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Hi Sue and thank you so much for the clarification.
It is so true, the vet sends you home with 2U and no home testing. My previous vet however sent me home with 1U once a day and depending on the BG level which meant changing the dose every day, totally absurd.
Anyway, hoping that you feel a little better today. If still not 100% yourself just yet, allow me to put a smile on your face. The allergy test results for Chanel are in and among other things, she is extremely allergic to fleas (who isn't?:)) and dogs and highly allergic to CATS...hahahahaha I was laughing a lot yesterday, talking to someone at the testing office and she was worried that maybe Chanel is not the only cat I have and even worse I may have dogs too. Some other things came as positive allergens, some that I knew of like milk, but unfortunately she is allergic to goat's milk so bye bye Vital Essential LC dry food. The list of allergens also include the barley grass and catnip (and now I know why she did not like the catnip plant that I used to have in the apartment to repel the fleas). She is also allergic to pork and duck, fish and rabbit and turkey gibblets. It is a lot to take in and the lady also suggested to lay off the dry food since most of the allergens are part of the dry food. Oddly enough, the dry food she likes now does have the least allergic ones, but yes I will have to get into cooking and testing some raw and taking the dry food out gradually. I may be never able to do so 100% but if I can get her to eat just a few kibbles a day as a treat, it would still be a win. Today amps she was 406 which is high but hey it is the dry food and she was happy as a button jumping and running after her balls and coming to kiss us before we went for work. I guess I have my work cut out for me.
 
Sorry that you are still not feeling well, whatever you got sure hit you hard.
Is everyone else in the house feeling ok?

Sure hope Luci stays safe and lets you rest:bighug:
 
Interesting results. Chanel is her own worst enemy. Surprised on the goats milk

So what does that leave you. Venison, beef, chicken, buffalo (we have buffalo farm near us). There is a brand that has quail. Some people get kangaroo, boar.
 
Olive & Paula said:
Interesting results. Chanel is her own worst enemy. Surprised on the goats milk

So what does that leave you. Venison, beef, chicken, buffalo (we have buffalo farm near us). There is a brand that has quail. Some people get kangaroo, boar.
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@Olive & Paula I have to say that she has limited choices, yes but if it would help her in the long term to get better, I am willing to go down that road. She does not like venison, tried already. Not sure about the kangaroo (she is allergic to alligator too). It may be worth it to try buffalo or quail. Meanwhile I went home to feed her and she had a satisfied face, she is definitely enjoying her HC dry food. I will start looking again for alternatives while she is stuffing her face with the bad food. The Holistic pate gave her tummy spasms while the Tiki Cat Mousse seems to be acceptable.
 
Laura & Chanel said:
Hi Sue and thank you so much for the clarification.
It is so true, the vet sends you home with 2U and no home testing. My previous vet however sent me home with 1U once a day and depending on the BG level which meant changing the dose every day, totally absurd.
Anyway, hoping that you feel a little better today. If still not 100% yourself just yet, allow me to put a smile on your face. The allergy test results for Chanel are in and among other things, she is extremely allergic to fleas (who isn't?:)) and dogs and highly allergic to CATS...hahahahaha I was laughing a lot yesterday, talking to someone at the testing office and she was worried that maybe Chanel is not the only cat I have and even worse I may have dogs too. Some other things came as positive allergens, some that I knew of like milk, but unfortunately she is allergic to goat's milk so bye bye Vital Essential LC dry food. The list of allergens also include the barley grass and catnip (and now I know why she did not like the catnip plant that I used to have in the apartment to repel the fleas). She is also allergic to pork and duck, fish and rabbit and turkey gibblets. It is a lot to take in and the lady also suggested to lay off the dry food since most of the allergens are part of the dry food. Oddly enough, the dry food she likes now does have the least allergic ones, but yes I will have to get into cooking and testing some raw and taking the dry food out gradually. I may be never able to do so 100% but if I can get her to eat just a few kibbles a day as a treat, it would still be a win. Today amps she was 406 which is high but hey it is the dry food and she was happy as a button jumping and running after her balls and coming to kiss us before we went for work. I guess I have my work cut out for me.
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WOW! That's quite a lot of allergies! It DOES sound like you've got your work cut out for you - but on the other hand it could be a very simple diet - sometimes with people who have a lot of allergies they have a fairly limited repertoire of foods/beverages to choose from and although boring can really make a huge change in their health. Keep us posted on her progress :)
 
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