I was wondering if any of you have tried using a cat food allergy or intorence test kit that uses hair and saliva such as:
Nutriscan ($300)
http://www.nutriscan.org
or
Glcier Peak Holistics ($85)
http://www.glacierpeakholistics.com/alternative-allergy-testing-for-dogs.html
My 3 month old kitten does not have a severe allergy (no vomiting, diarrhea, hair loss, severe health issues, etc) however she does have periodic soft stools that get on her long hair on the back of her legs, occasional gas and/or stinky poo, and some occational itching on her head. I'm mainly concerned about the soft stools because the butt baths are becoming a pain! I have even had the hair back there shaved a bit. I think she squats too low and the poo when soft just sticks to her fur.
I feed her a combination of dry and wet (both paté and chunky) in a variety of flavors in an effort to raise a non finicky adult cat. I try to buy quality foods (Orijen dry kitten, Earthborn Holistic wet chunky, and Nulo wet paté) so I don't think her symptoms are due to low quality ingredients in her food. However, there are so many different ingredients in her food (even in a single bag/can) that I have no clue whether or not she has an intolernce and if she does, what it/they might be. Just thinking a relatively inexpensive allergy test could maybe shed some light and save a lot of time and money in my trial and error efforts.
Any advice or experience with a testing kit like the ones above would be much appreciated!
Nutriscan ($300)
http://www.nutriscan.org
or
Glcier Peak Holistics ($85)
http://www.glacierpeakholistics.com/alternative-allergy-testing-for-dogs.html
My 3 month old kitten does not have a severe allergy (no vomiting, diarrhea, hair loss, severe health issues, etc) however she does have periodic soft stools that get on her long hair on the back of her legs, occasional gas and/or stinky poo, and some occational itching on her head. I'm mainly concerned about the soft stools because the butt baths are becoming a pain! I have even had the hair back there shaved a bit. I think she squats too low and the poo when soft just sticks to her fur.
I feed her a combination of dry and wet (both paté and chunky) in a variety of flavors in an effort to raise a non finicky adult cat. I try to buy quality foods (Orijen dry kitten, Earthborn Holistic wet chunky, and Nulo wet paté) so I don't think her symptoms are due to low quality ingredients in her food. However, there are so many different ingredients in her food (even in a single bag/can) that I have no clue whether or not she has an intolernce and if she does, what it/they might be. Just thinking a relatively inexpensive allergy test could maybe shed some light and save a lot of time and money in my trial and error efforts.
Any advice or experience with a testing kit like the ones above would be much appreciated!