Any other allergy signs to watch out for ?

So after being told from his previous owner that Marquez was allergic to chicken, we realised that we had been feeding him eggs with his meats and he seems to be just fine with it. What we realised is that with our other dogs with chicken allergies, eggs were off limits too but we just didn't think of that until I was reading a post on FB with someone mentioning that the two usually go hand in hand. Now with our past dogs, their reaction was major skin bumps like hives but other than that, they never really scratched or seem bothered by them.

So on sunday we decided to test our chicken theory and see what would happen. When we ordered our NZ beef cuts from our raw supplier, they also sent two packs of chicken mince (no other ingredients, fillers, preservatives, etc) - one high protein and other high calcium. I sent them an email asking what the difference was and I was assuming with the high calcium one, that they've got a higher bone %. I was right about the the high calcium (real bone and joints, no artificial calcium) and the high protein only had egg added to it. She did mention that some owners who thought their dogs had chicken sensitivities were absolutely fine with these two products. I picked up some chicken wings as well and he absolutely loves them and there was no problem with throwing them back up like he did with the rabbit.

So far he's had no reactions that I can see - skin still looks perfect but I'm wondering if there are other things I should look out for. He's not scratching anymore than usual (think he's still going through the detox) either.

Sounds like "so far so good!" We don't get as much choice over here for raw so chicken was a main ingredient for us until I noticed both my two coming out in the bumps. I cut back drastically on the chicken and the bumps and itchiness have subsided substantially. Another symptom I guess to look out for would be dry, flaky skin. Good luck with the diet - sounds like you're doing great!

RoxysMum wrote:Sounds like "so far so good!" We don't get as much choice over here for raw so chicken was a main ingredient for us until I noticed both my two coming out in the bumps. I cut back drastically on the chicken and the bumps and itchiness have subsided substantially. Another symptom I guess to look out for would be dry, flaky skin. Good luck with the diet - sounds like you're doing great!

I'm also taking the lack of bumps as a good sign and no flaky skin as yet. Suppose all I can do at the moment is keep an eye on him to see if they are any changes

I think it is quite often itchy ears and feet as well? I hope all goes well with the chicken for Marquez

Bane wrote:I think it is quite often itchy ears and feet as well? I hope all goes well with the chicken for Marquez

Thanks for that - will keep and eye out for these too

Bumps is the biggest one. Using the toliet more often is often a sign as well. If their body can not process the food they will poop more frequently. Well at least Suki did.

Runny eyes too x

Ok its been a couple of weeks since we started the chicken mince we were given by our meat supplier and I've also been giving him chicken bone and wings as well and the good thing is that he didn't come up with any bumps that my previous dogs experienced with their allergies. What I have notices is that he did seem to scratch a lot more than usual and kept biting at his feet and scratching at his ears which was resulting in giving himself little scabs on the sides of his face. No flaky skin although the eyes did start running again.
I'm going to stop the chicken including the eggs and just go back to what he was eating before (beef, ox, pork and lamb) and see if the scratching lessens.

Sounds like you're figuring it all out Diane. Hope the itching/paw biting stops soon.

Anyone else got a staffy with an egg allergy? My little boy only has to lick out his brothers bowl when he's had an egg and Jack vomits within 5 mins. We've learned not to leave the bowl down when his brother (who is a staffy ridgeback cross) has done eating.