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Grantaire posted:I haven't been in this forum since it was PI, but I based my cat food choices on the pet food threads (Wellness Core Indoor dry) and now that one of my elderly kitties is starting to deal with some kidney disease I was hoping to mine your resources again. The vet is recommending Hill's or Royal Canin, which I'm not dismissing out of hand, but I remember vets explicitly saying Hill's at least pays clinics to promote them I've got a dog on RC's hypoallergenic diet and one on Urinary SO and the foods have been absolute life changers for both of them. My allergy dog was a patient of ours who for 9 years came to us over and over for horrible skin infections, thick, reddened skin, oozing sores, constant ear infections. We would treat the infection, and try to convince the owner to switch to a hypoallergenic diet, and she never did, despite occasionally buying some. The owner passed away, I ended up adopting her, treating her infections (ear and skin) and putting her on RC HP. 2 years in, and she hasn't had a single flare up. Skin and coat are beautiful, no ear infections, and her weight is perfect. So when I recommend RC, there's no nefarious motives, just good experience. That being said, any vet who is resistant to you doing your own research and looking at other options is being close minded. Those diets aren't magical, and if you do your research and choose a science-based option for your pet that works, awesome! It just bums me out to see people suspicious of their vet's motives.
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Boogalo posted:My vet is definitely getting a check from royal canin considering they charge $20 more than chewy for the same bag of cat food. That said, getting on a proper prescription diet made a world of difference for my farty cat with IBS and a fish allergy.
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