Severe UTI in our young male cat, will feeding a 100% wet diet reverse these effects and make him better?
Or do we have to feed medicated food the rest of his life?
Or do we have to feed medicated food the rest of his life?
I don't want to appear stupid, but what is c/d?Originally Posted by LDG
I replied to your thread in the health forum about this, but there's two components to the crystal-based UTI problem. One is the neutral pH his bladder needs now - that's what the prescription food is designed to do. The other component is dilute urine, which is what an all wet diet helps accomplish.
He may not need to be on the prescription diet his entire life. But it depends upon his sensitivity. For some, an all wet diet is enough. For others, it isn't.
Our boys developed their problem around the age of two. Crystals kept coming back until we switched them to c/d. They ate a c/d diet for 7 years. Last November, we switched the cats to an all wet diet, because two kitties had different dietary needs, so we could no longer free feed dry food.
So far, knock wood, they're doing OK. I do feed them canned c/d as one of the meals once a day, but at the other three meals, they get much higher quality (mostly) grain free food. I mix water into their wet food, and the amount of scooping I did went up a LOT, so I know they're all peeing a LOT more than they were. So keeping their urine dilute seems to be working. Though based on how long it took them to develop crystal problems the first time around, I may not actually know for another 1 1/2 years that there's a problem.
One of our boys wouldn't switch to all wet food. So his meals are supplemented with dry food. I give him a mix that is 70% c/d dry, 10% Origen, 10% Before Grain Chicken, and 10% Instinct chicken. He does eat some wet food, but he just licks at it. He probably only eats about 1 - 1.5 oz of wet a day. Again - so far so good (knock wood).
But as your baby is at the point of getting over the problem, I'd give him at least a couple of months on the prescription diet before trying anything else.
It is abbreviated for a particular prescription recipe from Hill's brand food. They have various diets with "a letter"/d. The /d is diet, and for c/d its cystitis diet.Originally Posted by buckeye204
I don't want to appear stupid, but what is c/d?
I really appreciate this link to that thread, LaurieOriginally Posted by LDG
This thread has good discussion from people with experience with kitties with UTIs: http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=224913