I've read articles that say if you find a food that doesn't cause any symptoms then stick with it, but I've read others that say you should vary the foods and rotate the proteins on different days. My cat Buddy is currently eating canned Nature's Variety Instinct limited Ingredient diet turkey formula and it's working well with him, but all the foods I've tried in the past worked well right up to the point when they didn't. So I'm thinking maybe rotating the proteins is key? The NVI LID turkey is grain, gluten, chicken, beef, egg and dairy free. It also doesn't have carrageenan, xanthan gum or guar gum. He doesn't like the LID Duck, but I'm struggling to find other LID foods that are high quality. Blue Buffalo has LID foods, but they are filled with other ingredients that are known to cause intestinal inflammation.
Do you have a cat with IBD/SCL or another illness that affects their stomach? What brands have you found that works for you? I'm also looking into refrigerated/frozen raw food like Nature's Variety Instinct Raw rabbit, although I have not tried these yet. I'd love to hear from those who have!
SIDE NOTE: I just thought I'd mention that when my cat started having some bad flareups of his IBD in the beginning I really started to look into cat foods and species appropriate diets and my mind was absolutely BLOWN. So many companies sell food claiming that they are for sensitive stomachs or hypoallergenic and yet they are filled with ingredients that are either KNOWN to cause inflammation or filled with low grade by-product garbage! Hills Prescription and Royal Canin Prescription pretty much own all vets making it impossible to find one that's knowledgeable in cat nutrition. Finding a high quality, species appropriate cat food should not be the equivalent to trying to find a needle in a haystack that's the size of a freaking mountain!
Do you have a cat with IBD/SCL or another illness that affects their stomach? What brands have you found that works for you? I'm also looking into refrigerated/frozen raw food like Nature's Variety Instinct Raw rabbit, although I have not tried these yet. I'd love to hear from those who have!
SIDE NOTE: I just thought I'd mention that when my cat started having some bad flareups of his IBD in the beginning I really started to look into cat foods and species appropriate diets and my mind was absolutely BLOWN. So many companies sell food claiming that they are for sensitive stomachs or hypoallergenic and yet they are filled with ingredients that are either KNOWN to cause inflammation or filled with low grade by-product garbage! Hills Prescription and Royal Canin Prescription pretty much own all vets making it impossible to find one that's knowledgeable in cat nutrition. Finding a high quality, species appropriate cat food should not be the equivalent to trying to find a needle in a haystack that's the size of a freaking mountain!