Ashley
Posted : 3/23/2006 12:12:06 PM
It took quite a while to determine the allergy actually. I had put Tucker on Natural Balance Chicken formula not realizing his chronic ear infections (which were constant for 2 years). I did some research on ear infections and it mentioned allergies. I switched him to NB Duck and Potato for allergies. Still, the allergy continued.. ear infection after ear infection. I took some time and compared ALL the ingredients between the regular chicken formula and the Duck and Potato that I was feeding and realized the common ingredients were Fowl (duck and chicken). I switched him to the NB Venison and Brown Rice allergy formula, treated his ear infection and he has been ear infection FREE for over a month..Plus, he has bulked up, is WAY more perky and happy and his coat is fantastic. I never realized he wasn't 100 %(other than the ears) until he has been on this food. So that is my story of how I determined it was an allergy to fowl. In all this time, my vet did not mention that his ears could be an allergy, they just prescribed antibiotics month after month. Not saying the vets are incompetent just that I had to figure it out on my own.