Our 5-year-old kitties have been fed raw meals but I've discovered one of them (male) is prone to blockage. Not a total blockage that requires the emergency trip to the vet yet, but the volume of his urine becomes smaller. This started about a year ago. X-ray and ultrasound didn't find any stone but at the time he was eating almost two chicken necks a day, so I assumed that that was the cause, but now we've moved to another country where I cannot source non-chlorinated, organic chicken necks, he's been off the necks for over a month now. For about a month they were fed canned wet food and the amount of his urine was exemplary, but since I resumed feeding them regular home made meals about 2-3 weeks ago, I've noticed he micturates a small amount more often and believe that's because of the bones in their meal. Bone content is 6-7%.
Has anybody experienced this with home made meals? I thought about extracting the bone marrow but then the bone also acts as an important source of minerals, but the only way to alleviate his symptom is to use less bones and maybe add broth to their water. But how would I make up for the lost minerals?
P.S. Their first vet visit in this country is in two weeks and I will ask for detailed urinalysis.
Has anybody experienced this with home made meals? I thought about extracting the bone marrow but then the bone also acts as an important source of minerals, but the only way to alleviate his symptom is to use less bones and maybe add broth to their water. But how would I make up for the lost minerals?
P.S. Their first vet visit in this country is in two weeks and I will ask for detailed urinalysis.