I've frequently posted that when a cat that has previously been diagnosed with struvite crystals that it was extremely risky to feed anything other than a prescription diet or a raw diet in order to prevent recurrence of the crystals.
Lately though I've been seeing quite a few posts by people who say they have successfully and over a long period of time prevented the recurrence of crystals by feeding an all canned but non-prescription, grain free diet.
I know there are many threads on this topic but I am most interested in hearing from people who have had at least 12 months success at preventing the crystals. I read someplace that the average recurrence time of struvite crystals is 18 months so getting information from people who have been feeding their crystal prone kitty just a non-rx canned diet for a significant period of time is important.
My questions then are for those folks who have gone the non-prescription, non-raw route and their cat has been struvite crystal free for at least 12 months:
Approximately how long has your cat been struvite crystal free?
What general guidelines do you use for picking or rejecting a canned food?
Specifically which foods have you been feeding during the crystal free period?
Lately though I've been seeing quite a few posts by people who say they have successfully and over a long period of time prevented the recurrence of crystals by feeding an all canned but non-prescription, grain free diet.
I know there are many threads on this topic but I am most interested in hearing from people who have had at least 12 months success at preventing the crystals. I read someplace that the average recurrence time of struvite crystals is 18 months so getting information from people who have been feeding their crystal prone kitty just a non-rx canned diet for a significant period of time is important.
My questions then are for those folks who have gone the non-prescription, non-raw route and their cat has been struvite crystal free for at least 12 months:
Approximately how long has your cat been struvite crystal free?
What general guidelines do you use for picking or rejecting a canned food?
Specifically which foods have you been feeding during the crystal free period?
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