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Originally Posted by LillyBug  I do not notice any symptoms like you mentioned. I did buy natural balance with fresh chicken and switched her off Iams toy breed to this on Friday. This has 23% crude protein, wonder if this is low enough? |
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Originally Posted by TLC I would get the Vegetarian Natural Balance ... |
Good start switching to a better quality food....unfortunately, not only does the amount of protein matter, but the TYPE of protein matters. The NB Vegetarian doesn't contain animal proteins (e.g. beef, lamb, chicken, etc...)--all it's protein comes from potato protein I think. Animal protein breaks down into ammonia, and if blood is bypassing the liver, then ammonia will build up in her system eventually because she isn't able to get rid of it. So good sources of protein would include vegetable sources and dairy sources (and egg whites are ok too), but not animal meat. I didn't see anyone mention this, so I thought I'd better....I've been learning a LOT lately since my baby has a high ALT and high pre and post bile acids.
Seems like there are a lot of us out there lately.....