[Bitsy's Mom]

I was going to add to Rachael's thread on Winter or Food Allergies but thought my questions were a little different.

Emee is 4 months(19 weeks) and started having ear problems about 15 weeks....shortly after she came home. No change in diets she was on Royal Canin Puppy. The vet first treated her for ear mites but after an application of Revolution, daily drops of gooey Zymox for 10 days and then after that, daily rinsing of a vet ear cleansing rinse, Emee still has some redness and of course the brown wax. The vet now is thinking she might have a food allery. She gave me IAMS Veternariy Formula Response KO to feed her with strict instructions of no other food source.....none. The protein source is kangeroo so I can see how this would be a completely new protein for her but the very first ingredient is Oat Flour. Would this mean that she will be receiving a grain too?

But,the big thing is...she will not eat it. Since she is still a puppy and only up to 2 lbs 14 ounces, I am worried about her going too long without eating. After not eating the food for 24 hours, I added a very small spoon of Merrick - Thanksgiving Day dinner to the kanderoo food and she ate good. What can I do to make sure she is eating but still identify if she has a food allery. Any help will be appreciated by this worried mom.

By the way, I now have been putting an antibiotice in her ears after the daily rinsing and her ears are now cleared up finally. Now to ID the root cause.