Rosemary Extract Sophie has been eating Natural Balance Duck and Potato for almost a year now and has been really enjoying it and doing pretty good on it. So we have recently had some stuff going on that I don't want to get fully into regarding possible neurological issues and she is due for a recheck to see if her uti/crystals cleared after anti biotics. We bought her a new bag of food and saw gay the formula is now different and they have included rosemary extract. For awhile I have read hay rosemary extract can be linked to seizures. I am not good at finding trustworthy articles but does anyone here have an opinion on the use of it in food? I'm nervous to switch her again because in 7 years this has been the best has done on a food and she still loves it, but I don't want to cause her any harm. She needs limited ingredients and has done well with this food. Everything about it was perfect for her: the ingredients, the guaranteed analysis and the flavour. I'm very stressed now! Does anyone have a limited ingredient food they recommend or is it time to start home cooking for her? |
I have been feeding my 6 yo boy Wellness Core Grain Free for a bit over a year, he loves it. |
If this food is working for her that well, then I'd leave her on it. Rosemary in very small quantities should not interfere w/ the seizure threshold. |
Thanks but now I have also noticed they added citric acid to it and a vet once mentioned that mixing food that contains citric acid can lead to bloat. I'm seeing her vet this week for the urinalysis so I am going to ask them and see what they think. Dental issues make us have to add water to her food so she can eat it. (Our vet wants to get a handle on the other stuff going on before she is comfortable putting her under for a dental). |
I just noticed a typo in my first post that I would like to correct. For some reason my phone auto corrected "that" to "gay". Definitely should've reread that post so I would've noticed that when I could edit it still. Sorry if it may have offended someone. |
Crisis averted for now. We found a bag of food that is still the old formula ingredient list. This will give us some time to figure out a new plan so we don't have to switch her right this second to something else. Starting the research for homecoming! |
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Our vet didn't have much to say other than those ingredients are in a lot of prescription diets and to call and ask the company for the reasoning behind the formula switch. I know citric acid itself isn't the issue that keeps coming up just that you shouldn't mix foods containing citric acid with water or it could lead to bloat. Sophie eats 2 of her 3 meals a day mixed with water due to some dental issues. As of right now though we have two bags that will last us until the end of summer of the old formula but she goes back to the vet to retest her urine because the concentration was really low for first morning urine. So her entire diet may have to change if she has early kidney disease. Her bloodwork came back with very good levels for her kidneys so the vet just wants to check the concentration in a few weeks again to see if maybe it was a fluke or the beginning stages. But the uti and crystals were gone! |
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