In November, my 3 year old cat had PU surgery. It was a long road to recovery but he was doing fine since. I feed him canned merrick chicken pate and beef pate. Lately, the stores by me who sell it, haven’t had the chicken or beef so I subbed some other flavors. Then 2 weeks ago, I went away for a few days. He stayed with my other cat at my parent’s house. When I went to pick him up, I noticed him licking himself and making multiple trips to the litter box. We went to the emergency vet and he got amoxicillin. Today I took him back to the vet so they could check his urine. Vet said his urine is clean but she wants me to feed him Royal Canin SO cans.
I sort of feel like switching to the script diet might be too much. I feel that maybe the stress plus the change in flavor merrick might have caused the infection. I have also read that the SO food is usually fed temporarily to cats. My vet made it sound like this is a forever diet change.
I know there isn’t an exact answer but does anyone have any input, ideas or suggestions on this?
Thank you
I sort of feel like switching to the script diet might be too much. I feel that maybe the stress plus the change in flavor merrick might have caused the infection. I have also read that the SO food is usually fed temporarily to cats. My vet made it sound like this is a forever diet change.
I know there isn’t an exact answer but does anyone have any input, ideas or suggestions on this?
Thank you