Switch from urinary prescription - is it possible?

Has anyone had any success with weaning a male cat with urinary
problems off a prescription diet (Royal Canin urinary s/o) to a more
natural diet? I am feeding 3 of my cats Katzenflocken and would love
to get the other one off the dependence on a prescribed food that I
really know nothing about.

Thanks for any advice.

Has anyone had any success with weaning a male cat with urinary
problems off a prescription diet (Royal Canin urinary s/o) to a more
natural diet? I am feeding 3 of my cats Katzenflocken and would love
to get the other one off the dependence on a prescribed food that I
really know nothing about.

My cat was on Hill's c/d for 2 years, switched him to Hill's Science Diet 3.5
years ago; he's doing fine. It has a low magnesium content and a target
urine p/h of 6.2-6.4 (moderate acid). You need to find out what the
magnesium content on a "dry matter basis" is and what the target urine p/h
is; the companies you contact should give you this information; if they can't
provide it, look elsewhere. If you're looking for a "natural" food, Hill's
makes Nature's Best and the magnesium is only .053 DMB. The c/d is .057 mag.
DMB, so they are both quite similar.

Anna

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I've got Sebastian on Wysong Au Jus Chicken with Grizzly Salmon Oil and
Instincts TC added. I also add a little bit of water to his food. Knock on
wood no problems!

Stacey

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Has anyone had any success with weaning a male cat with urinary
problems off a prescription diet (Royal Canin urinary s/o) to a more
natural diet? I am feeding 3 of my cats Katzenflocken and would love
to get the other one off the dependence on a prescribed food that I
really know nothing about.

Thanks for any advice.

I've got Sebastian on Wysong Au Jus Chicken with Grizzly Salmon Oil and
Instincts TC added. I also add a little bit of water to his food. Knock on
wood no problems!


That's the food mine was eating when he got blocked up - Wysong Vitality.


Anna

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Anna via CatKB.com wrote:
I've got Sebastian on Wysong Au Jus Chicken with Grizzly Salmon Oil and
Instincts TC added. I also add a little bit of water to his food. Knock on
wood no problems!


That's the food mine was eating when he got blocked up - Wysong Vitality.

Isn't that a dry food?

"4Katz" wrote in message
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Has anyone had any success with weaning a male cat with urinary
problems off a prescription diet (Royal Canin urinary s/o) to a more
natural diet? I am feeding 3 of my cats Katzenflocken and would love
to get the other one off the dependence on a prescribed food that I
really know nothing about.

Thanks for any advice.

Royal Canin Urinary SO purportedly treats struvite and calcium oxalate.
Which type of crystals does your cat have?

Phil

4Katz wrote:
Has anyone had any success with weaning a male cat with urinary
problems off a prescription diet (Royal Canin urinary s/o) to a more
natural diet? I am feeding 3 of my cats Katzenflocken and would love
to get the other one off the dependence on a prescribed food that I
really know nothing about.

Thanks for any advice.

Our cat is female, but she was on Royal Canin s/o for about six months
until she became reluctant to eat it. We've been monitoring since
then--it's been about nine months--and her urinalyses have not shown
any more struvites. Currently she eats SD Nature's Best and SD canned,
although we have just got Iam's Multi Cat formula and she does like
that too. Of course, crystals are generally much less risky in female
cats, so our vet said it was okay to stop feeding her the s/o once the
struvites disappeared. He just said that if she develops struvites
again, she would have to go back on the s/o, but so far so good.
-yngver

Anna via CatKB.com" u18214@uwe wrote in message news:5d4a26ee7e6c8@uwe...
I've got Sebastian on Wysong Au Jus Chicken with Grizzly Salmon Oil and
Instincts TC added. I also add a little bit of water to his food. Knock
on
wood no problems!


That's the food mine was eating when he got blocked up - Wysong Vitality.


Anna

No it's not. This is canned food, not the dry Vitality. It's 95% chicken,
the rest is water and guar gum.

Stacey