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Bear with me, this is going to be a long one. Pic of my kitty boy Koda for tax.
Koda is about a year and a half old and over the summer I noticed glitter in his urine so we had it tested and he had struvite crystals. They had gone away at a 4 week check but I'm seeing the glitter again.
Disclaimer: I have been keeping my vet in the loop through all of this but A. I've never REALLY liked her (we're military family and she's certainly the best out of the 4 we tried since we moved here) B. She's REALLY pushing the DRY C/D prescription diet.
We want to try and find something better for him. With REAL ingredients but still low in the things that create/contribute to creating crystals. Our dogs (we have 3!) eat Dave's and it has been a LITERAL godsend. It's been great for our Tripawd German shepherd, our aussie nicknamed 'beans' because of gas and our little pappillon mix who has a vertical jump of 4 feet. So, naturally, I looked into it for our Koda boy. He's been on C/D wet and dry (despite the vet pushing the dry for some goofy reason) and he's just not THRIVING and the glitter stuff has returned.
A note on water: Koda drinks SO MUCH WATER. I'm not worried about his intake or output, just with the presence of what I think is crystals again.
But here's my Dave's Dilemma. The Restricted diet magnesium-phosphate (Restricted Diet Magnesium – Phosphorus Pork Dinner | Dave's Pet Food) is not recommended as a long term solution. "This product is intended for intermittent or supplemental feeding only."
BUT in Koda's case - since he needs the low counts of ingredients would it be safe for him to eat it all the time or do I need to alternate/mix it with something? If so, what?
Also, I have sent an email to the Dave's pet food folks - Just haven't heard back.
Koda is about a year and a half old and over the summer I noticed glitter in his urine so we had it tested and he had struvite crystals. They had gone away at a 4 week check but I'm seeing the glitter again.
Disclaimer: I have been keeping my vet in the loop through all of this but A. I've never REALLY liked her (we're military family and she's certainly the best out of the 4 we tried since we moved here) B. She's REALLY pushing the DRY C/D prescription diet.
We want to try and find something better for him. With REAL ingredients but still low in the things that create/contribute to creating crystals. Our dogs (we have 3!) eat Dave's and it has been a LITERAL godsend. It's been great for our Tripawd German shepherd, our aussie nicknamed 'beans' because of gas and our little pappillon mix who has a vertical jump of 4 feet. So, naturally, I looked into it for our Koda boy. He's been on C/D wet and dry (despite the vet pushing the dry for some goofy reason) and he's just not THRIVING and the glitter stuff has returned.
A note on water: Koda drinks SO MUCH WATER. I'm not worried about his intake or output, just with the presence of what I think is crystals again.
But here's my Dave's Dilemma. The Restricted diet magnesium-phosphate (Restricted Diet Magnesium – Phosphorus Pork Dinner | Dave's Pet Food) is not recommended as a long term solution. "This product is intended for intermittent or supplemental feeding only."
BUT in Koda's case - since he needs the low counts of ingredients would it be safe for him to eat it all the time or do I need to alternate/mix it with something? If so, what?
Also, I have sent an email to the Dave's pet food folks - Just haven't heard back.