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5Strands Pet Food and Environmental Intolerance Test, at Home Sensitivity Test for Dogs & Cats, Hair Sample Collection Kit, 395 Items Tested, Results in 5 Days, Works for All Ages and Breeds
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- UNCOVER YOUR PET’S FOOD & ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES. If your pet is experiencing hot spots, constant scratching, stomach discomforts and paw licking, this test is for you. These symptoms of discomfort can develop over time if your pet has sensitivities to specific foods in their diet and/or items found in their surrounding environment. Great news! Identifying the source of their intolerances is the first huge step towards alleviating your dog or cat’s symptoms.
- TESTS FOR 275 FOOD & 105 ENVIRONMENTAL ITEMS. The 5Strands cat and dog intolerance screening will check your dog or cat’s sensitivities to the most common pet food ingredients (ex: chicken, turkey, cheese & peanut butter) as well as common items found in their environmental surroundings (ex: acrylic fabric, polyester, cotton & apple cider vinegar). This will give you a proactive guideline to begin eliminating specific items from their diet and lifestyle.
- TRUSTED BY VETERINARIANS. 5Strands has helped over 250k people and pets find answers traditional medicine failed to provide. Our painless, non-invasive, and affordable at-home testing solutions are trusted by veterinary professionals nationwide, and a full team of support specialists are there to ensure your questions or concerns are properly addressed.
- NO VET VISITS, NEEDLES, OR ADDITIONAL FEES. The entire testing process can be carried out comfortably from home (1) Register your pet’s intolerance test kit online (2) Collect their hair/fur samples (3) Send the samples back to 5Strands using the included prepaid shipping materials (4) Receive testing results via the customer portal within 7 days of your sample's arrival.
- TAKING ACTION WITH YOUR PET’S TEST RESULTS. Once you receive your pet’s sensitivity test results, begin eliminating any “Severe” environmental or food intolerance items over a 6-8 week timeline, giving your pet’s body ample time to heal and rebalance itself. After the elimination period, slowly reintroduce items one-at-a-time while closely monitoring for recurring symptoms.
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Can my pet have this test even though they are not showing any visible symptoms?
Of Course! The beauty of our testing process is that it will register food items whether or not your pet has ever consumed the food item or not. That way you will know what items you should or should not feed your pet. Even if you have previously fed your pet an item, such as pork, and it shows up on the test, it does not necessarily mean that your pet will show a visible symptom. Most of the time the symptoms do not manifest unless you are feeding your pet that food item every single day. In addition, some symptoms are not always visible such as joint pain or a tummy ache. If you continue feeding your pet a food item every day, the symptom may continue until it manifests itself into a visible symptom. If you are already doing what you were intended to do with your pet's nutrition plan, then that might explain why your pet does not express any visible symptoms. We have had instances where pet parents have removed the offending items even though their pet was not showing any visible symptoms. After several weeks, they noticed that their pet showed signs of increased activity and energy. We have seen this happen with people too.
How long does it take to see improvement for your pet once you eliminate level 3 and/or level 2 food items?
Our testing is designed to help you become more in tune with your body. After eliminating the level 3 and level 2 items for 6-8 weeks, you can re-introduce one item at a time into your diet. If you eat it and wait a few days, and do not have any symptoms, then your body may have re-balanced and you will be able to continue to eat the item again in moderation. Some of our customers choose to retest every 6 months or so, but this is not entirely necessary if you have become more in tune with your body and can identify what foods may be causing the symptoms you experience.
Is it correct that something can show up as an intolerance because the pet has been consuming the item often?
If your pet has a food intolerance, it means that your pet is lacking the digestive enzyme to break that particular food down. So the reaction is not life threatening and may take hours or days after eating the food to manifest any type of symptom. Unlike a true allergy, where only a trace amount can trigger a reaction, with an intolerance symptom, it may manifest only if they eat a substantial amount of the food. So it is not the act of consuming the item often that creates the intolerance. The intolerance is always there, it is really the manifestation of the symptoms that becomes more apparent with over consumption. That is why it is always recommended to feed in rotation and moderation after the initial elimination period to avoid triggering any unwanted symptoms.
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Receive Your KitUpon arrival of your collection kit, please fill out the info requested. Collect HAIR sample (pulled preferred) and place in the bag provided |
Send Off In MailMail the completed form and hair sample in the pre-addressed envelope provided. Upon arrival at our processing center, you will be notified via email of the successful delivery. |
Analyze ReportWait 5-7 Days for the testing results to be sent via email. Our 5Strands team is here to help answer any questions or concerns regarding the interpretation of your testing results. |
Follow GuidelinesOur mission is to empower families with a voice about their own health care and that of their pets. We strive to fill the void of consumer-driven needs with our affordable testing. |
Dietary & Lifestyle Adjustments
The first steps in conducting an elimination plan is to utilize the master list that is emailed to you with the results. You would cross off your registered level 3 and level 2 food items on the master list. The remaining items would be the items you would want to eat for 6-8 weeks. After eliminating these level 3 and level 2 intolerances out of your diet for 6-8 weeks, you can add back one offending food item at a time. Wait up to 48 hours to see if you experience any noticeable symptoms. The body may have been able to heal and re-balance itself from this intolerance, and you will be able to eat the food item again without any issues, but only in moderation. If you notice a symptom after eating this offending food item, keep in mind that you can eat this food again, but you may still experience an undesirable symptom.
