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Hill's Feline S/D, Hill's Feline CD-S
This food was prescribed for my cat who just had a urinary blockage
removed. Does anyone know if my other cat (who is in perfect health) will develop problems if he also starts to eat the Hill's S/D and Hill's CD-S food as well ? Thanks. |
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From: (Albert Pike) Date: 10/18/03 10:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: This food was prescribed for my cat who just had a urinary blockage removed. Does anyone know if my other cat (who is in perfect health) will develop problems if he also starts to eat the Hill's S/D and Hill's CD-S food as well ? DO NOT feed a healthy cat s/d. s/d will acidify the urine Ph and you shouldn't risk your healthy cat developing a problem when one didn't exist previously. Keep your healthy cat on a wellness food and your "sick" cat on the theraputic diet prescribed. |
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From: (Albert Pike) Date: 10/18/03 10:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: This food was prescribed for my cat who just had a urinary blockage removed. Does anyone know if my other cat (who is in perfect health) will develop problems if he also starts to eat the Hill's S/D and Hill's CD-S food as well ? DO NOT feed a healthy cat s/d. s/d will acidify the urine Ph and you shouldn't risk your healthy cat developing a problem when one didn't exist previously. Keep your healthy cat on a wellness food and your "sick" cat on the theraputic diet prescribed. |
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Did the vet send the stone or crystal to a lab to know what it was?
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Did the vet send the stone or crystal to a lab to know what it was?
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"Albert Pike" wrote in message om... This food was prescribed for my cat who just had a urinary blockage removed. Does anyone know if my other cat (who is in perfect health) will develop problems if he also starts to eat the Hill's S/D and Hill's CD-S food as well ? Thanks. Your other cat shouldn't develop any problems from eating c/d-s because its formulated to produce a normal urine pH. However, s/d is more acidic and formulated to dissolve struvite and produces a much lower urine pH that can, and most likely will, cause serious problems (e.g., calcium oxalate and possibly acidosis) in a normal cat. Phil |
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"Albert Pike" wrote in message om... This food was prescribed for my cat who just had a urinary blockage removed. Does anyone know if my other cat (who is in perfect health) will develop problems if he also starts to eat the Hill's S/D and Hill's CD-S food as well ? Thanks. Your other cat shouldn't develop any problems from eating c/d-s because its formulated to produce a normal urine pH. However, s/d is more acidic and formulated to dissolve struvite and produces a much lower urine pH that can, and most likely will, cause serious problems (e.g., calcium oxalate and possibly acidosis) in a normal cat. Phil |
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Did the vet send the stone or crystal to a lab to know what it was?
It was crystals .I believe it was a struvite - hence the struvite- dissolution diet ? I agree that it doesn't seem right to give a healthy cat S/D. Neither seems to fancy the dry S/D that is left out, anyway. The only thing the vet said was that it was OK for the healthy cat to eat S/D as long as he did not have heart or kidney problems (which he doesn't). |
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Did the vet send the stone or crystal to a lab to know what it was?
It was crystals .I believe it was a struvite - hence the struvite- dissolution diet ? I agree that it doesn't seem right to give a healthy cat S/D. Neither seems to fancy the dry S/D that is left out, anyway. The only thing the vet said was that it was OK for the healthy cat to eat S/D as long as he did not have heart or kidney problems (which he doesn't). |
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