- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #21
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2014
- Messages
- 19
- Purraise
- 4
Thank you for your reply My husband is hesitant about putting the cats on raw food because of the cost, but after reading your reply I explained to him that the food might cost more than what we are feeding now, but if it works, it will save us money on medicine and vet bills for her. Especially the Atopica ( I haven't told him how much that costs yet LOL!) Thank you for putting that in perspective for me
If she is highly allergic you might notice an increase in itching etc. However it can take up to 12 weeks for her body to adjust to the new foods and sometimes you can have a 'clean out' period where they react more than they would normally just because the body is getting rid of the other food out of their system. Raw feeding for my chihuahua is more expensive than grain free however a 4# bag lasts her 6 months so feeding her raw she eats more than that. HOWEVER I have saved hundreds if not thousands in vet bills and medications for her. She was to the point of going on atopica, she was already on steroids. We did all the food trials with her too. She was so miserable skin red and inflammed, infections all the time. She was on 7 medications for her chronic issues. She is now on 1 (for hydrocephalus) and has had minimal problems in the last 3 years. She literally has 28 pages of medical history up until 2010 (5 years), and maybe 1 or 2 pages since then (when we switched her to raw). She was allergic to chicken in cooked form but handles it in raw form without problems. As cooking changes the protein.