Hey Everybody, hope you're having a great Saturday afternoon. Go Gamecocks!
Anyway, I am new to the CatSite and I recently posted in the cat nutrition forum about my cat Carter. He is 14 months old and for the past ten months of his life we have been struggling with severe food allergies which cause him to itch constantly. The itching is so severe that his face is constantly raw and bleeding.
Currently, Carter is taking 10 mg prednisolone every other day, chlorephramine, and is eating Royal Canin rabbit and pea food. I feed him a mixture of wet and dry.
I want to begin feeding him raw food, preferably a commercial brand. I am very scared and very skeptical of putting him through any more negative experiences - I worry about his immune system and his ability to stay healthy since he is on steroids and has open wounds constantly. Can anyone calm these fears??
Is a raw diet absolutely safe?
Is there any risk I will feed him the raw diet and he will react negatively to it? What signs should I look for?
Most importantly, what kind of raw diet should I start him on? I am more than willing to adapt into making the food myself, I just would like to start out with a storebought brand.
I am COMPLETELY unknowledgeable about this and very nervous about hurting my poor baby any worse than he has already suffered for most of his life.
Also, if anyone is in South Carolina/Western North Carolina and has a reputable holistic vet they trust, please let me know!
Thank you for your support
Anyway, I am new to the CatSite and I recently posted in the cat nutrition forum about my cat Carter. He is 14 months old and for the past ten months of his life we have been struggling with severe food allergies which cause him to itch constantly. The itching is so severe that his face is constantly raw and bleeding.
Currently, Carter is taking 10 mg prednisolone every other day, chlorephramine, and is eating Royal Canin rabbit and pea food. I feed him a mixture of wet and dry.
I want to begin feeding him raw food, preferably a commercial brand. I am very scared and very skeptical of putting him through any more negative experiences - I worry about his immune system and his ability to stay healthy since he is on steroids and has open wounds constantly. Can anyone calm these fears??
Is a raw diet absolutely safe?
Is there any risk I will feed him the raw diet and he will react negatively to it? What signs should I look for?
Most importantly, what kind of raw diet should I start him on? I am more than willing to adapt into making the food myself, I just would like to start out with a storebought brand.
I am COMPLETELY unknowledgeable about this and very nervous about hurting my poor baby any worse than he has already suffered for most of his life.
Also, if anyone is in South Carolina/Western North Carolina and has a reputable holistic vet they trust, please let me know!
Thank you for your support