Its time to wrap this mess up. Here are the facts for my 2 year old male
1)Was found with black debris in his ears. Always has this issue come back in his right ear. Last year was told it was not ear mite related. Four times a year it gets bad enough I have to use Epi Optical liquid and flush it out for two weeks.
2)Licks his paws and scratches around his face seconds after eating at low-medium level
3) Grooms himself alot but he is a single cat I have seen that before, no hair loss or bleeding skin.
4)His stool is perfectly fine, he seems in good health
5) Have tried two years of elimination diets that has the least issue with Natural Balance Limited. But even with Venison these issues exist.
6) Have relocated him for 1 week trials outside my apartment, no change. Besides the fact no one sees anything wrong with my apartment.
Is it just an annoyance for him? Is there any pain? Without signs from the litter box I have hard time believing he is in any real pain. I have done two vets, that is my limit for this area and wasting money with no results. Vet science in this area just seems like guessing anyway, there is no real conclusive tests.
That leaves me with three options:
1) Let it be knowing he is on one of the best foods
2)Give in to vet commercialism and give him a junk Science Hill ZD diet at ten times the cost of the one now
3) Eliminate the wet food and try limited ingredients dry food only. Which only leaves the Salmon one for non poultry. My first cat was on dry only, everyone I know does dry only. Its only me trying to give my cat what the internet calls the best diet that is having these cat issues, which makes me ponder.
1)Was found with black debris in his ears. Always has this issue come back in his right ear. Last year was told it was not ear mite related. Four times a year it gets bad enough I have to use Epi Optical liquid and flush it out for two weeks.
2)Licks his paws and scratches around his face seconds after eating at low-medium level
3) Grooms himself alot but he is a single cat I have seen that before, no hair loss or bleeding skin.
4)His stool is perfectly fine, he seems in good health
5) Have tried two years of elimination diets that has the least issue with Natural Balance Limited. But even with Venison these issues exist.
6) Have relocated him for 1 week trials outside my apartment, no change. Besides the fact no one sees anything wrong with my apartment.
Is it just an annoyance for him? Is there any pain? Without signs from the litter box I have hard time believing he is in any real pain. I have done two vets, that is my limit for this area and wasting money with no results. Vet science in this area just seems like guessing anyway, there is no real conclusive tests.
That leaves me with three options:
1) Let it be knowing he is on one of the best foods
2)Give in to vet commercialism and give him a junk Science Hill ZD diet at ten times the cost of the one now
3) Eliminate the wet food and try limited ingredients dry food only. Which only leaves the Salmon one for non poultry. My first cat was on dry only, everyone I know does dry only. Its only me trying to give my cat what the internet calls the best diet that is having these cat issues, which makes me ponder.