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Old September 17th, 2010, 08:23 PM
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Hi Archie-Neil, welcome to the board!

It would be a really good idea to start feeding your kitty a novel protein, grain-free wet food, no kibble whatsoever. Despite it's name, Iams "Healthy" Naturals Chicken dry food is NOT healthy. Here are the ingredients:
Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Meal, Brewers Rice, Ground Whole Grain Barley, Chicken Meal, Dried Beet Pulp, Dried Egg Product, Natural Flavor, Sodium Bisulfate, Potassium Chloride, Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Animal Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), DL-Methionine, Dried Apple Pomace, Dried Carrots, Brewers Dried Yeast, ...
A ton-o-grain, which obligate carnivores such as the cat have no use for. That grain is also a common source of allergies. As is brewers yeast. If you can find something like canned Innova Evo duck or venison, which has much simpler ingredients and NO extraneous plant matter, you might find both the bowel issues and the itching clear up.
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