I used Hills on and off for years and found that my cats threw up more often
with it. So I finally quit using. Water fountains are great. Not only do the
cats drink. They sit for hours watching the water go round and round. Only
problem was, two or three of my cats started urinating around the fountain.
Maybe they were trying to imitate it. Who knows what goes through the minds of
cats. No, they didn't have UTI, just a bit of bad attitude.
Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors
too!
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From: "dlg...@windstream.net" <dlg...@windstream.net>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition
Vets push the Hills because Hills says to.
---- Emma Beauchamp <weazy...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
My cat Gertrude Penelope Pennyapple is a one year old baby and she has had FELV
probably since she was born. She has always been very healthy despite the FELV
and a chronic upper respiratory infection, but recently (Sunday night) she
contracted a UTI. She had a urinalysis at the vet and 130 dollars later she
was diagnosed with an UTI, and Struvite Crystals were present in her bladder.
I was given an Antibiotic called Orbax and given Hill's Science Prescription
diet S/D. I bought a bag of Dry Food and a couple of cans of wet.
My picky/anorexic cat hates both of them! She ate 1/3 of a can of the wet food
yesterday, but hasn't touched it today, and she just kind of giggled at the dry
food and turned away.
After reading a few articles online, I'm kind of mad they sold me the dry food
in the first place, since a big part of the struvite crystals is water intake!
I was wondering if anybody has dealt with this issue before, and if so what
kind of food/diet did you switch to?
Before the prescription food I was feeding Gertie Whiskas brand meaty
selections dry food, and occasionally their wet food as well. I used to feed
her exclusively Blue Buffalo Wet Food, but this summer funds were tight so I
switched to the Whiskas, and she seemed to like it more anyway!
So any suggestions/experiences would be welcome and helpful!!
Emma Beauchamp
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