I have not been getting any posts lately? I had to go back through my email to find this one????
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > From: ccarlsb...@gmail.com > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:50:37 +0000 > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Homey and her crystals > > I get hills c/d at any vet I stop into. I live in Los angeles. It has saved > my Tweetys life! He eats nothing else. > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: <dlg...@windstream.net> > Sender: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:39:51 > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Homey and her crystals > > Homey's crystals are struvite, very few calcte. She geets fitered water in > fountains along with e other 6 cats in my house. We have 8 litter boxes tat > are scooped out at least 2 times a day. I use a corncob litter because it is > biodegradeble, doesn't track more than clay and hadles odors very well. I > hadeveryone on Blue Buffalo Duck and sweet potato mixed 1/2 with turkey and > sweet potato becauseCasey has troube with the dck, think it is to rich for > her (14 years old). The food was dry. Vet now has her on Hill's SD and gave > her a shot of Convenia antibiotic to get her started toward healing. He also > did Cystocentesis ad sent urine sample off for cultures (aerobic and > anaerobic) to determine exactly which bacteria was involved so he can > giveherthe right antibiotic. The shot and SD seem to be helping as urine > balls in boxes re all close to normal size, This is the 3rd timethis year, > that s why he did the cultures. The last time, she refused the SD, bt it had > been sitting on the floor of he van onthe way home so was nice and warm. She > and others ate it up. I also got some SD dry just in case she decides she > does not like the canned. Thought about mixing dry into wet. Where can I get > these other foods you menioned? As to cranberry, tried giving her some and > only way to get it in her was to spend 20 minutes trying to catch her and rub > t on her feet. Then she avoids me for at least 1 hr afterwards. > > ---- "jbero tds.net" <jb...@tds.net> wrote: > > Forgive me as I have missed the beginning of this email thread. With > > respect to urinary crystals diet is huge. Every cat that has ever > > been brought to me with crystals has responded to diet with complete > > eradication of crystals (make sure you know what type of crystals > > you're dealing though). Raw diet is the key. If you can't do raw, > > the high quality canned foods like Fromm, Go, Wellness work quite > > well. You can still do some dry but it has to be the good stuff - > > Orijen or Fromm would be my recommendation. I always add some > > cranberry to it if they'll take it just to avoid UTIs. It takes about > > four weeks if the crystals are bad and in the meantime you have to > > make sure they do not become obstructed (that often takes vet strength > > food or catheter or suprapubic taps. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Jenny > > > > On 12/8/11, dlg...@windstream.net <dlg...@windstream.net> wrote: > > > In the course of conversation with Karen today, I mentoned that Hojey had > > > crystas. She said her cat had same problem and a group "Catwell" on yahoo > > > had helped her. They suggested Cantharis. You can get it at health food > > > stoes. Her cat had been gven a death sentence and now is alive and > > > healthy. > > > Anybody knw anyting about this? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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