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"bluemaxx" wrote in message ... "icarus" wrote in message ... : : ascorbic acid will increase the acidity of his urine and break down the : struvite chrystals. just break up and add to his food and keep an eye on how : much he eats and spits out. you will probably find he eats some and realises : and spits out the rest but enough gets eaten to work. : Plain old Vitamin C? Do you have any more information or links you could provide? I have a male that blocked once and is now on SD-c/d. Linda I did have when I researched it. I don't have the links now as it isn't a problem for my cat now that he gets ascorbic acid. I think you can buy vitamin C that isn't ascorbic acid and that type doesn't increase the acidity level. There was a report when I looked from a lady that feeds a colony of feral cats in New York and she had lots of first hand anecdotal evidence of the cats being far better once she added ascorbic acid. generally healthier and less prone to infection. Vets don't recommend it as its really cheap and Hills or comparable food is really expensive. |
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"bluemaxx" wrote in message ... "icarus" wrote in message ... : : ascorbic acid will increase the acidity of his urine and break down the : struvite chrystals. just break up and add to his food and keep an eye on how : much he eats and spits out. you will probably find he eats some and realises : and spits out the rest but enough gets eaten to work. : Plain old Vitamin C? Do you have any more information or links you could provide? I have a male that blocked once and is now on SD-c/d. Linda I did have when I researched it. I don't have the links now as it isn't a problem for my cat now that he gets ascorbic acid. I think you can buy vitamin C that isn't ascorbic acid and that type doesn't increase the acidity level. There was a report when I looked from a lady that feeds a colony of feral cats in New York and she had lots of first hand anecdotal evidence of the cats being far better once she added ascorbic acid. generally healthier and less prone to infection. Vets don't recommend it as its really cheap and Hills or comparable food is really expensive. |
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"bluemaxx" wrote in message ... "icarus" wrote in message ... : : ascorbic acid will increase the acidity of his urine and break down the : struvite chrystals. just break up and add to his food and keep an eye on how : much he eats and spits out. you will probably find he eats some and realises : and spits out the rest but enough gets eaten to work. : Plain old Vitamin C? Do you have any more information or links you could provide? I have a male that blocked once and is now on SD-c/d. Linda I did have when I researched it. I don't have the links now as it isn't a problem for my cat now that he gets ascorbic acid. I think you can buy vitamin C that isn't ascorbic acid and that type doesn't increase the acidity level. There was a report when I looked from a lady that feeds a colony of feral cats in New York and she had lots of first hand anecdotal evidence of the cats being far better once she added ascorbic acid. generally healthier and less prone to infection. Vets don't recommend it as its really cheap and Hills or comparable food is really expensive. |
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"icarus" wrote in message ... "bluemaxx" wrote in message ... "icarus" wrote in message ... : : ascorbic acid will increase the acidity of his urine and break down the : struvite chrystals. just break up and add to his food and keep an eye on how : much he eats and spits out. you will probably find he eats some and realises : and spits out the rest but enough gets eaten to work. : Plain old Vitamin C? Do you have any more information or links you could provide? I have a male that blocked once and is now on SD-c/d. Linda I did have when I researched it. I don't have the links now as it isn't a problem for my cat now that he gets ascorbic acid. I think you can buy vitamin C that isn't ascorbic acid and that type doesn't increase the acidity level. There was a report when I looked from a lady that feeds a colony of feral cats in New York and she had lots of first hand anecdotal evidence of the cats being far better once she added ascorbic acid. generally healthier and less prone to infection. Vets don't recommend it as its really cheap and Hills or comparable food is really expensive. This is the active ingredient in Hills to cure struvite crystals and you can buy it instead of Hills prescription (Hills is just ordinary pet food plus this stuff)....... http://www.lloydinc.com/vmsmall/methioform.html Its cheap in the USA but expensive here. see thread below for info. |
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"icarus" wrote in message ... "bluemaxx" wrote in message ... "icarus" wrote in message ... : : ascorbic acid will increase the acidity of his urine and break down the : struvite chrystals. just break up and add to his food and keep an eye on how : much he eats and spits out. you will probably find he eats some and realises : and spits out the rest but enough gets eaten to work. : Plain old Vitamin C? Do you have any more information or links you could provide? I have a male that blocked once and is now on SD-c/d. Linda I did have when I researched it. I don't have the links now as it isn't a problem for my cat now that he gets ascorbic acid. I think you can buy vitamin C that isn't ascorbic acid and that type doesn't increase the acidity level. There was a report when I looked from a lady that feeds a colony of feral cats in New York and she had lots of first hand anecdotal evidence of the cats being far better once she added ascorbic acid. generally healthier and less prone to infection. Vets don't recommend it as its really cheap and Hills or comparable food is really expensive. This is the active ingredient in Hills to cure struvite crystals and you can buy it instead of Hills prescription (Hills is just ordinary pet food plus this stuff)....... http://www.lloydinc.com/vmsmall/methioform.html Its cheap in the USA but expensive here. see thread below for info. |
