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Hi....I had previously posted about Calvin's continuous soft stool and many of you gave me wonderful advice. Once I stopped his Wellness Kitten dry his poop became normal. So he's been on only wet food for a few days now and the normal stool has continued (still cautious about it). So I am thinking of not doing the food sensitivity tests/ allerge tests just yet, since the issue has resolved, but I have copied all the suggestions if some of his issues return.
When I took Hobbes to the vet a fews back, I told him about Calvin and he feels that we can continue feeding him only wet. However, that's not something I am comfortable with. I leave out measured food and feed wet twice a day. But being the worrier that I am, I always feel that what if I am late in returning or something happens - I just dont want them to starve till other arrangements can be made.
So the vet suggested a formula for sensitive tummies. The 2 forerunners are the Science Diet and Royal Canin 33 - both for sensitive tummies. Now I do not like the fact that these food have some common allergens that I have kept out of Calvin's diet (soy, wheat, brewer's rice, corn etc) and also byproducts. So I'm skeptical. ANyone have any positive experience with either these or other sensitive tummy formulas?
My alternatives is to go for a grain free like Blue Wilderness/ Wellness Core/ Evo and see. But are grains frees generally richer than normal dry food? One of the reasons we think that Calvin could not digest the Wellness Kitten dry well was because it's too rich so giving him another rich food would be counter productive.
The other alternative is to try an adult food either by Wellness or Blue Buffalo - which would be less rich than the Kitten food and see.
Would appreciate any advice or if anyone could share their experiences.
When I took Hobbes to the vet a fews back, I told him about Calvin and he feels that we can continue feeding him only wet. However, that's not something I am comfortable with. I leave out measured food and feed wet twice a day. But being the worrier that I am, I always feel that what if I am late in returning or something happens - I just dont want them to starve till other arrangements can be made.
So the vet suggested a formula for sensitive tummies. The 2 forerunners are the Science Diet and Royal Canin 33 - both for sensitive tummies. Now I do not like the fact that these food have some common allergens that I have kept out of Calvin's diet (soy, wheat, brewer's rice, corn etc) and also byproducts. So I'm skeptical. ANyone have any positive experience with either these or other sensitive tummy formulas?
My alternatives is to go for a grain free like Blue Wilderness/ Wellness Core/ Evo and see. But are grains frees generally richer than normal dry food? One of the reasons we think that Calvin could not digest the Wellness Kitten dry well was because it's too rich so giving him another rich food would be counter productive.
The other alternative is to try an adult food either by Wellness or Blue Buffalo - which would be less rich than the Kitten food and see.
Would appreciate any advice or if anyone could share their experiences.