Food sensitivity happens when your pet has difficulty digesting a particular food. Having a food sensitivity can cause symptoms such as hot sports, paw biting and licking, coughing, excessive shredding, runny nose, watery and red eyes, itching and ear infections.

Food sensitivity should not be confused with food allergy. This test is for food sensitivity ONLY. Food allergy symptoms include coughing, sneezing, runny nose/eyes, itchy mouth/eyes, swelling of the lips/face, rashes, breathing difficulties, vomiting, diarrhoea and, in rare cases, anaphylaxis. Testing for food allergy can only be achieved through a blood, skin prick or patch test which My Pet Health Store do not offer.

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We only require a few strands of hair for testing. If your pet's hair is longer than an inch, 10 strands should be sufficient. If it is shorter than an inch, we recommend taking 10-15 strands. We can test any of your pet's body hair except pubic area. When cutting the hair, cut as close to the root as possible.

You can take the hair sample from anywhere on your pet’s body. Brush with a clean comb/brush, cut, or gently pull. Whatever is easiest for you and your pet. The root is not required.

We test for up to 550 food and drink items. Our tests covers proteins, grains, vegetables, fruits, fats, seafood, additives and preservatives. The intolerances are listed into 3 levels of reactivity based on the response upon exposure.

As soon as our lab has received your hair sample we will send you a confirmation email. We aim to provide your results within 5 working days of you receiving this email. If you haven’t received any correspondence from My Pet Sensitivity then please check your email SPAM or JUNK folder as sometimes our emails can go into this area. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you feel it’s been longer than this as our support team can check the status of your order and resend if necessary.

Medications or supplements being taken will not affect the testing results. Your pet can continue with any medication or supplements they are taking on a routine basis.

Sensitivity NOT Allergy No. This test is NOT for allergy. It is easy to confuse allergy and sensitivity or intolerance as the different terms are often used interchangeably, which leads to misinterpretation. Allergy and sensitivity are not the same. Of course if a pet is allergic to a food item it could be described as being ‘sensitive’ however as a health condition allergy is different from sensitivity or intolerance. There are a couple of fundamental differences between allergy and sensitivity; having food sensitivity may be uncomfortable and cause symptoms that, whilst annoying, embarrassing or even debilitating, do not have the potential to be life-threatening like those caused by food allergy; food sensitivity can also change over time, it can often be overcome through implementation of a food elimination diet and/or improving gut health, however food allergy tends to be lifelong. The physiological process, which takes place in the body during an allergic reaction, is also entirely different to that of sensitivity. An allergic reaction involves the immune system and cells called antibodies, whereas this is not involved in sensitivity. Hair testing does not test antibody levels therefore this is why it cannot be used to test for allergy.