I had them air fried before, and if you really inspect them and think about it you can tell they aren't chicken (from the texture but the taste is identical IMO). But I had them fried in a deep fryer this weekend and they were indistinguishable from real chicken nuggets. I am flexitarian so it's not like I haven't eaten a chicken nugget in years, they are legit. Definitely recommend trying them if you are trying to cut your meat consumption or even if you are just curious.

They make animal shaped and spicy versions too

I have been working with my vet on this for over 6 months now. This was my cats first blood test during his physical (new vet) and he had slightly elevated liver levels (~180 ALT). Since then we have done and bile acids test, tried prescription food, had him on liver supplements (denamarin) forever and his levels have fluctuated slightly (never back to the normal category) but we are back to where we started after all this work. His bile acids test was normal. Next step is ultrasound.

He has never been acting sick, eating normally, etc. The only reason I found out was the blood test at a checkup .

I am just worried every test will come back normal? Do I need to see a specialist? Does anyone have a cat that has been through this and you found out the secret to figuring this out? Any ideas are welcome because we are both ready to be done with this 😩

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.