Let's get a couple things out of the way before we hone in on the true cause of most ailments, including true allergies. If your pet is working at an area at the base of the tail on the lower back, that is almost always due to a reaction to flea bites. It doesn't matter where the flea bites, if the pet is sensitive to fleas, it will work at that area. Food is not to blame.
There is also a technical distinction between food sensitivities and true allergies. Allergies result in antibody production and excess inflammatory chemicals in response to an antigen. Sensitivities do not. But for the purposes of our discussion we will treat them the same.
People flock to veterinary offices to have their pet's allergies diagnosed so they can find the best pet food without the offending ingredient. Although that sounds like a sensible solution, it may not be. For one thing, allergy tests are not reliably accurate. For another, the proteins used to test for allergies are not the same as the proteins found in mixed processed foods.
An allergy test that is positive for "corn" or "chicken" is not the same as the "corn" or "chicken" that is complexed under high heat with dozens of other proteins in a mixed pet food.
The only way to know if there is allergy or sensitivity is to test feed the food itself as shown in the chart below.
The cause of allergy is not a protein that has been found in nature for eons. It is a weakened immune system, compromised nutrition, and an overload exposure to certain proteins, chemical complexes, and toxins from eating the same processed foods meal after meal.
What else could it be? People by the thousands think they have pets "allergic" to such things as chicken, beef, turkey, and so on. How can it make sense to be allergic to the very food they are designed to eat? That's why a pet "allergic to chicken" often does perfectly fine eating raw chicken or chicken processed differently than in the food causing the reaction.
The solution to prevent and possibly even reverse such food reactions is to rotate the diet and supplement to optimize immune strengthening nutrients.
Video: The Surprised Kitty
This ferocious kitten stays poised and ready for the next attack...
Thought for the day: "In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him." – Dereke Bruce
Word of the day: cardiomyopathy - noun: the medical term for a disease in which the heart muscle degenerates. Not too long ago this was a condition that afflicted thousands of cats resulting in deaths and failing health. It was caused by a deficiency of the amino acid taurine in the diet. Surprisingly to mainstream nutritionists, manufacturers, and regulators it was occurring in foods that had been thoroughly tested according to AAFCO protocols and ingredient analyses, and declared "100% complete and balanced." That problem was solved by adding taurine to diets, but the underlying problem of relying on experts to declare "100% complete and balanced" so the same food can be fed meal after meal still remains alive and well. The host of degenerative diseases that continue to plague pets is the result.
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