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Hi, what's been bothering me is, do cats that once had urinary crystals have to stay on prescription cat food for life?
I have a cat,and he was diagnosed with urinary crystal a few months ago, and the vet gave him some medicine that was able to dissolve the stone, and he was on special diet Royal canin urinary so, everything went great and for 2 months later, he was clear of stones. The vet told us to stay on special diet, and he prescribed a new one that was royal canin kidney cat food, and he told us to eat this for a while and then switch to urinary so, and this month, after an ultrasound, it is found that he has a little bit of stone again. I highly doubt that is was because of the kidney cat food, I did some research, and it's said that if you don't have kidney problems, don't eat it. Anyway, we switched him back to urinary so,and I am not going back to see that vet again.
I'm just worried that staying on urinary so for life isn't a good choice for their health. My cat drank plenty of water since he was diagnosed with urinary crystal,probably triple the amount he used to drink. I'm thinking that this might be one of the reason that his stones dissolved.
So does any cat parent have the same issue as me? I really don't like giving him prescription cat food fir the rest if his life. He's only 2. And some saying on the internet is that prescription cat food is not good for a long run. So will grain free canned food help? Do you have in mind any particular brand? I don't really have that much of time cooking for cats ( I barely even cook for myself ). My previous vet said the answer should be staying on prescription food for the rest of his life. What do you think?
Thanks for watching my very very long post. And I'm really grateful you took your time to help me. Thank you very much.
I have a cat,and he was diagnosed with urinary crystal a few months ago, and the vet gave him some medicine that was able to dissolve the stone, and he was on special diet Royal canin urinary so, everything went great and for 2 months later, he was clear of stones. The vet told us to stay on special diet, and he prescribed a new one that was royal canin kidney cat food, and he told us to eat this for a while and then switch to urinary so, and this month, after an ultrasound, it is found that he has a little bit of stone again. I highly doubt that is was because of the kidney cat food, I did some research, and it's said that if you don't have kidney problems, don't eat it. Anyway, we switched him back to urinary so,and I am not going back to see that vet again.
I'm just worried that staying on urinary so for life isn't a good choice for their health. My cat drank plenty of water since he was diagnosed with urinary crystal,probably triple the amount he used to drink. I'm thinking that this might be one of the reason that his stones dissolved.
So does any cat parent have the same issue as me? I really don't like giving him prescription cat food fir the rest if his life. He's only 2. And some saying on the internet is that prescription cat food is not good for a long run. So will grain free canned food help? Do you have in mind any particular brand? I don't really have that much of time cooking for cats ( I barely even cook for myself ). My previous vet said the answer should be staying on prescription food for the rest of his life. What do you think?
Thanks for watching my very very long post. And I'm really grateful you took your time to help me. Thank you very much.