Sat, Oct 24, 2009
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Posted to Miscellaneous category
Yesterday I had a delayed allergic reaction to the oats with raisins, allspice and brown sugar. Today I tried cream of wheat with the same additions, and I seem to be having a partial reaction. I'll try oats without the additives next week and see if I still get a reaction.
I'm pretty sure I tested ok for allergy to oats when they did the scratch tests last year... I'm tending to suspect the allspice.
At the same time, I'm ending an experiment with Dinah's food. She has been eating dry Iams Weight Control for years, and I tried her with dry Iams Natural Weight Control. Dinah did not approve.
She has been leaving most of her meals in the dish and spending a lot of time in the basement catching mice instead (so I don't think she is actually going hungry). But the disapproving looks at meal times finally got to me: I tossed the last of the 'natural' food and opened a sack of the regular stuff.
I've given her a new automated feeder, too, in case I need to travel again. The old one only held 5 meals -- two and a half days of her usual meals. The new one is supposed to have more capacity.