From:
"Betty Yerger"
Date: 2007-01-20 04:13:34 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] IBD
To: <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
I would like any input you can give me on what foods if any can contribute
to or aggravate IBD.
My vet has suggested I go to a non-allergenic food (specifically ZD Feline)
due to the number of my ferrets that have had IBD. The latest has brought
the number up to five in the last year. I have mixed the dry into my mix
but I am concerned this may not give them what they need otherwise since it
is cat food. Have any of the foods I use been know to cause an intestinal
allergic reaction: Totally Ferret, Path Valley, ProPlan Kitten, Zupreem,
Ferret Store, Evo ? Are there any in this mix that you think would be worth
eliminating to see if it helps? What do you think of the food shown below?
This is just something I found by searching for allergy free food.
Pretty Pets Natural Gold Hi-Pro, Lo-Carb Ferret Food
A Genuine Breakthrough in Ferret Nutrition? Pretty Pets Natural Gold
contains Nucleotides which have been proven to help improve your ferrets
immune system. With 50% Protein and less than 10% Carbohydrates this formula
contains no grain protein. Helps to drastically reduce insolinomas and
incidents of I.B.D.
Ingredients:
Chicken meal, pork protein concentrate, potato starch, poultry fat, soybean
oil, grape seed oil, oat bran, fish oil, salt, coconut oil, DL methionine,
L-Threonine, sodium bentonite, yeast, yeast extracts, chocory extract,
taurine, saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall fractions, brewers dried yeast,
calcium carbonate, fructose, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, betaine
anhydrous, ferrous sulfate, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, vitamin B12
supplement, Niacinamide, D-Biotin, Manganous oxide, vitamin A acetate,
Thiamine Mononitrate, folic acid, green tea extract, mixed tocopherols,
rosemary extract, copper sulfate, riboflavin, calcium pantothenate, sodiu,
selenite, pyridoxine, menadione sodium bisulfate complex, D-activated animal
sterol, cobalt sulfate, saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation solubles,
lactobacillus acidophillus casei fermentation product dehydrated,
lactobacillus casei fermentation product dehydrated, neeps incorporated,
bifido bacterium thermophilum fermentation product dehydrated, enterococcus
faexium fermentation product dehydrated, cornstarch, dried aspergillus niger
fermentation extract, dried bacillus subtillis fermentation extract, yucca
schidigera extract, pediococcus acidilactici, dries aspergillus oryzae
fermentation product.
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude protein 50%, crude fat 22%, crude fiber 5%, moisture 10%, ash 7.7%
Thank you,
Betty
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