Stones in my cats! Dial-Up Warning!!!

Were actually pretty "green" here and like to keep things simple and as close to natrual as possible when it comes to our pets, our child and ourselves, I have them on Nutro's Natrual Choice for indoor cats right now, when I worked at pet stores when I was younger and then at vet. hospitals as I got older I leaned more toward nutro for some reason. I also like Wellness and other holistic foods, I am actually switching them all over to Royal Canin's Urinary SO, I am trying it out on Masin tonight...well I put some down...we all know he isnt going to eat it. Its unreal to be happening again and with Nutro. But I am also convinced this is something to do with them being from the same litter....I mean what are the odds right? Whats aweful is all 3 are from the same litter...I found them just as they were born, had to open there sacks and everything, bottle fed them and the whole nine yards. So I am wondering along with the Vet. if this is something that might also strike Merlin.
We did have Morgins stone shipped off and tested when this happend with her last year, I am assuming this could be the same exact thing so were waiting....if the SO shows results then were fine.....if not I have the stones in my fridge. that I'll send out....I figured we could save the 150 bucks for now and see if the food does the trick.

Thank you all for your kind words and advice.

glad those stones are out , poor kitty . good luck on getting this thing under control .

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Originally Posted by markface

glad those stones are out , poor kitty . good luck on getting this thing under control .

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Thanks :) Isnt it these sort of things happen all at once and when you just spent a huge amount of money??

Sorry to hear about the problems. :( I agree 100% with Becky about the change in diet. My ex-wife was a lab-tech/vet assistant and almost all these kinds of problems were food related. We had 4 cats ( 2 had same problem as yours) and had to switch them all to more expensive food, but we never had a problem after the switch.

I have found that you can feed less of the Sci Diet food. My cat was polishing off huge bowls of the meow-mix junk; now I give him about half a cup in the AM, and in the PM, and he never begs anymore for food; just eats a good amount and goes back to nibble. And he has lost weight too!

Wow. I used to have 2 WONDERFUL cats. One day one (or both) of them started to not use their litterbox. It became a BIG problem. It got so bad we ended up having to replace our carpets and tried keeping them in the basement. Time went by and we deceided to gave away both cats. I felt soo bad, but kept telling my self they'd be better off, living with a family (who had kids and no dogs) and they would be able to give them the love they needed.


I never thought that it could have been a medical problem.

Thanks for the recommendations, Becky! That's still a lot of choices, but at least it helps narrow it down a bit. =)

Becky may be able to chime in her opinions on this.

My friend works for a cat clinic as a vet tech (they only do cats). The vet recommends that cats eat wet food, since they would normally get far more moisture in their diet in the wild as opposed to drinking directly from water.

My friend's cat has had difficulty with urinary tract infections previously and she's switched him over to wet cat food exclusively. If I recall correctly, the vet said that it should help.

Well, if you look at the protein content in a can of wet food, there is only 7-8% total in the WHOLE can. Cats need around 30% high quality protein. Canned food is also high in fat and can lead to dental problems; calculus, gingivitis, etc.

Dry food makes them drink more, which in turn scrapes the plaque and junk off of their teeth, which also makes them drink more water that washes the food off of their teeth, and drinking more water leads to staying more hydrated and flushing out the kidneys better.

It takes ALOT to find a high quality canned food. Even some of the good ones still have some sort of junk in them that isn't useful to the cat.

I always tell people to feed a good quality dry food with some wet food as a treat now and then. Wet food only just leads to problems, IMHO.

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It takes ALOT to find a high quality canned food. Even some of the good ones still have some sort of junk in them that isn't useful to the cat.

I always tell people to feed a good quality dry food with some wet food as a treat now and then. Wet food only just leads to problems, IMHO.

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I concur actually. My friend and I discussed this several weeks ago, so I'm probably not repeating the advice correctly.