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Queen Eva has a food allergy to chicken. Unfortunately it is very difficult to find cat food without chicken. You have to read the ingredients because chicken is often added, even if it isn't in the flavor name on the label.
And it is even more difficult to find foods without chicken that Queen Eva will eat.
A few weeks ago, Queen Eva started having diarrhea. After ruling out parasites, I tried regulating her with probiotic. This seemed to help, for a few days, and then the diarrhea came back. I increased the probiotic, and again, her stool firmed up for a few days, but then it came back.
So I took her off all foods with chicken, which means I had to go out and buy some different foods. I have the Before Grain Beef and the BG Turkey already. But Queen Eva only likes those for one meal, in spite of my efforts to keep her from turning finicky, she will only eat any given flavor of food once in a 24 hour period.
It was very difficult to find any foods without chicken, that I haven't tried with her before. I finally ended up with California Natural Venison (which contains fish), which she has eaten with enjoyment before, and Wellness Beef and Salmon.
I don't like my cats eating fishy foods at all if I can avoid it, but I may have to break that rule with Queen Eva.
Anyway, so she has not had any food with chicken in it in three days, nor had she had any probiotic for those 3 days, and her poops are back to normal.
I have had to HAND FEED her the non chicken foods, because otherwise she will only take a lick or two and then run off.
Last night Tolly left his dish with some Soulistic Chicken in it ( Queen Eva and Tolly's favorite both) and Queen Eva DOVE into that dish with great joy, and when I snatched it away from her she gave me the saddest look.
So I have got to find other foods that don't contain chicken that she will enjoy eating. I may have to go to Fancy Feast, simply for variety, and cost. I hate to do it, because Fancy Feast has artificial additives. Not only that Queen Eva has been mostly grain free since she was 8 weeks old. I can avoid the FF flavors that have wheat gluten at least. But I need to find something this cat can eat!
Oh yeah, and I have to find a high quality kibble for her snacks too.
And it is even more difficult to find foods without chicken that Queen Eva will eat.
A few weeks ago, Queen Eva started having diarrhea. After ruling out parasites, I tried regulating her with probiotic. This seemed to help, for a few days, and then the diarrhea came back. I increased the probiotic, and again, her stool firmed up for a few days, but then it came back.
So I took her off all foods with chicken, which means I had to go out and buy some different foods. I have the Before Grain Beef and the BG Turkey already. But Queen Eva only likes those for one meal, in spite of my efforts to keep her from turning finicky, she will only eat any given flavor of food once in a 24 hour period.
It was very difficult to find any foods without chicken, that I haven't tried with her before. I finally ended up with California Natural Venison (which contains fish), which she has eaten with enjoyment before, and Wellness Beef and Salmon.
I don't like my cats eating fishy foods at all if I can avoid it, but I may have to break that rule with Queen Eva.
Anyway, so she has not had any food with chicken in it in three days, nor had she had any probiotic for those 3 days, and her poops are back to normal.
I have had to HAND FEED her the non chicken foods, because otherwise she will only take a lick or two and then run off.
Last night Tolly left his dish with some Soulistic Chicken in it ( Queen Eva and Tolly's favorite both) and Queen Eva DOVE into that dish with great joy, and when I snatched it away from her she gave me the saddest look.
So I have got to find other foods that don't contain chicken that she will enjoy eating. I may have to go to Fancy Feast, simply for variety, and cost. I hate to do it, because Fancy Feast has artificial additives. Not only that Queen Eva has been mostly grain free since she was 8 weeks old. I can avoid the FF flavors that have wheat gluten at least. But I need to find something this cat can eat!
Oh yeah, and I have to find a high quality kibble for her snacks too.