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Hi everyone! Just looking for some advice on how you handled this!
Busy's first prescription for Prednisolone is almost empty and I need to take her to the vet for a check-in/refill. While my vet was super amazing during the emergency care and diagnosis phase, I'm really not sure how she'll react to raw feeding. When we picked her up from her emergency stay, they said should be eating Purina Pro Plan Veterinary EN Gastroentric, mix of wet and dry. And one of the vet techs told me that they like to see some kibble in the diet for dental health. Sure, Jan.
I feed commercial raw now, because it's the only food that keeps her poop normal. The EN dry is mainly soy, she had two flare-ups while eating it, and it gives her terrible gas. The EN wet is higher in carbs and an all-canned diet of any kind gives her diarrhea. I feed raw for meals and a small Ziwi peak air-dried kibble for a snack. Once or twice a week, she does get a can of food if I forget to defrost a meal.
I know I'm going to have to discuss her diet during the vet appointment, and I'm nervous about it. I'm confident in her diet; raw works really well for her and I'm hopeful we can reduce the pred even more because of it. But I feel like I might have to defend it. How did your (non-holistic) vets react to raw? How do you respond to their diet recommendations?
Busy's first prescription for Prednisolone is almost empty and I need to take her to the vet for a check-in/refill. While my vet was super amazing during the emergency care and diagnosis phase, I'm really not sure how she'll react to raw feeding. When we picked her up from her emergency stay, they said should be eating Purina Pro Plan Veterinary EN Gastroentric, mix of wet and dry. And one of the vet techs told me that they like to see some kibble in the diet for dental health. Sure, Jan.
I feed commercial raw now, because it's the only food that keeps her poop normal. The EN dry is mainly soy, she had two flare-ups while eating it, and it gives her terrible gas. The EN wet is higher in carbs and an all-canned diet of any kind gives her diarrhea. I feed raw for meals and a small Ziwi peak air-dried kibble for a snack. Once or twice a week, she does get a can of food if I forget to defrost a meal.
I know I'm going to have to discuss her diet during the vet appointment, and I'm nervous about it. I'm confident in her diet; raw works really well for her and I'm hopeful we can reduce the pred even more because of it. But I feel like I might have to defend it. How did your (non-holistic) vets react to raw? How do you respond to their diet recommendations?