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I was feeding my cat home-prepared raw food for a couple of years, and she did great on it... until she didn't. First she developed an allergy to eggs, then to the chemicals in store-bought chicken. Beef made her stools soft, and rabbit she didn't tolerate at all. And now she's become allergic to chicken. I think it's because I didn't give her enough variety. So what do I do next?
Right now I'm giving her freeze-dried turkey and duck/goose, but her stools are round and getting more whitish, which is making me concerned. I thought maybe she wasn't getting enough water, but she's peeing a lot. It's a bit like what happened when she had rabbit. I don't know if it's the duck or the Stella & Chewy brand. Her stools are better when she has Weruva canned food.
I'd like to try fresh raw food again. Are there any kinds that tend to be better for cats? She was ok with turkey and quail before. What about pork, venison, elk, guinea fowl, or antelope? If I order ground mixes of those, what do I do about chunks?
She is also scratching her ears again. It went away when I gave her better quality chicken before. Is it seasonal, or food allergies?
One vet suggested that she will continue to develop allergies to different proteins, and that I should give her a hydrolized diet. I hope it doesn't come to that. I've started giving her slippery elm bark and probiotics every day, and I'm thinking of giving her S. Boulardi. Is that likely to help any of this?
Right now I'm giving her freeze-dried turkey and duck/goose, but her stools are round and getting more whitish, which is making me concerned. I thought maybe she wasn't getting enough water, but she's peeing a lot. It's a bit like what happened when she had rabbit. I don't know if it's the duck or the Stella & Chewy brand. Her stools are better when she has Weruva canned food.
I'd like to try fresh raw food again. Are there any kinds that tend to be better for cats? She was ok with turkey and quail before. What about pork, venison, elk, guinea fowl, or antelope? If I order ground mixes of those, what do I do about chunks?
She is also scratching her ears again. It went away when I gave her better quality chicken before. Is it seasonal, or food allergies?
One vet suggested that she will continue to develop allergies to different proteins, and that I should give her a hydrolized diet. I hope it doesn't come to that. I've started giving her slippery elm bark and probiotics every day, and I'm thinking of giving her S. Boulardi. Is that likely to help any of this?