The vet says my cat needs prescription cat food?

Specifically, Science Diet CD because I had bladder problems after a couple of years ago. He will eat it and had no problems since. But there is another cat food I can feed him, he will also have the balance need for bladder health? Before the incident of blood in the urine that Natural Balance had been buying cat food. I would like to foods that contain no corn or other fillers. There is definitely a good brand of cat food out there that will meet your needs, but cost $ 32 for a 10 pound bag! Unfortunately Skeeter will not eat canned food, no matter what flavor or brand. It appears to dislike him. I bought him his own water source kitten and loves it. Drink it often so I feel it is to achieve sufficient hydration, now that has its source, despite having a dry food diet – supplemented with pieces of meat.

You have many different options, and you are absolutely right to question this. The following information is from my blog. * * It should answer most of your questions. If anything needs clarification please contact me. And also note that I'm not necessarily suggesting a course of action for you – but I'm recommending we learn more about this subject, so you can make an informed decision. If I were in this situation, this is what I would do. – I have the luck, although I have a good same vet who really knows his stuff! You will not find a single bag or can of food for local prescribing. Well, maybe you would, but they are not there for resale and probably just retired as a last resort LOL CATS AND URINARY ISSUES September 6, '07 24:39 for all This is not my area of expertise, but this has been my experience: As a kitten, Poppy developed both a weight problem and a UTI. My vet told me to begin to introduce the special food that happily sold me * gulp *. Poppy refused to eat. At that time I was less aware of how to get cats to eat new, so I just said the hell with it and bought Purina's urinary health food in one, mixed with weight management. She ate that from then until was 2. She never had another urinary tract infection. Does this mean that this food is as good as the overpriced prescription food, or just lucky? Do not know the answer, although I suspect that the above statement is probably true. For various reasons, which shortly thereafter began researching cat nutrition. Learned about the benefits of wet food, and found that in many cases, that is all that is required to prevent future urinary infections. Even the marks of shit like Friskies would be better than dry food! I do not pretend to be a veterinarian, veterinary technician, veterinary student or something. But I know how to research and examine the results. I read a little about this subject that is as I reached the conclusions I have. At the least, if I were to have another cat with urinary problems I would prefer to try a GOOD QUALITY canned food (balanced diet or raw meat) before the bombing of the mass of a "prescription" dry food (or even canned varieties). That is because I believe that good nutrition and feeding of suitable species is much more likely to maintain a healthy cat inferior ingredients that have been adjusted to change its chemical composition. What should you do? If your vet recommends a prescription diet, you can safely recommend that at least to get the canned version of that food. That way your cat will need extra hydration. And do not feel bad about giving your cat this food – temporarily. It will do what is designed to do, so you can be sure that your cat will do well, while more research. And I would encourage do so. Do not take my word for it – read about these things for yourself. Stabilize your cat with food, while the prescription you are looking for something better. If canned food (or raw) alone is not helping enough, there are other supplements that might research. I have not done so, but I know that Wysong makes a supplement to the problems urinals. "Biotic pH is designed for cats or dogs needing assistance generating and maintaining an acidic urine to help prevent the development of struvite crystal. "I can not support this particular product, but we know that is out there. And if he is not sure to be others. Again before feeding good food, a supplement of this kind of shit that food limitation:. UPDATE wanted to quote some info I found this morning (08/03/2008). This information is taken from the debates in WholeCatHealth. While in itself can not answer any questions, you can at least show that this group would be an excellent resource for anyone that cat has a urinary problem – ". / SD and C / D are acidifying diets for short term use to bring by urinary pH. There are risks associated with long-term use of these diets ….." (see last paragraph for more information about this). "The high quality food and low in carbohydrates, meat, diet, high humidity reduces the risk of urinary problems, incl glass. proteins of meat, amino acids that naturally keep the urine slightly acidic (desirable for cats is 6.0-6.5 pH) … and humidity (about 78% for canned and 68% for the premade raw) helps promote urine volume and frequency of urination, which reduces the risk of crystal formation. However, some cats, even in a adequate diet of the species can not maintain the pH … so it is important to control the urine, which can be done at home with pH paper or urine test strips. If the pH is maintained constant around 7.0, then you can add an acidifier such as L-methionine, ammonium chloride or feed the meat-based … and still monitor to see how the pH is doing. "This last is http://vetsites.vin.com / Kidney / FLUTD.doc:" Chronic use of acidifying diets leads to metabolic acidosis, which can lead to decreased adverse effects and bone formation


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