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"---MIKE---" wrote in message ... Ray sounds like a troll to me. Yep. A troll with a bone to pick with Phil. A troll who lives in Massachusetts. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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Phil didn't give me direct advice. But I took his advice and fed my cat
high quality canned food. So I did and my cat got run over by an SUV. So now she's dead. Mary wrote: "Ray" wrote in message ups.com... I took Phil's advice regarding my cat's diet and now she's dead. Lets have some specifics, Ray. Or direct us to the thread, then tell us what happened when you followed Phil's advice. Are you saying, as you seem to be, that you think it was Phil's advice that resulted in the death of your cat? If this is true, you owe it to everyone here to tell us the specifics. Phil would certainly want to know if he recommended the wrong thing to you, as dedicated as he is to the welfare of cats. wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Sat, 14 May 2005 18:55:33 -0400, "Phil P." wrote: "John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message The cause of the blockage is the cat's body's inabilty to handle ash (magnesium and the like) in food. There is no 'ash' in cat food- 'ash' is an analysis of the mineral content- not an ingredient- that's why its listed in the Guaranteed Analysis and not in the ingredients list. "Ash" is determined by burning an aliquot of the diet for 2 hours at 600*C and weighing the residue. "Ash" is actually all the noncombustible components of the diet- which includes most of the mineral content- without regard to any specific element. The 'ash' analysis does not correlate to the magnesium content of the diet. Also, struvite is a function of urine pH not magnesium. At urine pH of 6.1 or less struvite won't form regardless of the amount of magnesium in the diet. Magnesium content becomes important only when urine pH rises above 6.2. Urine pH determines *if* struvite will form; the magnesium content determines *how much* struvite will form. Phil My vet once told me to get low ash magnesium restricted cat food for a male cat who had a urinary tract blockage operation. I think I'll trust the vet and not you. Coming in late on this thread--but I just wanted to say, please don't make the same mistake I did, in thinking "DVM" means they're automatically the all-knowing, failproof savior of your cat's health. Vets make mistakes. And there are good vets, and bad vets. Some vets are very knowledgeable livestock, dogs, but not cats. And some don't know squat **** about nutrition. Cropping a long story short that I've told too many times already, my cat would have died if it hadn't been for Phil convincing me the "cow vet" (that's one of the nicer adjectives he used) was killing my cat. I actually printed out the e-mails Phil sent, and took them to another vet to see what he'd say. I actually learned more in that vet visit than I ever had. I was too passive about the cat's care before. You don't have to take Phil's word, or Megan's, or anybody's here, as the gospel either. But use it to arm yourself with questions for YOUR vet. Take the knowledge you can glean here, and further research YOURSELF. Don't be so close-minded about anonymous laymen cat people that you blow off what he's saying. Try to *prove* him wrong by research. I think you'll be surprised, and your cat will benefit. Sherry |
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How do you know I am really in Mass? Yes, the server might be there but
I don't have to be in the same state as the server, do I? |
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Why are you concerned that I'm a troll? The so-called discussion on
this thread (and many other threads) has degenerated into name-calling so I figured might as well have some fun. |
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"Ray" wrote in message ups.com... Why are you concerned that I'm a troll? The so-called discussion on this thread (and many other threads) has degenerated into name-calling so I figured might as well have some fun. As long as you're having a good time. Meanwhile, whose post are you responding to? |
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"Ray" wrote in message oups.com... How do you know I am really in Mass? Yes, the server might be there but I don't have to be in the same state as the server, do I? You don't have to be in the same state but you probably are, and you are at least near by. You're not south of Maryland or west of Pennsylvania, that's for sure. Your IP narrows things down quite a bit. I don't really care. You trolled the group and got the response you expected, so good for you. |
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