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12-18-2008, 12:01 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: With my yorkies
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| Food allergy question Several months ago, I made the decision to feed my yorkies Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lover's Soul. After several weeks my oldest became very itchy and developed little bumps on his back and shoulders. Thinking it may be a food allergy, I switched them over to TOTW-Pacific Stream Formula. In just a week or two, the bumps went away and the itching stopped. We all love TOTW but I want to feed them on a rotation diet, so I tried adding the Chicken Soup back into their diet early last week. The bumps and itching are now back! They all really like this food but apparently Alex has a sensitivity to one of the ingredients. Is he more likely allergic to one of the meat proteins or to a grain? The main grain is barley, and the meats are chicken, turkey and duck. If it's a meat, which one? I've tried to find a good quality food with no chicken/turkey/duck and no barley but there aren't many to choose from. I would appreciate any suggestions or advice! |
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12-18-2008, 12:45 PM | #2 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| If you think he can do rice, California Natural makes some good ones. Natural Balance might also work. Honestly, trying to say what protein he is allergic to or what grain he has a hypersensitivity to would be speculation because you cannot tell without an elimination diet. I would suspect the chicken or barley over the turkey or duck but it could be any of these. Theere are also other ingredients in kibble that can cause reactions.
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12-18-2008, 01:02 PM | #3 |
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| California Natural was my first thought but I'm avoiding chicken which only leaves the Herring & Sweet Potato formula - which has barley as the 2nd ingredient, and Lamb - which none of my babies like. I'm thinking about trying the Herring & Sweet Potato just to see what happens with the barley. |
12-18-2008, 01:04 PM | #4 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| After the itching has stopped, you can keep them on TOTW and add barley to it yourself to see what happens. That way you aren't stuck with a whole bag of food.
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12-18-2008, 01:06 PM | #5 |
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| Great idea! |
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