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Hello all, I just wanted to get your guys' two cents on which Rx brand is best as far as ingredients and actual results go when treating urinary crystals and cystitis. I am currently feeding the canned chicken and veg. stew Hills C/D, but my boy has been very very picky with any wet food placed...

Bonepicker, he was eating only dry Acana kibble, the fish flavoured one. No more dry or fish based foods for him at all anymore, sticking to canned chicken/beef/rabbit/turkey/ect to supplement the RC SO (canned).

Hello all,  My vet recently suggested that i start feeding my cat Charlie Royal Canin Urinary SO wet food (for the rest of his life apparently) after a run in with struvite crystals, but Charlie has decided that he doesn't like it anymore (Have tried both the pate and chunks in gravy kinds, and...

Hello all, I posted a couple weeks ago when my kitty Charlie was back home after being blocked with struvite crystals. It's been a long couple of weeks full of ups and downs. After the first week of meds, he seemed fine for about 2 days, and then he started to pee outside of his litter box, and...

Not exactly the reassuring response I was looking for hah, but thanks anyways for the info...

How's he doing? Any progress?

After the Acepromazine and then additional pain meds an hour ago, he is quite tired & has been sleeping quite a bit. He also hasn't had a lot to eat or drink today, and hasn't had a decent pee since this morning...Fingers crossed he'll eat something once he wakes up...

Seems pretty strange that they would send him home with all of that to me as well...my cat was blocked 2 weeks ago and they wouldn't send him home until he had a big pee on his own....

He woke me up at 6am, 2 hours before his next expected dose of the anti-spasmotic & pain meds, searching around my room for places to pee & peeing on my bed.... Still peeing, small amounts, but still peeing which is a good sign...gave him his pain meds and prazosin at 8 am, and he calmed down...

Send some good vibes our way, as Charlie is currently recovering from his first run in with struvite crystals. Fingers crossed he feels better soon. (Am now exclusively feeding canned food, incase you are wondering from my video, haha) Thanks for watching!

This has been such an emotional rollercoaster. One hour he seems fine, back to my normal sweet boy peeing like normal, and then next he's running around my room trying to pee on everything he possibly can and growling when I try to touch him...The main problem to me seems to be the spasms, so I...

Thanks all for your responses! He has been on an exclusively wet diet since he got home from his initial vet visit on May 17th, I have been feeding him Royal Canin Urinary SO canned, and recently got him some Hills canned as well(the one for stress/right after the blockage), and I am adding as...

So happy to hear you were able to get him in for treatment!! Sending good vibes your way!! 

My local pet health food store recommended Wureva for my cat who recently had a urinary crystal blockage. Can't speak from experience of using it, but apparently it's one of the higher quality grain free, low carb, mostly meat canned food you can find. If you decide to send it back & try...

Hello! I will be collecting the sample tomorrow, as I work until 4, and Wed is the only day that my vet is open late. They gave me a "sand" to put in his freshly washed litter box that is completely non-absorbent, so the pee will be easy to collect using a syringe, and then place in a sterile...

He seems to still be struggling a little bit, have been reading up about the use of Apple Cider Vinegar in very small doses to acidify his urine pH...seems to be a large online community supporting it, and it can't hurt...will update tomorrow. 

My vet gave me the supplies to collect a urine sample at home for 5$, and just suggested that I come in and get it tested within 30 mins of collecting it...

Went to the vet after work today, and she prescribed a week's worth of Prazosen and pain killers. Hopefully that will allow him to completely heal without too much discomfort....keep your fingers crossed for him! Good vibes always welcome...

Thanks for your response Barb,  My vet also blamed the blockages on my cat's diet, but I did agree with them since before I was only feeding ONLY dry Acana kibble. Although, i found the vets to be EXTREMELY pushy about having Charlie on the Royal Canin SO for life, and they also seemed to be...

Thanks so much for your response chrissytina. So cool that our cats are so similar with the same name! Charlie's dad is a Ragdoll, and his mom is a Siamese. Really reassuring to know that he hasn't had any reoccurrence of the problem since the initial incident besides a few hiccups.  Was also...