Took my Feline Herpes positive kitty to the vet today because she's having another flare up. We decided to try a new vet who does both traditional western medicine and holistic/alternative medicine. Before prescribing antibiotics, although he wasn't opposed to that, he wants to boost her nutrition so that her immune system can fight off the sneezing and symptoms of the flare up on its own. So, we are to start adding Missing Link and some raw food (beef liver, fish/shellfish) to her diet.
She's already eating Merrick's canned, which he knew nothing about and spent several minutes finding their website online and having a fit that we were feeding nothing that he'd heard of before. His reaction really frustrated me because I did lots of research on it before choosing that for her, but he didn't say stop feeding it to her. (He had an entire room of Science Diet, though!) His main gripe about it, I think, was that it includes fruits and veggies, which he doesn't believe kitties need.
Now, DH & I are researching raw diets.
She's already eating Merrick's canned, which he knew nothing about and spent several minutes finding their website online and having a fit that we were feeding nothing that he'd heard of before. His reaction really frustrated me because I did lots of research on it before choosing that for her, but he didn't say stop feeding it to her. (He had an entire room of Science Diet, though!) His main gripe about it, I think, was that it includes fruits and veggies, which he doesn't believe kitties need.
Now, DH & I are researching raw diets.