Not exact matches
Ruling out a food allergy usually requires feeding a hypoallergenic
diet (
prescription / therapeutic
diet) for a
couple of months to see if the symptoms improve.
While they do have a
couple of health conditions that may need special attention or possibly a
prescription diet at some point, most Birmans should do well on good quality foods that are available commercially (unless you plan to feed a raw or homemade
diet).
Cats determined to have diabetes are generally monitored in a pet hospital for a
couple of days, and once a treatment is found to be effective, the cost mainly involves
prescription medications and
diet.
Instead
of waiting to see how he would do this summer on the
prescription diet I made the mistake
of changing him to Blue Buffalo grain free turkey and potato
diet the first
couple weeks
of July.