Sentences with phrase «trial of a prescription diet»

It can be hard to diagnose allergies for certain without expensive allergen tests, but it's likely that your vet will recommend a trial of a prescription diet if she feels it is allergens.

Not exact matches

For instance, the allergy tests available are not terribly good at determining food allergies, and therefore instead of identifying a specific food and avoiding it, we instead recommend feeding a prescription hypoallergenic diet on a strict trial basis (feed this and nothing else), while gauging to see how your pet responds.

You almost have to feed one of the expensive prescription hydrolyzed diets (like Hill's Z / D or Blue Buffalos HF or Royal Canins HP)- at least for 8 weeks and absolutely nothing else to do a true food trial.

I get really suspicious of food allergies with ear infections so if she were my patient I would do an 8 week food trial with a prescription diet like Hill's Z / D where she eats only that food and nothing else.

To get accurate results, cats who are doing a food trial can only eat the special prescription diet for the duration of the trial.