Last year my cat started developing a bunch of itchy scabs all over his body. It was recommended to start him on a completely different protein he’s never had (I picked rabbit) and after forever via trial and error I figured out the culprit is poultry.

If you didn’t know, chicken and turkey is in like everything ever. Even if the flavor says “beef” or “tuna” or whatever there’s like a 95% chance it also contains chicken or turkey. It’s also really hard to figure out exactly what is a good pet food, because a lot of them contain things that cat’s don’t need or are harmful for them because they are obligate carnivores.

I also didn’t find many helpful resources despite chicken being one of the most common allergens for cats. I wasted so many hours finding cat food he could eat.

Finally I have compiled a list of foods I can feed him that aren’t trash, with 0 poultry:

• Vital Essentials freeze dried patties - pork and rabbit

• Stella and Chewy freeze dried morsels - rabbit

• Rawz - beef and rabbit

• Fromm - beef and venison

• I and love and you - beef and rabbit

• Ziwi Peak air dried - venison and lamb

And since I have invested a ridiculous amount of my life reading about cat food at this point, if your cat isn’t allergic to poultry I recommend Nulo Freestyle or Tiki cat. Rawz is also reasonably priced when you don’t have to buy the weird flavors.