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It says the minimum for magnesium is 0.4% and the maximum is 0.9%. The kibbles are much bigger than what I'm used to as well. As a side note, my vet said that some people are initially concerned that this food has more salt than most, but that is intended to help make cats drink more water.

No, mine says stress on it. I'm not quite sure what the difference is between the prescription urinary care food and the non-prescription one. Anyone have any idea? I might try to ask my vet next time I take one of the cats in.

Right now Felix is eating both wet and dry food from the Hill Science diet for urinary issues. I've cut back on the free feeding, even though it's a prescription dry food for these types of issues and upped the amount of wet food per night to ensure that he's getting enough water. My vet seemed...

Just wanted to give an update to everyone - I took Felix to his follow up vet appointment today, and his urinalysis looked good. There were no signs of crystals and his pH was good. After receiving feedback from you all and talking with my vet at my other cat's appointment (I swear, it's like...

That's a really good idea to make them earn the dry food after they eat the wet food. And I'll stick with keeping him closed in a room to finish his food. Hopefully, he won't take so long after we stick with that routine for a little while. Thanks for all your suggestions!

Thank you for all of your suggestions, experiences, and resources!! I will definitely up his wet food intake since that's an easy change, and then I'll look into the Purina Urinary Tract kibble because it seems like a few people have had good experiences with that. I'll also keep an eye out for...

Felix is my two year old, male, domestic medium hair cat that just got back from the emergency vet for the second time in a month (issues always seem to pop up on Sundays when everything else is closed). The first time, he was diagnosed with a UTI, and he completed a full round of antibiotics...

Thanks so much for your suggestion! So you think the tapeworms could have been at least partly contributing to the soft stool? Could it have contributed to the blood as well? Also, my vet said the test they ran wouldn't show tapeworms, only other parasites. She told us to look out for tapeworms...

I've read a number of threads that deal with something similar, but not exactly the problem I'm having with my cat. Poco is a two year old cat, part Maine Coon, who has been having partially soft stool with occasional blood. It's only partially soft because it will start off looking like normal...