trying to prevent cat kidney crystal?

*This is 1 question I CONFIDENTLY can answer, pls. save**
(yrs. ago it was "low ash/magnesium content" in fds., it still does apply, but not solely)

Years of experience even prior to vets inexperience with the horrid affliction!

Signs:
~ Uneasiness, straining and frequency in the litter box
~ Appearance of or doing squatting position (like ready or peeing) in odd places or in box.
~Pinkish tinges in smallish amts. of frequent pee.(sign of irritation and the pink is tinges of blood)
~Complete blockish is meowing loudly (howling) in box, unable to pass any pee,.. then is VET asap, to use cathreter to try to unblock the crystal in urethra.
***PLEASE try to give mainly wet can foods (despite what any vet says, I find dry the culprit),.UNLESS the dry is from vet's and specially formulated with "acidifiers" to dissolve crystals.
***OR if you do give some dry fds., MAKE sure it has the ingredient "DL Methionine" in it (read side panel),.. that is a natural neutralizer which prevents crystalization. (also found naturally in cranberry juice,...which you could also buy in grocery store and just squirt with syringe in cat's mouth to prevent).
I went through (as did my poor male fixed cats) h e l l watching them suffer until I did research, experienced this affliction in them.
I now do not neuter till at least 8 mths., when all their organs are fully develop and ONLY give them dry fds. with DL Meth. in it and plenty of can wet fds. too.

Hope this helps,... I've been there, experienced it all decades ago.

Your best bet will be to feed him canned food.

CATS AND URINARY ISSUES
This is not my area of expertise, but this has been my experience: As a kitten, Poppy developed both a weight problem and a UTI. My vet told me to start feeding her special food which he happily sold me *gulp*. Poppy refused to eat it. Back then I was less aware of how to get cats to eat new foods, so I just said the hell with it and bought Purina's urinary health food, mixed with weight management. She ate that from then until she was 2 years old. She never had another UTI, so that tells me that the overpriced CRAP the vets sell you are typically unnecessary. The grocery store crap is just as good.

For various reasons, I soon thereafter began researching cat nutrition. I learned about the benefits of wet food, and found that in many cases, that's all that's required to prevent future UTI's. Even the crappy brands like Friskies would be better than dry food!

I don't claim to be a vet, vet tech, vet student or anything like that. But I know how to research and examine results. I've read a bit on this topic which is how I've reached the conclusions I have.

At the very least, were I to have another cat with urinary problems, I'd sooner try them on a GOOD QUALITY canned food before shelling out the dough for a "prescription" dry food (or even their canned varieties). That's because I believe that good nutrition and species appropriate food is much more likely to keep a cat healthy than something designed to change their chemical composition.

on the grounds which you're already attentive to the concern from the previous, purely constantly video exhibit you cats. Make psychological notes on the quantity of water they eat, the nutrients intake and of direction video exhibit the urine and stools they produce. in case you spot something out of the norm on their eating/eating or removing behavior, then you will get the area dealt with before it turns into serious. There are quite a few kidney diets which you will feed, yet you probably did no longer point out the a while of your cutting-edge cats. in the event that they're youthful, you need to feed a high quality weight-alleviation plan till you spot any ameliorations. in case you cats are older, you are able to talk on your vet some senior weight-alleviation plan or a prescription weight-alleviation plan including technology weight-alleviation plan ok/D nutrients, Eukanuba Multi-point Renal weight-alleviation plan or different diets that are obtainable for particular medical issues. You veterinarian could be the superb one to advise on which weight-alleviation plan you need to feed your cats. you are the superb decide of your cats and as long as you're conscious of their wide-spread habit, you need to be nice. one greater factor, be constructive to maintain a watch on their grooming behavior and in case you spot they are not cleansing themselves, you would be wanting to have this checked by making use of a vet. i wish this helped.

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Male cats that are neutered are less likely to have urinary problems. My vet recommended a diet low in ash, which is either listed or not on the side of the bag or can. Some cats will have a genetic predisposition to getting these sort of things. Your vet would give you the best guidelines. Don't guess.