Guys,
I can't catch a break with my 9 year old, Malibu since I switched him to a raw diet last June (2014).
Over the past year, I have concluded that he has a red meat "intolerance":
These are the meats that I have been feeding him:
Rad Cat Turkey
Rad Cat Chicken
Hare Today Ground Rabbit
Prey Model Raw (80/10/5/5)
I put him back on 100% rabbit for 2 full weeks to let him heal up and introduced 1 meal of whole, cut up quail. He completely broke out and had the most severe reaction I have ever seen with big red patches of inflamed skin near his eyes and it was so terrible. This is crazy because he used to eat whole quail quite a bit before Hare Today jacked up their prices on it and I quit buying it and he has never had a reaction to it before.
What do I do???
If he has a red meat intolerance and now a poultry allergy I have no idea what to feed him. Since he obviously is a cat that will suddenly become allergic to a protein, how much longer until he reacts to rabbit? What can I put him on before that happens? I guess cavies is an option but I *hate* serving him that because he has frequent hairballs when cavies are in the rotation. I mean every...single...day. He has NO hairballs when I don't have cavies to serve him.
Another thing that has me really concerned is that Rabbit is the only protein that he will be able to eat bone-in pieces now that he has become allergic to cornish hen and quail. I really depend on the Prey Model Raw diet to keep his teeth and gums healthy. And since I'm going to have to rotate proteins (even if I can find other proteins to rotate with rabbit), he will only get Rabbit bones for the month that Rabbit is in rotation.
I'm feeling really defeated and sad right now. I just want my cat to live forever and I know that a raw diet is the best thing for him but he's had nothing but problems since we started. Is a raw diet just not for him? Kali is doing so amazing on raw. She eats cornish hen, beef, duck, chicken, lamb, rabbit and goat, has "victory" poop and is so incredibly healthy.
Please someone give me some advise
I can't catch a break with my 9 year old, Malibu since I switched him to a raw diet last June (2014).
Over the past year, I have concluded that he has a red meat "intolerance":
- When he eats Rad Cat Lamb, he immediately vomits it back up. I have tried to reintroduce it incredibly slowly but I'm thinking it may just be too fatty for him and he can't keep it down.
- I don't know if whole mouse is considered a red meat but I did order a pack of whole adult mice from Hare Today and Malibu vomited every single one within 20 minutes of eating it. I did serve it mouse-body (
- When he eats ground Beef, Pork and possibly Goat (all from Hare Today), he stool gets loose and incredibly smelly.
These are the meats that I have been feeding him:
Rad Cat Turkey
Rad Cat Chicken
Hare Today Ground Rabbit
Prey Model Raw (80/10/5/5)
- Cornish Hen
- Chicken Thighs
- Duck Heart
- Duck Liver
- Beef Kidney
I put him back on 100% rabbit for 2 full weeks to let him heal up and introduced 1 meal of whole, cut up quail. He completely broke out and had the most severe reaction I have ever seen with big red patches of inflamed skin near his eyes and it was so terrible. This is crazy because he used to eat whole quail quite a bit before Hare Today jacked up their prices on it and I quit buying it and he has never had a reaction to it before.
What do I do???
If he has a red meat intolerance and now a poultry allergy I have no idea what to feed him. Since he obviously is a cat that will suddenly become allergic to a protein, how much longer until he reacts to rabbit? What can I put him on before that happens? I guess cavies is an option but I *hate* serving him that because he has frequent hairballs when cavies are in the rotation. I mean every...single...day. He has NO hairballs when I don't have cavies to serve him.
Another thing that has me really concerned is that Rabbit is the only protein that he will be able to eat bone-in pieces now that he has become allergic to cornish hen and quail. I really depend on the Prey Model Raw diet to keep his teeth and gums healthy. And since I'm going to have to rotate proteins (even if I can find other proteins to rotate with rabbit), he will only get Rabbit bones for the month that Rabbit is in rotation.
I'm feeling really defeated and sad right now. I just want my cat to live forever and I know that a raw diet is the best thing for him but he's had nothing but problems since we started. Is a raw diet just not for him? Kali is doing so amazing on raw. She eats cornish hen, beef, duck, chicken, lamb, rabbit and goat, has "victory" poop and is so incredibly healthy.
Please someone give me some advise