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Old 07-09-2009, 06:56 AM   #13
107barney
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Hi Crystal
Yes, I found it odd that there was ground beef in there. I've done substiutions with chicken and turkey and she is unable to handle any kind of meat. I've given her tofu and cottage cheese, which she can tolerate, but it is not cost effective and is difficult to store.

A lot of "cookies" set her off - so anything with wheat. I feed her "wellbars" cookies and those are the only ones she can handle. Those are the Yogurt, Apples & Bananas variety and the ingredients are:
Ingredients
Ground Barley, Cane Molasses, Ground Brown Rice, Canola Oil, Yogurt (Milk Ingredients, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Yogurt Cultures), Apples, Bananas, Oatmeal, Flaxseed, Amaranth, Ascorbic Acid (a source of Vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Mixed Tocopherols (a natural preservative), Beta-Carotene.

She can eat sweet potatoes, some veggies like green beans, baby carrots give her horrendous diarrhea, even if I steam them. She likes fruits - apples, blueberries, oranges, bananas. She can eat oats, potatoes, sweet potatoes, brown rice without incident so carbohydrate sources are not the problem. She can eat cottage cheese, yogurt, and tofu but does not care for tofu unless I add some type of flavoring to it like chicken broth.

The diet given to me by my vet seems to have this added to it concerning the analysis:
Yield: 598 grams (1.25 pounds) and 936 kcal/batch
Analysis (% Dry Matter):
Protein 19%
Fat 19%
Carbohydrate 54%
Sodium 0.5%
Calories 750 kcal/lb.
Feed sufficient amount to maintain normal body weight (approximately ¼ lb food per each 5 lb
body weight).

As for her allergies, she has mostly environmental allergies to Pine (we have pine trees in a neighbor's yars), grasses, flowers, etc. Right now with all the mold in the Northeast, she has scratched a bald spot on her nose and is biting her pads all day long. She takes Atopica and I bathe her in Maleseb to keep the yeast down. I've got to take her into the dermatologist for a check though as it is not improving!
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