? 09/10 Ivana BG=108 New food causing rise?

[Tara & Ivana (GA)]

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I shopped for Ivana's food in a different pet shop yesterday, and finally found the Applaws brand that I haven't seen yet. I was so excited to try it! I mean, for Ivana to try it haha. She absolutely loved the two flavours I bought, licked the bowl clean. She has had it the last four meals - starting with dinner last night. I just tested her 3 hrs after eating and she's now blue, which is unusual for her. Checked the ingredients of the food, and whaddayaknow, brown rice is the last ingredient. I'm a bit peeved because I emailed the manufacturer for the carb values of all their foods, and these two are meant to be 0 carbs

Anyway, my question is, should I just stop feeding her this food right now, or do I give it another go in a few days, test, and see if it's just a coincidence? I'm pretty sure I know the answer (yeah, it's not worth the risk), but heck she loved it so much I feel a bit bad. Oh and I will be testing again today to make sure she drops back down to her usual greenness.

The food is Tuna & Anchovy and Tuna & Seabream. I really should have checked the labels before I bought it, yes I know...

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Personally I would not feed that food. It is not worth the risk.......coming from someone who has a cat that came out of remission.

 

[Tara & Ivana (GA)]

That's what I think too Bron, what a shame. Oh well, my parent's cats will be getting presents when I visit them next week!

 

[Vyktors Mum]

I know that brown rice is lower in carbs than white and some brown rice foods are ok. I'd probably give it another go to see if it is coincidence but not for a week or so.

 

[Erica & Carter]

I second that. Not worth it in my opinion. I've seen that food in the Hollywood Feed holisitc petfood store I occasionally have shopped at and I always wondered about it... but never actually looked into it.

 

[carfurby (GA)]

It doesn't seem worth the risk to me to keep feeding it to her. It may take her a day to come back down.

 

[Olive & Paula]

Can you return the unopened cans and get a refund?

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

I have a different perspective. A number of cats will react to a new food with a temporary rise in numbers -- even if the new food is lower in carbs than what they had previously been eating. I have fed my guys Wellness for years. There are some fruit and vegetables in the food. However, they are in such a small amount that they make a minimal contribution to the 4 - 5% carb content of the food. If you read Dr. Lisa's site on feline nutrition, she notes that as long as the overall carb value of the food is low, if there are ingredients such as brown rice, sweet potato, etc., it's fine barring anything that your cat may be allergic to.

 

[Tara & Ivana (GA)]

Ivana had one of her old foods for lunch, and 3 hrs after that she was back down to 74. Phew!

As much as I'd like to add this to her regular rotation, I'm petrified of it bringing her out of remission - she's gone this long without those two flavors and not suffered from lack of variety, so I'm just not going to risk it at this stage. Maybe I will ask the manufacturer for the amount of brown rice in it, and if it's negligible then she can have it for a treat once in a while. Thanks for your thoughts everyone!

 

[Gill & George]

Ivana had one of her old foods for lunch, and 3 hrs after that she was back down to 74. Phew!

As much as I'd like to add this to her regular rotation, I'm petrified of it bringing her out of remission - she's gone this long without those two flavors and not suffered from lack of variety, so I'm just not going to risk it at this stage. Maybe I will ask the manufacturer for the amount of brown rice in it, and if it's negligible then she can have it for a treat once in a while. Thanks for your thoughts everyone!

On the applaws UK website it says it has 1% brown rice for the tuna and sea bream , I contacted them regarding how much phosphorus they had in them and though they got back to me at first I never did get an answer. Did they give you P values. Interestingly when I put through the analysis through a carb calculator it comes up 0% which obviously with the brown rice in there is simply not accurate

fwiw Though I never got to buying applaws I did feed George, prior to CKD some pouches of another brand that had 1% brown rice in them and he did ok with them, they were all LC approx 4-6% carb stopped those with his CKD as manufacturer wouldn't confirm P with me

 

[Tara & Ivana (GA)]

@Gill & George Yes the phosphorus content is in the link at the bottom of my sig, Aussie Food & Supply List. They may not be the same in every country though?