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So, I've recently gotten married and moved out of my folks' place. My mother's senior cat doesn't have long left and my snowshoe, Jinx, has taken to sleeping with her, so she begged and begged and I finally let her keep Jinx to ease her grief when she loses her old girl.
Neither my cat-loving husband (the best kind!) nor I were even close to accepting having just three cats, we set out scouring the rescues for number four.
We found a large, beautiful, black senior Tom and fell in love with him, but the rescue says he has a food allergy and needs a special diet. He also has some dental issues (maybe due to the same allergy) and needs soft food. He's missing fur because of the allergy, but it's slowly coming back.
Since the vet says it's nearly impossible to pinpoint what specifically he's allergic to, I have him on a limited ingredient canned diet. The brand is Instinct, and it's their canned Turkey Limited Ingredient food.
Is that a good food for this situation? Or maybe I should just put him on a raw meat diet? What do you folks suggest? This is one issue I've never been up against before!
Neither my cat-loving husband (the best kind!) nor I were even close to accepting having just three cats, we set out scouring the rescues for number four.
We found a large, beautiful, black senior Tom and fell in love with him, but the rescue says he has a food allergy and needs a special diet. He also has some dental issues (maybe due to the same allergy) and needs soft food. He's missing fur because of the allergy, but it's slowly coming back.
Since the vet says it's nearly impossible to pinpoint what specifically he's allergic to, I have him on a limited ingredient canned diet. The brand is Instinct, and it's their canned Turkey Limited Ingredient food.
Is that a good food for this situation? Or maybe I should just put him on a raw meat diet? What do you folks suggest? This is one issue I've never been up against before!