Cats and Food Allergies - recommended Hill's z/d

lasia221ct

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So my poor girl who has been an itchy girl for so many years, resistant to antihistamines, finally met a vet who said "food allergies". The vet talked a lot about putting her on a different protein, like rabbit, but then said it's hard to find a food that is "certified" to contain only the ingredients it lists. Like for me with gluten, I don't eat foods that "may" contain wheat from cross-contamination in the processing line.

Ultimately, the vet chose z/d, explaining how the hydrolyzed protein works, and how it's certified food, etc. I'd showed her the Rabbit and Green Pea food I'd found for a much easier-to-tolerate price per pound, she denounced it for being uncertified on ingredients. Said we could TRY it but in 6 months, after Joon's healed from being on the Z./D.

Any thoughts on this? Experiences? We have two girls and Joon has the higher metabolism, so she's always eating a little of the other girl's portion too (yet isn't as heavy) and feeding them separately and on schedules isn't going to work out for us, because they've never been accustomed to that way. We give them food morning and night and a "snack" in the afternoon, yes, so there's a schedule but they never quite eat all the food we leave in the bowl. They like to graze a bite here and there. So, the point it, the other girl will be on the same food too. Given how the other girl has a bad habit of not finishing chewing her food before she drinks water, the food would get in the water and Joon would be sick again so, regardless, everybody has to switch. It's just the PRICE that's daunting.
 

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It is possible to transition cats from free feeding to timed meals, and it really sounds like that would be the best solution in this situation. Cats aren't designed to graze, and they really don't need to have food out all the time. Timed meals are the best way to cope with prescription diets 
 [article="31129"]Transitioning Free Fed Kibble Kitties To Timed Meals​[/article]  
 
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