German Shepherd Mix with allergies May 30 2025

K.H. · 30 May 2025

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Interesting But Need More Details and Less Spamming

S.W. · 14 May 2025

Collecting the sample from my cat was very easy with the included flea comb. The test includes a box to mail it in with postage included. It says it will take 3-5 days to process from receipt, which it does appear to have been, as they marked it received May 7th and sent the result May 9th.The resulting report was 38 pages long, including information about how the test is done and how to interpret the results. I appreciate that the report is very emphatic that a sensitivity is NOT the same as an allergy, how to potentially help with sensitivities, and how to differentiate between the two. There is also a random page on CAM, which was weird, but *shrug*.The analysis itself is divided into five sensitivity types: food, additive, environmental, nutrition, and metals & minerals. For each section, it starts with an interpretation reminder and some additional information about that specific type, for example, what additives are or the difference between a food sensitivity and an allergy. Reactions are broken down into high, moderate, and no reactivity.Presuming the results are accurate, my cat primarily has sensitivities to various beef and pork products, plus salmon oil. While she hasn't shown a full allergic reaction, I did use the information to remove the beef varieties from the canned foods we get for the kitties, to see if it helps.Overall, I do feel like the kit provided some interesting info, though I feel like some areas could have been explained better (for example, she has high reactivity to butoxyethanol... which I had to google and is apparently a paint solvent... I would think all animals would find it poisonous!). The nutrition section lists nutritional items that are outside of range, but they don't say if they are too low or too high! Her B5 came up as highly outside of range, but does that mean she has too much or too little? Ditto crystine, which, if high, could mean she is at risk for kidney stones. The analysis page says it could mean needing a supplement, but then the rest indicates it means it should be eliminated. Like which one?I also took off a point for the amount of spamming between registering for the test and getting the result. They also tried to get me to "upgrade" to the advanced test when that's the one I already had and submitted, which was odd. Also, if you decide to do the basic test, be aware that it is separated into different ones for dogs and cats, while the advanced covers both?So overall how much will it help? I honestly don't know. But we'll go ahead and take beef out of the picture and when she gets her next check up, I will ask about the crystine and get her urine tested, just to be safe.

Very Easy to Collect Sample. Fast Results.

s.r. · 22 May 2025

The test was very easy to administer, just comb out some fur and place it in the provided envelope and mail it off. The results come back via email within a week. I am caring for a community cat who had horrific open sores on his body and after 2 vet visits were still unresolved so I thought I would try this test. If you want to institute changes, you really need to study the report and try to find the food that eliminates the sensitivity or if it is environmental, you need to remove the highly sensitive item from the environment (which isn't always possible). I was able to get the cats skin issues under control finally with a depo shot, a convenia shot and 30 days of prednisone. I also make sure he gets a quality flea treatment each month.I would say to give this test a try to see if it gets you closer to a solution for your pet. It's not a magic cure but it might help you piece together a plan. They do test for hundreds of different foods/environmental factors so you will need to put some effort into formulating a plan. The report is 33 pages long which makes it cumbersome but I think it could easily be shortened.I had a cat who had bad allergies and needed shots. The allergy tests and shots were so expensive. This might be the way to go initially as a starting point.

Test for upsetting foods for your cats digestive tract

S. · 6 June 2025

This test took awhile to be delivered but was easy to do once it arrived. Test is activated with a qr code, prompts you to make an account, and it also provides a small flea comb to use to collect hair from your cat as the test sample. My cat isn’t really shedding all that much recently so the comb was useless to me, I ended up just using my household scissors to clip off a lock of hair to submit. Comes with a prepaid envelope for you to use and it’s has a a small measurement ruler on the envelope to help you check that your hair sample is long enough to be used for the test. The test took a little more than a week to be received and processed and then they email you a link to your results. The Test doesn’t determine allergies and immune responses, but only determines sensitivities to food in your pet (comparable to lactose intolerance in humans). The test provides list of high/moderate/low reactivity items in different categories like food/additives/environmental. They even provide a section that would tell you if your pets nutrient/vitamin levels were outside of the normal range. For my cat, the results indicated that she was highly reactive to rabbit, all parts of the rabbit, carrots, dairy, as well as pheasant heart specifically. This is good to know because i had actually been feeding her food that was was made predominantly with rabbit and rabbit liver, as well as some entrees that had carrots mixed in. Now i’m hoping that by following their provided outline of an elimination diet, hopefully her poops will be more solid and healthy, and she stops having a hersheys kiss of soft poop stuck to her every other day, leaving skid marks.

Bioresonance Testing?

R.M. · 4 May 2025

I was SO excited to try this test to identify what specific things our boy can’t tolerate. One of my dogs has been on a limited ingredient diet for years. Because we have 3 dogs, they are all basically on the same diet and it’s a bit expensive. The main reason he’s on a limited ingredient diet is because he can’t isolate what is causing his sometimes-severe reactions. We went through the elimination diet, and I was cooking single ingredient foods to try to isolate. We did actually find foods that were not tolerated, and these were eliminated from all diets. Although we could not specifically identify with certainty what causes his sometimes-miserable reactions, we have managed fairly well by keeping all our boys on a limited ingredient diet.The test itself was easy. They provided a comb for hair samples and a postage paid envelope to send for testing. Our test was mailed on 4/18/25 and the results were emailed 5/2/25 (exactly 2 weeks). On first glance, the report is lengthy with explanations and definitions. A breakdown of sensitivities is provided (High Reactivity, Moderate Reactivity, No Reactivity) to things like foods, additives, and environmental. Some of the things we learned from the elimination diet our boy can’t tolerate were listed as No Reactivity in our results even though we knew for certain he does not tolerate (he would vomit and have diarrhea after eating). After doing more research on Bioresonance testing and the results of the test provided, I don’t have confidence the results are useful for our intended purpose of identifying things our boy can’t tolerate. Bioresonance testing is a non-invasive diagnostic technique used in holistic medicine that analyzes the body’s energy field but there is no sound scientific evidence supporting its effectiveness. I was so excited to try this test hoping for some useful information, but I don’t have confidence in the test results especially since things we know our boy can't tolerate were listed as no reactivity.