I just had to chime in here as well since my boy is having similar problems: Ugh! I just can't take vets who don't take diet into account seriously. Unbelievable. Hill's, Royal Canin, etc., etc., are crap. The end. It's terrible food. Conventional vets typically know little to nothing about animal nutrition. It hasn't been mentioned here but Wysong makes an OTC "prescription" food for urinary problems (see: "Wysong Uretic Feline Diet") and you will find nothing but great things said about it all over the web, as that's where my referrals came from. I've only had my cats eating it for a few days so far so I can't speak for its UT effects personally yet, but they absolutely LOVE it (I first gave it to them as a "treat," so now they seem to think all they eat are treats) and, surprisingly, no digestive problems have resulted from the switch. I know you are supposed to transition slowly, but I went a little faster and it was just fine. One of the cats, Bo, gets diarrhea as soon as a morsel of different food enters his system. Not so with the Wysong. So, I'd highly recommend anyone debating over prescription urinary foods to consider this stuff.
My original plan was to put them on a wet-only diet to combat FLUTD (only one of them has issues), but I wasn't aware of how addicted they were to kibble. The problematic cat will eat a little bit of canned per day. He tends to prefer Weruva brand. I started them on the Wysong dry food when I realized they were not taking to canned food. How does including wet food counteract the effects of a specialized kibble, as I've read here? Not letting the prescription food work to its full potential because other foods are interrupting? Is moisture not as much of a concern since the precription food is designed to take care of the harm that comes with a dry-only diet?
I, too, have read of the beneficial effects of joint-oriented supplements such as glucosamine, MSM, chondroiton sulfate, etc. for FLUTD. Right now I've been giving them supplement treats from Pet Naturals ("Hip + Joint" which has all three of those as well as Omega-3s and I also give them the "UT Support" kind with cranberry and additional glucosamine).
My original plan was to put them on a wet-only diet to combat FLUTD (only one of them has issues), but I wasn't aware of how addicted they were to kibble. The problematic cat will eat a little bit of canned per day. He tends to prefer Weruva brand. I started them on the Wysong dry food when I realized they were not taking to canned food. How does including wet food counteract the effects of a specialized kibble, as I've read here? Not letting the prescription food work to its full potential because other foods are interrupting? Is moisture not as much of a concern since the precription food is designed to take care of the harm that comes with a dry-only diet?
I, too, have read of the beneficial effects of joint-oriented supplements such as glucosamine, MSM, chondroiton sulfate, etc. for FLUTD. Right now I've been giving them supplement treats from Pet Naturals ("Hip + Joint" which has all three of those as well as Omega-3s and I also give them the "UT Support" kind with cranberry and additional glucosamine).