I'm not sure what she's allergic to specifically, I've tried to narrow it down with little luck.
She's been the vet numerous times, on steroids, antibiotics, creams, etc with no affect. So I've been waging the battle at home with limited success. She's had allergies all her life and it's getting noticeably worse as she gets older. She licks herself bald, mainly her stomach but has progressed to her backlegs and sides. Wellness Core gave her a giant swollen bottom lip, which went away very quickly after switching her to Natural Balance. She also gets an itchy scabby rash down her back and sides if she's eating food that really doesn't agree with her (like right now). She also vomits up food almost daily, and isn't a gulper. Her poop and pee are perfectly normal. She drinks bottled water out of a glass. She's an active, happy, playful cat that doesn't act her age.
She's 13 years old. I've tried her on every brand of food the pet store in my town offers over the years, from the cheap to the expensive. The food she did best on was Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea, which is no longer made. She doesn't like the NB Duck and Green Pea and will barely eat it (and she's not a fussy cat at all).
I'm heading out in the next couple hours out of town to try and find her a food for allergy cats. I'm thinking of either Pinnacle or California Natural. She seems to do better on grain-free, but still not perfect. Apparently doesn't like duck, and the Wellness Core was the first time I've given her a food with fish in it, and apparently it didn't agree with her.
Which do you think would be better, or do you have any other suggestions?
She's been the vet numerous times, on steroids, antibiotics, creams, etc with no affect. So I've been waging the battle at home with limited success. She's had allergies all her life and it's getting noticeably worse as she gets older. She licks herself bald, mainly her stomach but has progressed to her backlegs and sides. Wellness Core gave her a giant swollen bottom lip, which went away very quickly after switching her to Natural Balance. She also gets an itchy scabby rash down her back and sides if she's eating food that really doesn't agree with her (like right now). She also vomits up food almost daily, and isn't a gulper. Her poop and pee are perfectly normal. She drinks bottled water out of a glass. She's an active, happy, playful cat that doesn't act her age.
She's 13 years old. I've tried her on every brand of food the pet store in my town offers over the years, from the cheap to the expensive. The food she did best on was Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea, which is no longer made. She doesn't like the NB Duck and Green Pea and will barely eat it (and she's not a fussy cat at all).
I'm heading out in the next couple hours out of town to try and find her a food for allergy cats. I'm thinking of either Pinnacle or California Natural. She seems to do better on grain-free, but still not perfect. Apparently doesn't like duck, and the Wellness Core was the first time I've given her a food with fish in it, and apparently it didn't agree with her.
Which do you think would be better, or do you have any other suggestions?