Vet wants me to feed cat Purina HA hypoallergic

[totallyfedup]

It’s main ingredients are
Rice starch
hydrolysed soybean oil
cellulose (plants)

there’s a tiny bit of pork fat in it probably to coat it and make it taste nice. How is this supposed to be good for a carnivore? My cats are on Applaws grain free and Animonda Caryn, Natures’s menu and Wild Freedom all 70%+ meaty cat foods.

for background he has these lesions in his lips (looks like fillers) that won’t go away. He’s had steroids and antibiotics. I’ve to keep his flea and worm meds up to date even though he’s an indoor cat.

im baffled about the food though

Look at a different hypoallergenic food maybe?

We switched our (no longer with us) dog to hypoallergenic food ourselves as her paw pads had lumps and lesions on them. After a biopsy the vet had no clue what to do. The food switch to hypoallergenic cleared everything up really quickly and she never suffered again.

Royal Canin hypoallergenic is better but more expensive. Try a small bag first....to see if your pet will eat it.

Purina HA is hydrolysed which is different to hypoallergenic.

Hypoallergenic is not a protected term so any one can bung it on a bag of food without anything to back it up.
Hydrolysed means the proteins and carbohydrate have been broken down to a small molecular weight so they can not cause an allergic reaction.
If it were s a food allergy they can often be controlled with steroids or antibiotics on a hydrolysed. My cats skin condition has been controlled for 7 years on a hydrolysed diet.

I'm just changing to this food and feel the same, my cats have good quality foods usually. I'm going to try it and see if there is any improvement. If there is I will then start adding other foods slowly.

@Lonecatwithkitten i know that’s what hydrolysed means it’s the actual rice starch and soya bean as the main ingredients no meat content at all. Cats aren’t vegetarian which this diet effectively is.

i now thinking it may be his cat litter, we have Tigerino just now. They do an unscented sensitive, or do I just get a 100% natural cat litter?

Hydrolysed food is the go-to for cats who may have a protein allergy - that's why meat/fish isn't a main ingredient - it can't be.