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Hi everyone! I have an 8/9 year old cat that I rescued off the streets when she was about 5. Her name is Luna. She is on a novel protein diet (Freely Rabbit) because she has chronic pancreatitis and possible IBD. Symptoms were chronic diarrhea, some vomiting, inappetence. She was put on metronidazole (twice), prednisolone(currently taking every other day as we are weaning her off to see which dosage will control her inflammation) She is currently eating extra well, pooping solid and back to her normal self. All this to say, that I want to introduce other proteins in her diet as I am afraid that she will either get bored with just eating rabbit or perhaps develop an allergy to it. At the moment, she is on freely rabbit and I wanted to introduce perhaps, lamb, venison and maybe salmon. If I do introduce these they would have to be a different brand of wet food since freely only has rabbit, turkey, chicken and salmon. So I guess my questions are:
1. Should I or shouldn't I introduce more proteins into her diet?
2. Can she eat different brands of wet food without a slow introduction to them or do I have to slowly introduce them by adding a bit of the new food to the old?
3. Also, I would like to feed her a bit of dry food as well but I am afraid this will make her possible IBD flare up and give her diarrhea again. Can you feed and IBD kitty dry food if it's a novel protein dry food like Freely Rabbit? I want to do this for calorie content as a can of freely only has 175 calories and she needs an additional 25 to 30 calories to maintain her 8.5 lb weight.
Any thoughts, ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
1. Should I or shouldn't I introduce more proteins into her diet?
2. Can she eat different brands of wet food without a slow introduction to them or do I have to slowly introduce them by adding a bit of the new food to the old?
3. Also, I would like to feed her a bit of dry food as well but I am afraid this will make her possible IBD flare up and give her diarrhea again. Can you feed and IBD kitty dry food if it's a novel protein dry food like Freely Rabbit? I want to do this for calorie content as a can of freely only has 175 calories and she needs an additional 25 to 30 calories to maintain her 8.5 lb weight.
Any thoughts, ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.