Allergy ?

[Sean & Rufus]

Possible dumb question. If a broth protein is used in a wet food, and kitty is allergic/intolerant to said protein, would it be an issue? I'm guessing so, but the whole fish oil in food doesn't can issues for allergen if they are allergic to fish.

Thanks!

 

[JanetNJ]

I would think so

 

[Sean & Rufus]

I'm wondering if I should just spend the couple hundred dollars on a test and cross my fingers that it is somewhat close to finding his allegies out.

 

[Kris & Teasel]

I'm wondering if I should just spend the couple hundred dollars on a test and cross my fingers that it is somewhat close to finding his allegies out.

I have no experience but I've read on here several times that the test is expensive and isn't very accurate or useful. Maybe post a thread asking specifically about that test?

 

[Sean & Rufus]

I have no experience but I've read on here several times that the test is expensive and isn't very accurate or useful. Maybe post a thread asking specifically about that test?

I did ask about a month ago. No too many responses. Of the responses I think all said that they were not conclusive. 2 different vets even said it's not worth it. It's so hard to get him to eat. All he likes now is fancy feast beef. Too high phos and while he is better, I still think it has some other ingredients that hes allergic too. Trying to find a venison, duck, or rabbit low in carbs, phos, and pate is kind of difficult.

 

[Kris & Teasel]

I did ask about a month ago. No too many responses. Of the responses I think all said that they were not conclusive. 2 different vets even said it's not worth it. It's so hard to get him to eat. All he likes now is fancy feast beef. Too high phos and while he is better, I still think it has some other ingredients that hes allergic too. Trying to find a venison, duck, or rabbit low in carbs, phos, and pate is kind of difficult.

You might end up looking into raw diets or make up your own mixture that you add a vitamin/mineral supplement to.

 

[Larry and Kitties]

There really is no good test for food allergy. The way it is test for/treated is diet trials. Usually one feeds a novel protein diet, that is a diet where the protein source is one not usually in cat food. An example is venison. In those novel protein diets other ingredients are also restricted. One problem, from a diabetic standpoint, is with those novel protein diets is that % calories from carbs might be higher than the desired 8-10%. To see results one has to feed the new diets for at least a month or two

 

[Sean & Rufus]

There really is no good test for food allergy. The way it is test for/treated is diet trials. Usually one feeds a novel protein diet, that is a diet where the protein source is one not usually in cat food. An example is venison. In those novel protein diets other ingredients are also restricted. One problem, from a diabetic standpoint, is with those novel protein diets is that % calories from carbs might be higher than the desired 8-10%. To see results one has to feed the new diets for at least a month or two

Yeah, unfortunetly I know all of this already. He just won't eat any of the rabbit or ven or duck I buy. He LOVES turkey, but I am sure that is the 1 he is allergic too. And he battle nausea daily so it's really hard to get him to like any food right now. That's why it's hard to do a novel right now

 

[tiffmaxee]

I'm wondering if I should just spend the couple hundred dollars on a test and cross my fingers that it is somewhat close to finding his allegies out.

My internist said the allergy tests are not accurate. My 1 1/2 year old is allergic to something. He said it’s usually a protein. So I’m trying to do an elimination test. I think in her case it might be chicken. Three weeks without and her lip was fine. Two days of chicken and it’s red again.

 

[Sean & Rufus]

My internist said the allergy tests are not accurate. My 1 1/2 year old is allergic to something. He said it’s usually a protein. So I’m trying to do an elimination test. I think in her case it might be chicken. Three weeks without and her lip was fine. Two days of chicken and it’s red again.

Yeah, I keep getting told the same, but I am at my wits end with trying to get him to eat and not knowing exactly what is causing the issue. I'm preety sure it's turkey, and have eliminated it form known ingredients, but some of the fancy feasts just list meat byproducts and who know if its in there. He still scrathing and licking all the time and I think the allergy has turned into an intollerance which has turned into IBD. And of course he wont eat a novel protein