Alternative Hypoallergenic (dry) diet other than Royal Canin?
My cat has IBD. I feed him a supplemented raw diet and now he doesn't have diarrhea. However I'll be leaving him with my husband for about a month and he works long hours. My cat is 5 months old and I want him to be able to get enough nutrience, even if it is from dry.
I've tried the Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Hypoallergenic HP 23 before I switched him to a raw diet, but this dry formula didn't help his diarrhea. I just called the vet clinic and the receptionist suggests Medi-Cal Hypoallergenic. I know that Medi-cal and Royal Canin are from the same line of company.
I don't want to risk him having diarrhea, but I don't want to risk him not getting enough food and nutrience.
**When he did have diarrhea, he was healthy and was growing a pound and more a month and was active.
Any other suggestions??? Thanks.
I'm not looking for holistic brand food. I've already tried Merricks and others of the same quality. He gets diarrhea from these. I need a dry diet that is hypoallergenic :)
He works LONG hours. We talked about this problem, and the cat would only get 2 meals a day. I feed him 4 meals a day :)
And I've already made enough food to last for a long time.
As you know I feed raw, and I only feed 2 times a day. Your cat will be fine. He will get plently of nutrients from 2 meals a day. Just up the ammount you feed 2 times a day.
I think it would be a very cruel decision for you to put a FINALLY healthy IBD cat back onto the very food that caused his IBD in the first place. **Dry food is the cause of his IBD.** Raw food, what nature intended, is the cure.
Why would you make him suffer again by putting him back on raw?
Just feed him larger portions 2 times a day and he will be fine. He will not be fine if you put him back on a dry hypoallergenic food because IBD is not an allergy. I'm pretty sure that was already proven when you tried every other food out there and the only thing that works for your cat is a raw diet.
Don't fix it if it isn't broken. Keep your cat on raw.