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Originally Posted by amandawash  Hey Bony. It might be worth doing a little experiment. Change Zander's food to something like Natural Balance Venison and Sweet Potato, or Duck and Potato for AT LEAST one month, preferably two months. If he is symptom-free after that time, introduce some cooked chicken, or pre-made raw for a few days. If there is still no symptoms, you could just assume it is the chicken in kibble, or you could give him some chicken kibble and see what happens.
Are you sure it's the chicken in the kibble, or the certain brand of kibble? Also, if he is younger than a year, it is pretty unlikely it is an actual food allergy. |
Hey Amanda! I actually did an elimination diet with him a couple of years ago to determine chicken was the problem. Alex is 13 and he can't seem to tolerate it in any brand, and I've tried a few. For the last several months, I've been free feeding Nature's Variety Instinct in the Rabbit meal and the Duck & Turkey meal and all 4 of mine are doing great on it. I also feed NV's raw in venison and wanted to find something besides venison to offer them. None of mine like lamb at all, and I won't feed the NV Raw Rabbit since it's from China, so I was hoping Alex could tolerate their raw chicken. I was just hesitant to buy a whole bag and then find out he couldn't eat it. I never thought of trying some from the butcher, duh!
That would be a lot cheaper, and hopefully have the same result as NV's raw.
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