07 Feb 10 Treating Food Allergies in Felines
An allergic food reaction happens when a number of ingredients in a pet’s food is understood to be ‘foreign’ by the pet’s immunity mechanism and this in turn initiates an inflammatory mechanism to defeat this understood ‘intruder’.
The common manifestations connected with food allergies are itching, gnawing and licking. The skin’s food hypersensitivity also causes skin conditions with some pets experiencing gut rot and other digestive issues too. Curiously some allergies feline experience may start after a pet has started on a new diet or perhaps after the pet has been eating the same food type for some years.
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