2 to 2 ounces at a meal at most so we're feeding him several times a day to make sure he gets enough nutrition. Any leftovers are refrigerated and it warms up well the next day.

Yesterday was the first day he wasn't too interested in it, which was concerning but this morning he at fine. Maybe he was just feeling poorly yesterday (today he gets fluids so perhaps that played into it).

It is somewhat pricey but, we'd been throwing out so much food at this point and have so much here he can't eat that finding something he will consistently eat will actually in the end save us money.

It seems obvious that there is something he's allergic to in other foods so now. Next step I assume will be to add back other proteins to find out which is the trigger for making him sick.

Shipping was somewhat slow, so we'll need to remember to stock up more next time. Also we did NOT need a prescription from our vet to purchase this food. They did, however, as for the vet's information when placing the order online.

By coincidence, my husband and I were out to dinner this past Friday and the restaurant had a kangaroo burger on the menu! We both had it and happy to say it was delicious. Apparently it's fairly low in fat so combined with it being high protein it's a great choice for felines.

One last thing to mention is someone above said they were concerned that feeding their kidney cat a high protein diet was not a good thing but this pretty much has been debunked, especially for older cats. I don't see how filling up a food with fruits, veggies and who knows what else can make it better. Most cats I know won't eat those items in the food which means less available nutrition each meal. We literally had to hand pick out peas and carrots from every food we bought for Casper or he wouldn't touch it, leaving barely 2 ounces in a small can. Talk about expensive!

My 18 year old Siamese has kidney failure stage 3, pancreatitis and IBD. I consulted an internal medicine vet who is a kidney expert and the only thing he said that helps is to lower phosphorus in the diet. He believed in a high protein low phosphorus diet for cat’s. I decided to have my cat’s blood tested for food allergies for her IBD because I myself had in the past skin and blood allergy testing and they matched so I do believe it can be accurate. I found the only proteins she was not allergic to were shellfish and rabbit. I found Royal Canin PR rabbit was a good choice but the dry matter analysis on phosphorus was a bit high at 1.0. I was looking for something lower and found Rayne. At the time Rayne did not have maintenance rabbit but they had diagnostic rabbit in canned food. The Rayne diagnostic rabbit was best because it was missing sweet potato that my cat is allergic to that is in Rayne maintenance rabbit and the phosphorus level for dry matter analysis in the Rayne diagnostic rabbit iwas low only near .55. However the diagnostic rabbit was missing vitamins and minerals. I checked with a veterinarian nutritionist and considering my cat is tiny (5.5-5.8 lbs) mixing the the Royal Canin PR rabbit for cats with Rayne Diagnostic dual species rabbit at 50/50 would give her enough of her vitamins and minerals needs, keep her phosphorus level low for her kidneys and be a protein she could tolerate for her IBD. It ended up being a fabulous option. Her creatinine values went back down from 4.3 to 3.2. The Royal Canin PR gives her the vitamins and minerals with the correct protein and the Rayne Diagnostic Rabbit helped to lower the phosphorus level. She loves it and quit throwing up to almost never!! The only bummer is that I heard Royal Canin has some production issues for the next three months and Rayne has very cheap soft cans that sometimes seem to take in air. Sometimes I’ll find a few of the Rayne cans that can move at the bottom when you gently press the bottom making a popping noise and causing the lid to move. I don’t think those are safe. My cat is otherwise on a path to a longer life.