Halp! I'm at my wit's end, and an now willing to give commercially prepared, nutritionally complete raw food meals a shot for our kitty with FIV -- at least as a starting point. But I have absolutely no idea where to begin.
Buddy is now refusing to eat any canned food on his own, and I've been having to syringe feed him food and fluids more often that usual lately. But this morning in a moment of frustration, I gave him a spoonful of Oscar's Young Again LID Zero Mature kibble (which is supposed to be less than 1% carb), and Buddy practically inhaled every crumb before the morsels even hit the plate. So the good new is that he IS willing to eat. He's just not interested in any of the foods he's allowed to have re: his food allergies. So we thought maybe we need a drastic paradigm shift.
Buddy is allergic to chicken (which causes yeast infections to flare up), turkey (which makes him puke), and he can't have boned fish because of his history of urinary tract problems. There's also some question as to whether egg yolks and/or green lipped mussel could be causing him to scratch up his face something fierce, as sometimes his skin just dries out a bit from the a/c and gets itchy.
So what would y'all recommend as a starting point? The easier to prepare the better, as my hands are pretty full at the moment with life, the universe, and everything.
Buddy is now refusing to eat any canned food on his own, and I've been having to syringe feed him food and fluids more often that usual lately. But this morning in a moment of frustration, I gave him a spoonful of Oscar's Young Again LID Zero Mature kibble (which is supposed to be less than 1% carb), and Buddy practically inhaled every crumb before the morsels even hit the plate. So the good new is that he IS willing to eat. He's just not interested in any of the foods he's allowed to have re: his food allergies. So we thought maybe we need a drastic paradigm shift.
Buddy is allergic to chicken (which causes yeast infections to flare up), turkey (which makes him puke), and he can't have boned fish because of his history of urinary tract problems. There's also some question as to whether egg yolks and/or green lipped mussel could be causing him to scratch up his face something fierce, as sometimes his skin just dries out a bit from the a/c and gets itchy.
So what would y'all recommend as a starting point? The easier to prepare the better, as my hands are pretty full at the moment with life, the universe, and everything.