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- Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
- Parcel Dimensions : 18.01 x 13 x 1.8 cm; 59 g
- Date First Available : July 1 2018
- Manufacturer : 5Strands
- ASIN : B07DM5FRBV
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,407 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)
- #14 in Aquarium Test Kits
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Best Sellers Rank | #6,407 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies) #14 in Aquarium Test Kits |
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The information provided from this test is for informational purposes only. This test does not make a medical diagnosis nor is it intended to be a substitute for professional medical or veterinarian advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor/veterinarian or other qualified health provider if you have a medical condition or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition and/or medical symptoms. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this site. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor/veterinarian or the emergency services immediately. This test has not been evaluated by the FDA, reliance on any information provided by this test is solely at your own risk. Our test does not measure type IgE allergies or IgG antibodies. Since these reactions can be serious, you should seek the help of an allergy specialist.
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The test is super easy to do! No saliva sample, just brush their fur and stick it in the pre paid envelope that they give you and send it off. It took about a week from the time I send the envelope to when I got the results. Super fast! The layout of the results are emailed to you and simple do follow.
I highly recommend doing this test!
PS. My vet said that the test through them is $700 and to get this test instead. I’m happy with her recommendation!
Collecting the hair was simple..I live in Canada and paid $30 for express tracked shipping..they email you when your sample arrives and in 5 business days I had the results. They are extremely thorough and a little difficult to understand but I think you need to use your brain to interpret the results. My dog has been shedding excessively, licking her paws and lady bits, scooting her butt and she’s had 3 ear infections in the last 2 years. she’s on a raw diet and we already tried cutting out chicken and pork to no avail. It was difficult for us to figure out what the problem was..and we went with this test kit because it’s more thorough on what it tests (example..my dog is allergic to pork fat..but not pork meal or bone or organs) so for the raw diet I felt it was better to have the thorough breakdown instead of just “pork”. Anyways the biggest cause we learned is beef (she’s reacting to all forms of beef) so I will be reworking her diet to elimite beef and fish and we will evaluate from there. I feel like this is a small price to pay to figure out what’s wrong instead of having to figure it out blindly.
Anyways I recommend this product and I think people who haven’t purchased and tried it shouldn’t be leaving reviews (my vet was extremely negative on this test as well..told me it’s not possible to test allergies using hair or saliva) I’m glad I didn’t listen and gave it a shot. To be clear..it doesn’t test the allergies that are instant reactions (like mouth/ throat swelling..you wouldn’t need the kit if the dog reacts RIGHT AWAY to an allergen..this is for intolerances. Thank you.
Definitely wouldn’t recommend spending the money.
The report was 5 or 6 pages long and included environmental sensitivities. Its perfect!!!
WARNING!! This is not going to pin point one thing that is causing the issues, it will give you a report listing the degrees of sensitivities to MANY things...which at first can seem overwhelming, but in the end is a REALLY amazing report. Does it work? Well...I cut out the foods that were high on the list and my Frenchie has not scratched since....you tell me :)
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Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2024
I’ll give an update in a few weeks to see how things are going after eliminating the foods that he’s intolerant to. The important take away is that now I know what my dog is intolerant to and I can take action, rather than guessing what’s causing problems for him!
Turkey came back as no reaction, green coded and totally safe. So we switched her food to Turkey. Turns out she's allergic. These tests feel very randomly generated, and flat out risky and unsafe for pet well being.
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We ordered this test after our doctor confirmed a severe chicken allergy in our dog and switched her to a lamb-based diet, which quite literally saved her life.
Without knowing it, feeding chicken-based foods led to an 18-month allergy flare that left my 2-year-old dog with permanent skin lesions and was threatening to make her go deaf from constant ear infections. She literally smelled like she was dying, and we were talking palliative care with our vet, who suggested an elimination diet as a last ditch attempt to figure out our dog's allergy. When we did the elimination diet and moved her to a lamb based diet, EVERY SINGLE physical symptom cleared up in about 72 hours of being off chicken.
We ordered this test because we wanted to scan for a suspected salmon intolerance and anything else we might have missed during her elimination diet. So we went in aware of a severe chicken allergy/intolerance, and knowing that lamb was safe.
So imagine our surprise to get our results where lamb flags as a worst of the worst intolerance - even more than the chicken that was killing her. If we were to put faith in these test results and didn't have the advanced knowledge going into the testing, we well may have taken her off the lamb food that has saved her life and moved her back to the chicken-based food that was killing her.
Our test results are also unlikely to be true based on statistical probabilities. Our kit returned
58 level 3 intolerances
64 level 2 intolerances
67 level one intolerances
That leaves 191 things that she didn't respond to. That means she had some form of intolerance to almost exactly 50% of things they tested for.
This split would not be realistic as a natural occurrence. We should expect to see significantly more non-issue and level one intolerance than level 2 and 3 intolerances. This adds to the distrust of the results.
Upon closer review of the flagged allergies and their severities on our report, we noticed that anything actually in her diet flagged as intolerant on some level. The ONLY things on this test that didn't flag were food items that just don't exist in her diet at all. I suspect that this test only tests for food IN THE DOG'S SYSTEM as opposed to foods that will actually harm them.
This makes sense, since Lamb would be the #1 thing in her diet, and it flagged as a level 3 "discontinue immediately" intolerance...when in reality it's a safe food for her. Chicken flagged as a level 2 intolerance, which makes sense since she's now been without it for nearly 8 weeks, with the exception of small amounts of chicken fat and by-product meal in her treats, but does have a SEVERE issue with chicken. So SOMETHING was in there, just not much, and it flagged as a lower intolerance than it should have.
I understand that the test doesn't bill itself as 100% accurate, but this test could have actually led to harm to our pet and that is scary.
Buy this for fun if you like, but please don't use this as a substitute for the spendy vet testing. Please don't make feeding and medication decisions based on this test. We feel like we wasted $150 on this test that could have been better allocated towards more advanced testing that is scientific and would have offered us true insight to our dog's unique needs. This test feels generic in nature and like it probably doesn't have anything to do with our dog at all.
The pros are that it is simple to do, fast, and causes the dog no discomfort.