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Post by lellyanne on Jul 9, 2013 21:33:55 GMT
My 4 year old Fred has been having probs with blood in his urine on and off. Firstly 18 months a go and was treated for cystitis. All was clear for a year then got another flair up and was again treted for the same. He was fine for a week then when the antibiotics wore off he got the problem again. Urine samples were tested and a very small amount of crystals were found but not enough to cause the reoccuring problem so today he went into the vet for xrays. Xrays show no problems and not vet says his can no be controlled with a prescription diet - namely hills SD for 6-8 weeks then a new one for life should further samples come back clear of crystals. I have 6 cats (all indoor cats) - will they be all be able to eat the prescription diet (although I know this will be much more expensive!)? And has anyone has experiences of this food? Feeding them separately will be extremely difficult (day 1 been a bit of a struggle so far!). They currently eat a diet of wet and dry food - usually fresh water an biscuits during the day and wet at night - obviously this whole routine will need to change as I cannot leave Freddie with 'normal' biscuits during they day, hence much easier for everyone to eat same! I dont want to upset my other cata my altering diet or feeding them something that could cause health probs in the future. Vet seemed to think all would be OK but after reading online reviews I am a bit concerned! Help me! Any tips/help/advice much appreciated!
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Post by tonib on Jul 9, 2013 22:19:07 GMT
I've no experience of the S/D, although having had a look around the internet - it seems that its only intended to be used for a short period of time & the maintenance version C/D for long term. I would think - but I'm not an expert that it's probably OK for all the cats as its only for 6-8 weeks. However I have read that cats don't like it.
Hopefully someone else may have better info. There was one person on the forum a while back who had to feed different food to one of her cats & that was managed by set mealtimes when they could control who got what.
Good luck. Let us know how you get on.
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