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This isn’t technically homemade, but I know folks here are some of the best to help advise me on this.
I’m dealing with a cat with likely food allergies, and I’m trying to balance cost effectiveness with my aversion to certain unnecessary ingredients I’m finding in our canned options.
So far, we’ve eliminated a couple of typical protein allergies, chicken and turkey. He did really well on Evanger’s rabbit and quail; but by the second time around, we had taken in a bunch of sick kittens in and needed to cut costs, so we switched to Redbarn’s lamb. His sores cleared up a bit on Redbarn, but honestly, not as much as on the rabbit and quail. So I am thinking we’ll avoid lamb too, at least for now.
We’re trying to evaluate what potential options we have with rabbit, cost and quality wise.
I’m very immunocompromised, and while I’ve done raw in the past (haven’t been able to afford it in a while), with the current pandemic, we’ve decided to rule out raw for now out of an abundance of caution. That includes cooking it ourselves. Edit: I should clarify that I’m not implying Covid-19 would be transmitted in raw meat. Rather, the concern is a potential bacterial infection further increasing susceptibility, and vice versa.
My specific questions are as follows -
- Is it possible to safely use a meal completer for supplemental canned, like Evanger’s rabbit (Evanger's Grain-Free Rabbit Canned Dog & Cat Food, 12.8-oz, case of 12 - Chewy.com)?
- What meal completer options are available that can be used with cooked meat and contain no/minimal animal sources? (Is there a better way to navigate the animal sources for a meal completer?). So far, the only one I know of that meets those requirements is BalanceIt. Are there any others?
- Is there anything regarding composition details I should email Evanger’s about?
So far I’ve only asked about bone content, and they replied that it contains small bones, but didn’t offer a percentage. Should I be more specific about that? The label also lists liver on the ingredients, do I need further information about that as well? Anything else that might be relevant?
Also, if anyone knows of a complete, single protein rabbit canned food that doesn’t contain a bunch of junk ingredients, and also miraculously doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, I’d love any suggestions.
Thank you!
I’m dealing with a cat with likely food allergies, and I’m trying to balance cost effectiveness with my aversion to certain unnecessary ingredients I’m finding in our canned options.
So far, we’ve eliminated a couple of typical protein allergies, chicken and turkey. He did really well on Evanger’s rabbit and quail; but by the second time around, we had taken in a bunch of sick kittens in and needed to cut costs, so we switched to Redbarn’s lamb. His sores cleared up a bit on Redbarn, but honestly, not as much as on the rabbit and quail. So I am thinking we’ll avoid lamb too, at least for now.
We’re trying to evaluate what potential options we have with rabbit, cost and quality wise.
I’m very immunocompromised, and while I’ve done raw in the past (haven’t been able to afford it in a while), with the current pandemic, we’ve decided to rule out raw for now out of an abundance of caution. That includes cooking it ourselves. Edit: I should clarify that I’m not implying Covid-19 would be transmitted in raw meat. Rather, the concern is a potential bacterial infection further increasing susceptibility, and vice versa.
My specific questions are as follows -
- Is it possible to safely use a meal completer for supplemental canned, like Evanger’s rabbit (Evanger's Grain-Free Rabbit Canned Dog & Cat Food, 12.8-oz, case of 12 - Chewy.com)?
- What meal completer options are available that can be used with cooked meat and contain no/minimal animal sources? (Is there a better way to navigate the animal sources for a meal completer?). So far, the only one I know of that meets those requirements is BalanceIt. Are there any others?
- Is there anything regarding composition details I should email Evanger’s about?
So far I’ve only asked about bone content, and they replied that it contains small bones, but didn’t offer a percentage. Should I be more specific about that? The label also lists liver on the ingredients, do I need further information about that as well? Anything else that might be relevant?
Also, if anyone knows of a complete, single protein rabbit canned food that doesn’t contain a bunch of junk ingredients, and also miraculously doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, I’d love any suggestions.
Thank you!
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