
- Skin inflammation and irritation
- Loss of hair - bald patches
- Changes in the animal’s coat - like the appearance and feel of the coat
- Lethargy - more lazy than usual
- Diarrhea - mild or severe
- Vomiting - mild or severe
- Changes in frequency, appearance, and odor of urine
- Foul smelling breath
- Foul smelling gas
- Weight loss
- Changes in appetite
- Allergic reactions - These reactions involve the immune system as it fights an “invader” as the immune system is designed to do
- Intolerance reactions - Doesn’t generally involve a immunological response (skin irritations, inflammation of skin, loss of hair, balding patches)
- Kitty eats the food or snack
- Kitty’s digestive system gets the job of breaking down the food into its various components (proteins, carbohydrates, glucose)
- The problem begins when one or more components becomes identified as foreign by the body
- Once Kitty’s body has identified these components as foreign, they are treated as the enemy and a signal is sent to the immune system that an invader is present
- Inside Kitty’s digestive system the battle begins when the immune system gets involved because it sends antibodies to fight the invader
- Unfortunately to add to the problem, some of these foreign components actually attach themselves to different types of cells inside Kitty’s digestive system and, as the battle is waged, the immune system will actually destroy normal cells which are necessary for the various systems to function
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