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My 9 year old cat has IBD and has been on a homemade chicken and sweet potato food trial for 2 months now. She has improved in so many ways such as coat, skin, energy, playfulness and just seems happier. However, she has had another bad bout of diarrhea and the only way to test if it is a chicken allergy is to change the protein source. She has had fish, chicken, and turkey in the past so I need to find a suitable novel protein source for her recipe to try again and see what happens. The vet recommended duck, rabbit, or quail as examples but where on earth do you source quality meats such as these? without breaking the bank?
I should note I do not feed raw, only homemade cooked. She also doesn't eat bones and I don't really have the ability to grind or break up whole sources. The nutritionist would likely ask for boneless/skinless source such as duck breast.
I really don't want to try putting her on the crappy IBD prescription diets and she doesn't seem to do very well on commercial cat food anyways.
Any advice?
I should note I do not feed raw, only homemade cooked. She also doesn't eat bones and I don't really have the ability to grind or break up whole sources. The nutritionist would likely ask for boneless/skinless source such as duck breast.
I really don't want to try putting her on the crappy IBD prescription diets and she doesn't seem to do very well on commercial cat food anyways.
Any advice?