Maxxs_Mummy
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OK then, I need a bit of help here from our British members! Nothing personal to all you lovely people across the seas but this concerns food available here :roll:
Tonight, I had a phone call from Uncle James, our lovely Vet. He'd finally gotten a breakdown of all of Charlie's allergies. The list is so long that he was photocopying it and sending it over to the surgery here for me to go on and collect.
Anyway, my darling boy is highly allergic to housedust mites and storage mites amongst just about everything else.
The housedust mites, I can do no more about!!!! We have wooden floors, leather suite, cotton curtains and anti allergy bedding - even the dogs sleep on anti allergy bedding as I have made their beds myself from anti allergy duvets !!!! I also vacuum at least once a day and dust every day too. I am not houseproud but my son and myself suffer from asthma and allergies so it's a case of needs must
The storage mites however, are something else - they are little invisible mites that live in dry dog food :yuk: . James says that there are two ways of dealing with this problem. I can either store the food in a plastic container and make sure that I wash it in boiling water every time I finish a bag and also wash Charlie's mouth after every meal and then hope for the best OR I can start him on wet food.
So, which wet food is a good one? I want something that is completely nutritious and doesn't use animals in their testing. this is why I like Burns dried. It is pure and holistic and I thought he was doing exceptionally well on it :roll: I also prefer to feed dried as I think it's better for their teeth and gums.
I'm going to contact Burns tomorrow and see what they say. they are really helpful as I bought some food that contained a 1/3 dust. I emailed them about it and said what a waste etc - they sent me two free bags of food as a replacement and apology. I didn't really expect anything at all tbh.
Anyway, any help or suggestions would be gratefully received
Tonight, I had a phone call from Uncle James, our lovely Vet. He'd finally gotten a breakdown of all of Charlie's allergies. The list is so long that he was photocopying it and sending it over to the surgery here for me to go on and collect.
Anyway, my darling boy is highly allergic to housedust mites and storage mites amongst just about everything else.
The housedust mites, I can do no more about!!!! We have wooden floors, leather suite, cotton curtains and anti allergy bedding - even the dogs sleep on anti allergy bedding as I have made their beds myself from anti allergy duvets !!!! I also vacuum at least once a day and dust every day too. I am not houseproud but my son and myself suffer from asthma and allergies so it's a case of needs must
The storage mites however, are something else - they are little invisible mites that live in dry dog food :yuk: . James says that there are two ways of dealing with this problem. I can either store the food in a plastic container and make sure that I wash it in boiling water every time I finish a bag and also wash Charlie's mouth after every meal and then hope for the best OR I can start him on wet food.
So, which wet food is a good one? I want something that is completely nutritious and doesn't use animals in their testing. this is why I like Burns dried. It is pure and holistic and I thought he was doing exceptionally well on it :roll: I also prefer to feed dried as I think it's better for their teeth and gums.
I'm going to contact Burns tomorrow and see what they say. they are really helpful as I bought some food that contained a 1/3 dust. I emailed them about it and said what a waste etc - they sent me two free bags of food as a replacement and apology. I didn't really expect anything at all tbh.
Anyway, any help or suggestions would be gratefully received