Better cat food, less cat dander?

Cat allergies may be decreased

by Roberta Newman

Editor's Note: I found myself wondering after this email as to whether my own drop in cat allergy reaction could be in part due to the small fortune I spend on high grade food for my pampered Siamese cats. I feed mine Nutro Natural Choice and I notice they rarely vomit any more so it must be better for them right? One of my cats has much less visible dander, too.

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Dear Mercia,

Thanks for your article on cat allergies. I have 3 cats of my own and fortunately, am not (very) allergic to them. But plenty of my friends and relatives are. Recently, I switched my cats away from the usual commercial food to a pet store brand called Wellness, which has only what are called "human grade" ingredients. Since the switch-over, I have noticed a significant drop in dander in my cats' coats and some of my visitors have also said that their allergy attacks were less severe when they were over.

One theory about why cats are so allergenic is that it is because of the food we feed them -- which has really nasty stuff in it. If we ate what they ate, people would be allergic to us, too.

Thought you might be interested in this. They say that the bad commercial pet food might also be a contributing factor in the recent rise of cancer cases in pets.

Roberta Newman

First Published: early December 2002
Updated: April 2007

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