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I am trying to find a cat food my cat will eat that does not contain peas/legumes - or at least reduces them. She went off her other food which oddly had peas very high on the ingredients, and I think she did this due to that food causing digestive issues (suddenly developed extremely soft, smelly stools which I suspect was due to COVID and sourcing issues and possible ingredient quantity changes).
Anyway, because I know she gets diarrhea with xanthan gum, guar gum, and too much sunflower seed oil (agar seems okay), she ended up accepting and eating Ziwi, but unfortunately, after about 6 weeks of eating it pretty exclusively, she is experiencing digesting issues (and even hear her cry out when asleep and wake up - and when I listen to her tummy, it is gurgling audibly). I am guessing it is the chickpeas (carbs are 25%, and that seems to be the only carb source). The only other ingredient that is of concern is the New Zealand green lipped mussels. Interestingly, her previous food that caused the tummy stuff, also had the mussels--and peas up high on the list.
If this is an issue with seafood, the Rawz would avoid that. I read up on fenugreek, and it seems it is a legume plant. Should I not try it again if I am avoiding peas/legumes, or has anyone here had a cat do okay on it that did not do well with peas/chickpeas?
On a side note, this same cat has snored and even makes a squeaky noise from her nose when she is just sitting but waiting on food to be prepared (like she is excited and maybe breathing faster), and this seems worse if she comes to the kitchen after having been asleep with my daughter, like her nose is stuffy still from lying down. I know a lot of people have cats who snore, but her making that congested noise at times when she has woken up and is just sitting on the kitchen counter made me wonder if it could be allergy related. -- Her snoring/congestion seems to have increased and gotten worse since a few years ago when I added the Lotus pate to Lotus Just Juicy (non-fish). Of course, there were no peas or seafood in the Just Juicy. It was be something if I found a food that had no seafood/shellfish and no peas/legumes and her snoring/stuffy nose improved!
Thank you in advance for any thoughts on trying Rawz with the fenugreek seeds in it when avoiding peas/legumes.
I did pick up some of The Honest Kitchen pate and minced - no shellfish and no peas and no gums, just agar. She may not eat it, of course, and the carb counts on some of the pates are nearly as high as the Ziwi. Avoiding gums, peas, and seafood seems nearly impossible - especially since she is pickier on flavor these days. I am having to try to compromise because I would rather have her eating something with more carbs that I would like than not eating at all.
Everyone here is so helpful! Thanks again!
Anyway, because I know she gets diarrhea with xanthan gum, guar gum, and too much sunflower seed oil (agar seems okay), she ended up accepting and eating Ziwi, but unfortunately, after about 6 weeks of eating it pretty exclusively, she is experiencing digesting issues (and even hear her cry out when asleep and wake up - and when I listen to her tummy, it is gurgling audibly). I am guessing it is the chickpeas (carbs are 25%, and that seems to be the only carb source). The only other ingredient that is of concern is the New Zealand green lipped mussels. Interestingly, her previous food that caused the tummy stuff, also had the mussels--and peas up high on the list.
If this is an issue with seafood, the Rawz would avoid that. I read up on fenugreek, and it seems it is a legume plant. Should I not try it again if I am avoiding peas/legumes, or has anyone here had a cat do okay on it that did not do well with peas/chickpeas?
On a side note, this same cat has snored and even makes a squeaky noise from her nose when she is just sitting but waiting on food to be prepared (like she is excited and maybe breathing faster), and this seems worse if she comes to the kitchen after having been asleep with my daughter, like her nose is stuffy still from lying down. I know a lot of people have cats who snore, but her making that congested noise at times when she has woken up and is just sitting on the kitchen counter made me wonder if it could be allergy related. -- Her snoring/congestion seems to have increased and gotten worse since a few years ago when I added the Lotus pate to Lotus Just Juicy (non-fish). Of course, there were no peas or seafood in the Just Juicy. It was be something if I found a food that had no seafood/shellfish and no peas/legumes and her snoring/stuffy nose improved!
Thank you in advance for any thoughts on trying Rawz with the fenugreek seeds in it when avoiding peas/legumes.
I did pick up some of The Honest Kitchen pate and minced - no shellfish and no peas and no gums, just agar. She may not eat it, of course, and the carb counts on some of the pates are nearly as high as the Ziwi. Avoiding gums, peas, and seafood seems nearly impossible - especially since she is pickier on flavor these days. I am having to try to compromise because I would rather have her eating something with more carbs that I would like than not eating at all.
Everyone here is so helpful! Thanks again!