Food for a sensitive stomach?

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Our cat is currently on wellness core.But everyday, or every other day.She pukes. We're pretty sure it's her food. Our vet didn't find anything wrong with her so,we though of changing her food.

She is currently in Wellness Core Indoor formula & Turkey Turkey Meal, & Duck formula. 

Ingredients for Indoor formula

Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Peas, Potatoes, Potato Protein, Tomato Pomace, Pea Fiber, Natural Chicken Flavor, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Ground Flaxseed, Cranberries, Chicory Root Extract, Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)], Minerals [Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate], Choline Chloride, Mixed Tocopherols added to preserve freshness, Taurine, L-Carnitine, Dried Kelp, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract.

Ingredients for Core Turkey, Turkey Meal, & Duck

Deboned Turkey, Turkey Meal, Peas, Potato Protein, Potatoes, Canola Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Tomato Pomace, Duck, Pork Meal, Ground Flaxseed, Natural Turkey Flavor, Cranberries, Chicory Root Extract, Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)], Minerals [Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate], Choline Chloride, Mixed Tocopherols added to preserve freshness, Taurine, Dried Kelp, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract.

So, what cat food(s) should we look into? A food with less protein? Her current food has 38% protein.Or should we stay with higher Protein?

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Here's what we don't want in her food:

Byproducts, Corn, Soy, Wheat, BHA/BHT, Artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives 
 
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You need to get her on a limited ingredient diet. One single protein source. It takes 8-12 weeks for whatever food is causing the problem to get out of their system. However, you should see some improvements after a few weeks (if not sooner.) If symptoms get worse, switch to a different protein. It's best to pick a protein that she has not had before.

Nature's Variety Instinct makes LIDs (dry and canned) in Turkey, Rabbit and Duck. They also make a canned Lamb formula.

Royal Canin also makes prescription LIDs in Venison, Rabbit and Duck (both dry and canned).

Natural Balance makes them too; but, I find their dry food VERY hard. The canned is fine.
 

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Blue Buffalo makes a limited ingredient food with a single protein--Blue Buffalo Basics. I feed the grain-free Turkey and Potato, but they also have the regular Turkey and Potato, Duck and Potato, or Fish and Potato. This food worked for my cat, who used to vomit after eating. I initially fed her the Fish and Potato, which made her stop the vomiting almost immediately. When I had to switch to the grain-free version (only comes in turkey) because of my other cat, she continued to have no issues with vomiting.

All of the other foods that I had fed her prior to Blue Buffalo had corn, wheat and soy--all common allergens, but they also had chicken, which can be a problem for some cats. This could be why the Blue Basics does not have a chicken variety.

Sorry to go on for so long. I hope this helps--and no I do not work for Blue Buffalo! I have just gone through a lot of trial and error to find a food that works. Another limited ingredient
food might work well for you too. Wellness Core might be too rich, with so many different protein sources, or it could be the chicken. I
wish you luck!
 

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Have you tried feeding 100% wet food? Often dry food is the culprit since it has grains or carbs that the cat digestive system was not meant to handle. Hound and Gatos is a very simple wet food that could work--muscle meat, organ meat, guar gum, and supplements. Nothing like blueberries or other fruits and veggies.
 
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Have you tried feeding 100% wet food? Often dry food is the culprit since it has grains or carbs that the cat digestive system was not meant to handle. Hound and Gatos is a very simple wet food that could work--muscle meat, organ meat, guar gum, and supplements. Nothing like blueberries or other fruits and veggies.
We have, but she will not eat it. She will eat dry food in heart beat. We have dried many brands, & she likes none.

Anyone have tips? 
 

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catinfo.org has tips on transitioning. But it does take patience with some cats. Lucky owners will have kitty eat wet food the first time it is put it down.  With other kitties you have to basically be very stubborn and repeatedly offer wet food and use all sorts of strategies just to get them to realize wet food is food.

http://www.catinfo.org/docs/TipsForTransitioning1-14-11.pdf
 

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I WAS dealing w/2 barfing cats. One is a 17 yr old female the other a 10 yr old male. Both began also showing symptoms of IBD. They had been on dry foods all their lives (good pricey grain-free), and transitioning to wet food (unfortunately they were only liking Fancy Feast but after reading Dr. Lisa Pierson's site and a lot of Karen Becker's info I began to agree that any wet food is better than the best dry. If these guys hadn't made it to old age I'd have never known the long term effects of a dry food diet), The barfing eased up and their coats and energy levels seemed to improve. However the barfing did not stop altogether but the big barfs with the cigar shaped hairball changed to lighter foamy barfs or very watery brown barfs. Then I read about Probiotics and after reading everything I could find and figuring out which were top of the line and reading all the reviews on Amazon I settled on Karen Becker's Mercola brand (I had been using Purina's Fortiflora to try and get them to transition to better canned food and as a probiotic but as a probiotic it is lacking). It says a half a scoop a day but because these guys are so picky I sprinkle a bit on each meal and blend it in with a thin layer of straight food on top. As with anything new I did the 1st week using more like 1/4 scoop daily. After a week and a half there were no longer barfs around the house. It has now been about a month and a half and in the last month my girl had one little foamy barf with some strands of grass in it and the male I found one small kinda foamy one on the porch outside. Compared to what was going on I am really pleased and relieved. 

As for diet the male's preference had been FF in Gravy and while it thankfully does not have carrageenan (bad for ibd), it does have wheat gluten. I had some luck with Cats in the Kitchen Chicken Frick-a-zee and the lamb but some days he wouldn't eat it so I was trying to switch him to the FF Classics most of which do not have wheat. recently I discovered Whole Foods new canned grain-free foods called Whole Paws and they both eat it, whew. Some days they act bored by it so I'll mix in some of the FF pate junk (I think FF is like baloney with all the by-products). The Whole Paws doesn't use carrageenan but uses potato starch. I'm a little worried about the carbs and need to get more info but the ingredients read far superior to FF. I also found a vet who's into nutrition and has them on Standard Process Feline Whole Body Support. The male used to have a pained look in his face which has completely softened and his eyes are finally changing back from yellow to green.
 
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Great News, Jazzy is now on Fromms, & It is doing great. More energy, puked only once(she puked almost everyday), & seems to be doing great :)
 
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