MIchelle, I honestly don't know if the SE effects the PH, but I'm pretty sure grain does.
When Benjamin blocked, I got really scared about what to feed him. I really didn't like the vet-recommended food but I needed someone I respected to tell me it was OK to take the jump and feed him raw, so I sent Michelle at www.blakkatz.com an email. She's so smart about why to feed a raw diet, and she replied, and I took the jump. And sure enough, all of it makes perfect (common) sense. Benjamin is a tough cat to handle, (biker in a previous life) and horrible at the vet. They sedated him, put in the catheter, IV's, E - collar and next morning, he had removed EVERYTHING, and was really, really mad - they were relieved when I took him home - bad candidate to make a mistake on! But, it's the idiopathic cystitis I'm more confident using SE on, not the high Ph kind. The high Ph and crystals is what I'd feed the raw diet for tho. And once they start eating it, it's a big hit. We used to make a huge bowl of it, plop it out to all the dishes, it was gone in 5 minutes. The big bonus when you have a lot of cats to feed, is the litter boxes are so much easier to clean, so much less smell!!! and much less waste cuz they are actually using what they are eating. And they don't drink as much water either, because they don't need to, which, as desert animals, is how they are supposed to be. I used to use Feline Future and I think it's fine. I eventually followed the whole chicken leg diet, bone and all through the grinder from catnutrition.org. I'd also retest his urine at home with those little pellets in a plastic jar. I understand nerves can make the Ph higher too and vets = nerves. I thought I heard something about Ph strips once but don't remember where. I would think at-home Ph watch would be a good idea, for peace of mind if nothing else. I don't know why the SE wouldn't soothe irritated membranes even if it was high Ph and crystals and I think if I go through that again, I would try it. It just doesn't make any sense that all these cats would have so many UTI, diabetes, middle age kidney failure, thyroid, -and-everything-else- problems and they've been on the planet for thousands years. Why would nature make an animal like that? I think it's how we feed them. And maybe over vaccinating too? As far as Evo, the dry food without grain, well, it's still dry and I still don't like it. If you pour a little water over Evo, won't the Evo suck the water up? So what happens in a cat's (desert-evolved) body? Sorry so long, just bugs me! Janine --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Janine, one question: I use slippery elm often for > stomach and intestinal > upsets, but have never used it for urinary tract > upsets. It doesn't make the > ph of the urine more basic? Patches has really high > ph-- 8.5, much too basic. > > Thanks, > Michelle >
