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Today when I was brushing my teeth my 6 year old kitty (Sparks) jumped into my husband's sink and "assumed the position". This is unusual so I paid attention. He was there for quite some time and when he left there was only a little bit of urine with some mucus in it.
Of course I called the local vet and rushed him in worried about a blockage. I was told that he had an infection, and some struvites in his urine. They gave him an antibiotic injection and of course they gave me a couple cans of Hill's prescription diet to take home.
Those of you who know me out here know I won't feed my cat that crap. Besides I looked at it at home and it was way passed it's expiration!!! I have been feeding him Wellness Core kibble with Wellness pouch cat food thinking we were doing OK. He is pretty picky.
Anyway - I've done some research today - checked out Dr. Beckers Video's etc. And at this point I'm going with an all wet food diet with water added until I have more knowledge. While I know a lot about diet for dogs, I'm way behind on cat food, although I know it's not terribly different.
My cat seems very happy with change dinner got me lot's of kitty love tonight.
I'm looking into a total diet overhaul for him to keep him healthy. I'll home cook for him if necessary - heck I'd even buy him mice if I thought he'd eat them. I have tried to feed him raw but he doesn't like it.
Does anyone have experience with this? I'm very concerned and I don't want my cat to develop FLUTD. I'm also looking into the D-mannose supplement so any experience or info on that would be great too.
TIA
Of course I called the local vet and rushed him in worried about a blockage. I was told that he had an infection, and some struvites in his urine. They gave him an antibiotic injection and of course they gave me a couple cans of Hill's prescription diet to take home.
Those of you who know me out here know I won't feed my cat that crap. Besides I looked at it at home and it was way passed it's expiration!!! I have been feeding him Wellness Core kibble with Wellness pouch cat food thinking we were doing OK. He is pretty picky.
Anyway - I've done some research today - checked out Dr. Beckers Video's etc. And at this point I'm going with an all wet food diet with water added until I have more knowledge. While I know a lot about diet for dogs, I'm way behind on cat food, although I know it's not terribly different.
My cat seems very happy with change dinner got me lot's of kitty love tonight.
I'm looking into a total diet overhaul for him to keep him healthy. I'll home cook for him if necessary - heck I'd even buy him mice if I thought he'd eat them. I have tried to feed him raw but he doesn't like it.
Does anyone have experience with this? I'm very concerned and I don't want my cat to develop FLUTD. I'm also looking into the D-mannose supplement so any experience or info on that would be great too.
TIA