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Originally Posted by Cherie6446  Zoey has had 2 attacks of pancreatitis in two years. The last one was a few months ago. She had been on raw food for nearly four years with no problems. Now she is on that junky Royal Canin Gastro. Her breath smells. Her eyes have tear stains and she licks her feet. Her vet said that the raw fat content was too high for her. It was not the food that caused this last episode (IMO) but the treats that were high in fat - 24% for each little cookie and she was getting these several times per day. My question is - I would love to put her back on raw but I am afraid that she will have another bout with pancreatitis and I would be very embarrassed to have gone against the vets advise. Any suggestions? |
If you are quite sure that it was the treats then get her a good quality freeze dried raw treat instead on any of the typical treats found on grocery store and department store shelves.
Make sure the raw you are feeding is from lean cuts of meat. We use Stella & Chewy's brand and we use both the frozen and the raw. They use grass fed livestock as their meat source. Grass fed animals are not force fed GMO feeds to fatten them up and are not injected with hormones, antibiotics, or steroids. There may be other brands out there that use grass fed livestock but I'm not sure who they are. Make sure you do your research.
I don't blame you for not wanting to feed the stuff your vet gave you.