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"icarus" wrote in message ... "bluemaxx" wrote in message ... "icarus" wrote in message ... : : ascorbic acid will increase the acidity of his urine and break down the : struvite chrystals. just break up and add to his food and keep an eye on how : much he eats and spits out. you will probably find he eats some and realises : and spits out the rest but enough gets eaten to work. : Plain old Vitamin C? Do you have any more information or links you could provide? I have a male that blocked once and is now on SD-c/d. Linda I did have when I researched it. I don't have the links now as it isn't a problem for my cat now that he gets ascorbic acid. I think you can buy vitamin C that isn't ascorbic acid and that type doesn't increase the acidity level. There was a report when I looked from a lady that feeds a colony of feral cats in New York and she had lots of first hand anecdotal evidence of the cats being far better once she added ascorbic acid. generally healthier and less prone to infection. Vets don't recommend it as its really cheap and Hills or comparable food is really expensive. This is the active ingredient in Hills to cure struvite crystals and you can buy it instead of Hills prescription (Hills is just ordinary pet food plus this stuff)....... http://www.lloydinc.com/vmsmall/methioform.html Its cheap in the USA but expensive here. see thread below for info. |
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I've never tried IVD (I don't think that's available where I am), but my cat was diagnosed with the same thing and I managed to find another premium kibble, Wysong "Uretic" formula, which does the same thing as the Hill's in that it acidifies the urine which is what you want because it dissolves the crystals. Both have the same acidifying ingredient (DL-Methionine or something like that). But the Wysong has much better ingredients than the Hill's. Look out, LOL, Steve Crane (works for Hill's) will be posting soon how bad Wysong is (or any other brand that isn't Hill's). But now I'm switching all my cats to a raw food diet because that keeps the urine in proper balance, just slightly acidic, which will help prevent the problem from recurring. I've been feeding my cats a raw diet for 4 years now and they've never had urinary problems thank goodness. I've heard once they develop the problems, it's hard to get them right again. Glad to hear your cat is doing well Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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I've never tried IVD (I don't think that's available where I am), but my cat was diagnosed with the same thing and I managed to find another premium kibble, Wysong "Uretic" formula, which does the same thing as the Hill's in that it acidifies the urine which is what you want because it dissolves the crystals. Both have the same acidifying ingredient (DL-Methionine or something like that). But the Wysong has much better ingredients than the Hill's. Look out, LOL, Steve Crane (works for Hill's) will be posting soon how bad Wysong is (or any other brand that isn't Hill's). But now I'm switching all my cats to a raw food diet because that keeps the urine in proper balance, just slightly acidic, which will help prevent the problem from recurring. I've been feeding my cats a raw diet for 4 years now and they've never had urinary problems thank goodness. I've heard once they develop the problems, it's hard to get them right again. Glad to hear your cat is doing well Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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If he's eating something that acidifies the urine, it's probably okay to also give him some of his usual wet food. The prescription diet has an acidifier so if he's eating some of that and some of his usual, that should be enough. Cats need to eat regardless, they can get serious health issues if they don't eat for too long. What is the minimal amount of food (can) a 14lbs cat needs to eat so that he didn't get badly sick? I've never tried IVD (I don't think that's available where I am), but my cat was diagnosed with the same thing and I managed to find another premium kibble, Wysong "Uretic" formula, which does the same thing as the Hill's in that it acidifies the urine which is what you want because it dissolves the crystals. Both have the same acidifying ingredient (DL-Methionine or something like that). But the Wysong has much better ingredients than the Hill's. Wysong Uretic? Dry? I thought I should avoid giving him dry food, since this is one of the cause for stuvite crystals formation ... I used the Wysong dry, and also served lots of Wellnes wet food, and added a little extra water to his wet food, and that has done the trick (3 weeks later he was declared crystal free). I also gave him a homeopathic remedy to help with the acidification. Which homeopathic remedie did you use? But now I'm switching all my cats to a raw food diet because that keeps the urine in proper balance, just slightly acidic, which will help prevent the problem from recurring. Yes, I have started feeding them raw chicken. But I still have to work on the supplements. I will buy a already prepared suppements, I was recommended to use from a yahoo group. If they stay on the prescription stuff with acidifiers it can cause another type of crystal that forms in a too-acidic urine! So acidifying is what you want short-term to get rid of the struvite crystals in there now, but it's not a good idea long term to have the urine too acidic. I agree and I really don't want him to get the oxalate crystals. Thank you very Sherry for sharing your experinece with me/us. Patricia |
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