Replied by Michael (Jersey City, NJ) on 01/09/2009
My cat was diagnosed with the same problem and my vet prescribed the same food. He refused to eat it, so in desperation I did research onling. It turns out that the best treatment for this problem is high quality, grain free, canned or raw frozen food. They are vastly superior to the prescription diets and are actually lower in the key "reduced" minerals then the prescription diets. This does not harm the cat, but provides those minerals in a natural way that does not oversaturate the system. Also, because it is not prescription food, I have my other three cats on the same diet. All four look like show cats, and the one with crystals is fine now. I feed them a combination of Ziwipeak Canned cat cuisine (One can split four ways in the morning), Evo canned cat food (One 5.5 ounce can split four ways in the afternoon), and Nature's Variety Instinct (One 5.5 ounce can split four ways in the evening). Another key is no dry food, NO FISH, and add even more water to the canned food until it is almost like soup to increase water intake. You could also add Wyson Biotic Ph- to the Ziwipeak to help further control the problem.Replied by Lynn (San Antonio, Texas) on 11/25/2009
Hi:
Please give a reason why cats can not have fish. I've also heard that fish is bad for their kidneys. My 2 female cats have crystals in their urine. We are using just for a short period of time a special prescription diet of dry cat food that is supposed to dissolve the crystals. We bought this naturalistic canned cat food that has fish, meat, lamb and poultry in it and added more water to help them to get their fluid intake. Our vet told us if we did not use this prescription diet then they would end up with crystals and need to operated on to get rid of them. They also stated that canned cat food alone will not dissolve these crystals. Could I have more explanation of this problem.
Thanks,
Lynn
