Okay so back in AUGUST I noticed something was off with Lil'Guy
He's 4yrs old, I've had him his whole life (Rescued his preggo mom), and has been raw fed (prey model) for about 1.5yrs (a little over).
And it wasn't anything major I noticed, he just seemed off. I don't know how to explain it. Took him to our vet at the time, they checked him over, dismissed him.
So I thought okay I'm overreacting- he's fine.
A couple weeks later I notice he's peeing outside the box. I went to a new vet because the last one really screwed up with my dog. Bad. I was super cheese off. Anyway...
So this new vet comes in, looking tired. Seems 100% positive he has crystals. Which he does but I was trying to tell him about other tings i noticed about him and I was blown off.
I was a bit happier with them until they insisted I feed Hills dry food to him for his crystals. I know they're vets but my research says wet food, increase water consumption. So I have and I dind't bother feeding the hills.
He seems to be better on that.
Today I was feeding him ground beef mixed with water. He wasn't happy with that, eating it reluctantly. Then he decided to try to get food from one of the other cats. I stopped him and he runs to his litter box to start munching on litter!
!!!! What is up with this? I took him out, put him back by his food and again he runs to the box to start munching.
So I put him in a crate and changed the litter to non clumping. I have NEVER seen him do this! Kittens yes but he's not a kitten and I'm just at a loss!
I'm considering another vet appointment but I need to find a competent one...
He's 4yrs old, I've had him his whole life (Rescued his preggo mom), and has been raw fed (prey model) for about 1.5yrs (a little over).
And it wasn't anything major I noticed, he just seemed off. I don't know how to explain it. Took him to our vet at the time, they checked him over, dismissed him.
So I thought okay I'm overreacting- he's fine.
A couple weeks later I notice he's peeing outside the box. I went to a new vet because the last one really screwed up with my dog. Bad. I was super cheese off. Anyway...
So this new vet comes in, looking tired. Seems 100% positive he has crystals. Which he does but I was trying to tell him about other tings i noticed about him and I was blown off.
I was a bit happier with them until they insisted I feed Hills dry food to him for his crystals. I know they're vets but my research says wet food, increase water consumption. So I have and I dind't bother feeding the hills.
He seems to be better on that.
Today I was feeding him ground beef mixed with water. He wasn't happy with that, eating it reluctantly. Then he decided to try to get food from one of the other cats. I stopped him and he runs to his litter box to start munching on litter!
!!!! What is up with this? I took him out, put him back by his food and again he runs to the box to start munching.
So I put him in a crate and changed the litter to non clumping. I have NEVER seen him do this! Kittens yes but he's not a kitten and I'm just at a loss!
I'm considering another vet appointment but I need to find a competent one...