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Hello. My 9 year old little girl Dori was diagnosed with FLUTD a week ago Monday. Her only symptom going into the vet was lots of little clumps of pee in her litterbox on a daily basis. Blood, struvites, & white blood cells all came back positive in her urine. No bacteria were found which is why she was diagnosed with FLUTD/Cystitis and not so much a UTI. We believe the stress of her getting a dental done about 2 months ago has helped cause FLUTD since her urinalysis prior to her dental didn't contain the blood and crystals..
The vet had obviously put her on a special diet to dissolve the crystals as well as an anti-inflammatory shot, and some cosequin to sprinkle on her food to help strengthen the the bladder wall. I've been strictly feeding her the Science Diet C/D (urinary care) canned food since her diagnosis and after just shy of a week her tiny little clumps of pee are almost non-existent. She's peeing far less and each pee clump in her litterbox is about golf-ball sized which tells me that the treatment/diet is working. I am continuing the Rx diet and she is getting her urine re-tested in a week.
My question here is about her diet after the crystals have dissolved and her bladder is back to normal. I've done a lot of reading on FLUTD and I know it can happen again. I know that Dori should be on an all wet food diet and I will be keeping her on that, but I do not want to feed her the Science Diet the rest of her life like the vet told me I should do (of course that's what they're going to tell me since they get $$$ for it), so unfortunately they are of no help regarding my question on her diet. The food is quite pricey for the lack of quality. Is it okay to switch her to a high quality canned instead (high protein, grain-free)? Will a highly nutritional canned diet alone help her ward off future issues with FLUTD (keeping the pH in check/keeping crystals at bay)? Or is it best for her to be on the Science Diet C/D the rest of her life? One food that I know about is Wysong Uretic but I am not going to use that as I've fed her the brand before and she will not touch it. Thank you for reading and I hope someone can help!
The vet had obviously put her on a special diet to dissolve the crystals as well as an anti-inflammatory shot, and some cosequin to sprinkle on her food to help strengthen the the bladder wall. I've been strictly feeding her the Science Diet C/D (urinary care) canned food since her diagnosis and after just shy of a week her tiny little clumps of pee are almost non-existent. She's peeing far less and each pee clump in her litterbox is about golf-ball sized which tells me that the treatment/diet is working. I am continuing the Rx diet and she is getting her urine re-tested in a week.
My question here is about her diet after the crystals have dissolved and her bladder is back to normal. I've done a lot of reading on FLUTD and I know it can happen again. I know that Dori should be on an all wet food diet and I will be keeping her on that, but I do not want to feed her the Science Diet the rest of her life like the vet told me I should do (of course that's what they're going to tell me since they get $$$ for it), so unfortunately they are of no help regarding my question on her diet. The food is quite pricey for the lack of quality. Is it okay to switch her to a high quality canned instead (high protein, grain-free)? Will a highly nutritional canned diet alone help her ward off future issues with FLUTD (keeping the pH in check/keeping crystals at bay)? Or is it best for her to be on the Science Diet C/D the rest of her life? One food that I know about is Wysong Uretic but I am not going to use that as I've fed her the brand before and she will not touch it. Thank you for reading and I hope someone can help!