nepenthe
Member Since 2010
One thing I have noticed over the past few months is that whenever I feed Chingis some other low-carb foods besides Classic FF, his numbers will rise within a few days (to 300+)
And I am feeding no dry food and only those listed with a carb content of less than 4% - especially Wellness Chicken (with the yellow triangle) and even the Nature's Variety Instinct Raw (chicken medallions)
in both those cases they have stuff like squash, and other complex carbs sources from fruits and veggies. Instinct Raw even has honey listed as an ingredient, despite being listed as less than 2% carbs.
My reason for asking this: my boy has ongoing p-titis and we think that this is what's making him hard to regulate, despite proper dosing and diet. He is losing muscle on his hind legs rather quickly and the vet and I want him to gain some weight. The drawback of the FF is that some days he doesn't eat all of it - and all of it has "fish byproducts, which we are suspecting could be triggering an ongoing irritation to the pancreas. So, ideally we would like to move him to the NV Instinct Raw or Wellness chicken excursively.
Has anyone else noticed that their cat is sensitive to some canned foods - despite being low carb? (<4%)
Also, would it be a good strategy to give him these brands above, even though they seem to raise his BG, and then try to ramp up the dose? (he is on 2U now)
And I am feeding no dry food and only those listed with a carb content of less than 4% - especially Wellness Chicken (with the yellow triangle) and even the Nature's Variety Instinct Raw (chicken medallions)
in both those cases they have stuff like squash, and other complex carbs sources from fruits and veggies. Instinct Raw even has honey listed as an ingredient, despite being listed as less than 2% carbs.
My reason for asking this: my boy has ongoing p-titis and we think that this is what's making him hard to regulate, despite proper dosing and diet. He is losing muscle on his hind legs rather quickly and the vet and I want him to gain some weight. The drawback of the FF is that some days he doesn't eat all of it - and all of it has "fish byproducts, which we are suspecting could be triggering an ongoing irritation to the pancreas. So, ideally we would like to move him to the NV Instinct Raw or Wellness chicken excursively.
Has anyone else noticed that their cat is sensitive to some canned foods - despite being low carb? (<4%)
Also, would it be a good strategy to give him these brands above, even though they seem to raise his BG, and then try to ramp up the dose? (he is on 2U now)
