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My cat will be beginning chlorambucil (Leukeran) treatment for intestinal lymphoma. My concern is that he is currently eating a dehydrated raw diet (Primal freeze dried), and most articles I see recommend against feeding a raw diet to immunocompromised cats or cats getting chemo.
Prior to the lymphoma, he had chronic diarrhea for years, which finally and miraculously cleared up upon switching to the raw food 8 months ago. Now he's having diarrhea from the cancer. I am hesitant to switch him off of a food that has done him good, but at the same time I don't want him to get sick from eating raw if his system can't handle it.
Has anyone had experience with a cat who ate raw food during chemo... or a cat who was switched off of a raw diet due to chemo?
Thanks.
(In case anyone remembers my posts from last year, this is not Oliver...who died from a combination of the cancer and a badly bleeding ulcer in October. Tippy was Oliver's best buddy, and now he has the very same cancer. I made a lot of mistakes with Oliver and his treatment, and I hope that by learning from them I can give Tippy a better outcome and life.)
Prior to the lymphoma, he had chronic diarrhea for years, which finally and miraculously cleared up upon switching to the raw food 8 months ago. Now he's having diarrhea from the cancer. I am hesitant to switch him off of a food that has done him good, but at the same time I don't want him to get sick from eating raw if his system can't handle it.
Has anyone had experience with a cat who ate raw food during chemo... or a cat who was switched off of a raw diet due to chemo?
Thanks.
(In case anyone remembers my posts from last year, this is not Oliver...who died from a combination of the cancer and a badly bleeding ulcer in October. Tippy was Oliver's best buddy, and now he has the very same cancer. I made a lot of mistakes with Oliver and his treatment, and I hope that by learning from them I can give Tippy a better outcome and life.)