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Treatment for a Blockage
Hi everyone. I have posted previously about my cat having a blockage and now
I have a couple of ques. regarding his diet and recovery. When I took my little guy home from the emergency vet on Saturday, the vet there never mentioned anything to me regarding a special diet, so, he has been eating his normal food since yesterday when I went to my normal vet where I was given S/D Diet food to dissolve any remaining struvite crystals. My question is, could I have caused damage to my cat by feeding him his normal food for 2 1/2 days after his blockage? He is on the S/D diet now and he hates it! I am going back to the vet after work where he is going to give me the C/D diet but from what I have been reading on here, my cat should stay on the S/D diet for a couple of weeks before switching to C/D?? Thanks guys! Also, how high is the re-occurance rate of struvite crystals if he is kept on a strict diet? -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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Treatment for a Blockage
"MoMo via CatKB.com" u27647@uwe wrote in message news:678f94ff46a91@uwe... Hi everyone. I have posted previously about my cat having a blockage and now I have a couple of ques. regarding his diet and recovery. When I took my little guy home from the emergency vet on Saturday, the vet there never mentioned anything to me regarding a special diet, so, he has been eating his normal food since yesterday when I went to my normal vet where I was given S/D Diet food to dissolve any remaining struvite crystals. My question is, could I have caused damage to my cat by feeding him his normal food for 2 1/2 days after his blockage? He is on the S/D diet now and he hates it! I am going back to the vet after work where he is going to give me the C/D diet but from what I have been reading on here, my cat should stay on the S/D diet for a couple of weeks before switching to C/D?? Thanks guys! Also, how high is the re-occurance rate of struvite crystals if he is kept on a strict diet? -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com I can't speak for all cats but my nieces' cat has had no recurrences of his urinary tract problems as long as he stays on his Rx food. She found that he can eat other food for maybe 2 days before he starts showing symptoms again. W |
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Treatment for a Blockage
Hi,
Please read this article: http://www.catinfo.org/#Common_Felin...ies_to_D iet_ My cat had crystals when he was about 1.5 (and I fed dry food only). He's been on a canned or raw diet since and has had no problems (he's 8.5 now). I'm not a fan of prescription foods. Many are barely palatable to cats and if you read the ingredient list, it's scary what's in there. |
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