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  1. skimble

    Young Again Cat food

    My male has not relapsed on his current canned food diet for 10 months now, thank the Lord!  He was on the zero carb dry for a few months before he relapsed.  I currently rotate brands and proteins using all meat canned, which naturally has no to low carbs. It really is the dry food that does...
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    Young Again Cat food

    I tried my male cat that had struvite crystals on the zero carb dry food.  He had a relapse of crystals/cystitis with this food.  I learned from an alternative vet that dry food of any kind is not good for a cat that has had urinary crystals.  Canned food only with extra water stirred in is what...
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    My cat has diabetes.. I could use some advice.

    This site has helped my friend whose cat has diabetes.  Great info.  Hope it's helpful for you. http://binkyspage.tripod.com/index.html   "Binky's Page" I hope your girl feels better.
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    Help!! Strange recovery from struvites!!!

    I understand what you're saying.  It's a helpless feeling watching them go through this.  My male cat had urinary problems and blocked.  A trip to the ER clinic for sedation to insert catheter and release blockage.  This site is great and very helpful.  I also found a wealth of information and...
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    Feliway - Does it work? For FLUTD and aggressive cat.

    I understand what you are going through.  There are many experienced people here that can offer help.  Try posting this question in the health section and title it with problems associated with FLUTD.  I have a male cat that is just like you have.  Much of the problems comes from being a "high...
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    High stress cat and home repairs?

    Thanks for the advice.  I had forgotten about Rescue Remedy!  You're right that they all have their hiding places.  I'm getting gutters put up so all the windows will have me on ladders in view but they won't notice windows if they are under the bed or tucked high in a pantry shelf.  I am...
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    High stress cat and home repairs?

    I have 4 cats, one of which has urinary crystals and is a high stress cat.  I am having gutters installed and was looking for advice on how to manage the high stress cat. I do have an interior closet/bath/laundry room where I could sequester them.  I have Feliway and a calming spray called...
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    Canned food for bladder stones?

    I'm sorry about your Jimmy-Choo.  My Mo Mo boy had a complete urinary blockage and was put on Hills S/D food to dissolve the crystals in his bladder then a switch to Hills C/D for preventative.  I am keeping him on this food until he is better and for a few months.  Because it is a prescription...
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    Discouraged and Disgruntled and Confused...help?

    I just wanted to say that I am so sorry you are going through this with your kitten.  I am switching to raw so I can't offer much, but others with a vast amount of experience will be along.  It will get better. I went through a recent urinary problem with my boy and I was shocked at how little...
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    Question before clicking "place order"

    Laurie, thank you so much for taking the time to share that information with me.  It is most helpful.  This blockage happened a couple of weeks ago so I am evaluating everything to try in a sequence so I can tell what works.  Great information! I am in a very rural area with no vet close by. ...
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    When to start feeding raw?

    Such a cutie!  Hope he feels better soon. I am learning about feeding my 4 yr old cat raw.  I don't know much, but I just read a book by a veterinarian, Dr Barbara Royals, called "the Royal Treatment" and she suggests starting raw very early as a kitten.  She says that there is a window of...
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    Question before clicking "place order"

    Yes, struvite crystals, mucous plug and pH of 8 !!!  I would love your suggestions on this.  I will look back and read about your experience with Spooky. Mo Mo is a big cat (large head, tall) at 13 pounds, but he is a little thick in the middle.  He still has a good waistline.  He is also a...
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    Question before clicking "place order"

    Thanks for the info on Rad Cat and Hare Today!  Maybe I should include the Lamb early on because of my 4 boys this one classifies as "weird" too.  You all inspire me with your experiences.  Makes me feel like I'm not alone. 
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    Question before clicking "place order"

    He was on the dry.  Could never get him to eat the canned RX, but still trying.  He will often stop eating the dry RX.  He does eat other non RX canned everyday.  He also had some trauma as a kitten from having his pee-pee nursed by a littermate until swollen, according to his rescuer.  He may...
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    Question before clicking "place order"

    First I want to say a big THANK YOU to all that have complied so many wonderful resources in one place!  I have read, saved, and printed very many. I have a FLUTD male that recently blocked even after being on RX diet.  I am starting the slow move to raw.  And yes, he is the picky one.  The...
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    After urethral block.... Questions.

    Thanks for the link and for your advice.  I am trying to read as much information as I can in order to ask the vet the right questions and understand what my options are.  I plan to let the S/D do it's job while I start a scheduled feeding time and transition to raw which I feel is his best...
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    After urethral block.... Questions.

    Thank you, vball91.  I will join the yahoo group.  Great information.  Have not gotten the rest of the urinalysis report but they said he had leukocytes in his urine so giving Clavamox as a broad spectrum antibiotic.  From what I understand, there can be leukocytes with the inflammation which...
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    After urethral block.... Questions.

    LCat4, thank you.  Your post is very informative.  It's difficult to know what to ask the vet, this helps.  They said he had bacteria in his urine.  It has been only a few days and he is in/out of litterbox but is producing some urine.  Not having gone through this before makes it difficult to...
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    After urethral block.... Questions.

    Thank you so much!  I will ask about Prazosin. 
  20. skimble

    After urethral block.... Questions.

    I have a 4 yr old male cat that had a complete urethral blockage.  ER vet trip. Unblocked.  Now home.  On Clavamox and 3 doses of Onsior (new Novartis NSAID for cats).  Diet change to Hills S/D to dissolve crystals.  I plan on letting that diet work then transition later to raw.   He is eating...
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