I have had cats for 30 years and currently have one, age unknown (about 10) a co-worker re-married and when she and her new husband combined homes they had to find a home for his (inheritied from a daughter who is at college) 12-year-old cat. Due to the new wive's allergies.
At one time my cat lived with two others here and is not at all dominant so I don't anticipate any problems other than the initial ice-breaking period that I have gone through before.
The problem is that the new cat is on c/d food. My cat is on Purina One for urinary control as a precaution and as a carry over from a previous cat who actually died from FUS last year. I am on some what of a budget and don't want to have to feed both cats the c/d. Is there another food that is available through sources other than a vet? Or, I seem to remember that there was some sort of supplement (like the stuff for hairballs) to give to correct the pH of the urine and accomplish the same purpose as the c/d.
I didn't really want a 12 year-old cat with a possible health issue, but she didn't have any other option, due mainly to his age (not too many people want a 12-year-old cat)and I don't want to have to buy c/d for both cats when my cat is fine on the Purina one.
If it were two dogs, no problem. But we all know that cats have different eating patterns than dogs.
Any help that the group can offer to keep me from going broke trying to do a good deed will be appreciated.
thanks
At one time my cat lived with two others here and is not at all dominant so I don't anticipate any problems other than the initial ice-breaking period that I have gone through before.
The problem is that the new cat is on c/d food. My cat is on Purina One for urinary control as a precaution and as a carry over from a previous cat who actually died from FUS last year. I am on some what of a budget and don't want to have to feed both cats the c/d. Is there another food that is available through sources other than a vet? Or, I seem to remember that there was some sort of supplement (like the stuff for hairballs) to give to correct the pH of the urine and accomplish the same purpose as the c/d.
I didn't really want a 12 year-old cat with a possible health issue, but she didn't have any other option, due mainly to his age (not too many people want a 12-year-old cat)and I don't want to have to buy c/d for both cats when my cat is fine on the Purina one.
If it were two dogs, no problem. But we all know that cats have different eating patterns than dogs.
Any help that the group can offer to keep me from going broke trying to do a good deed will be appreciated.
thanks