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One of our cats was on purina s/o (struvite formula) for a while doing well, when he developed a sensitivity to something in it and started vomiting up his food, so we switched him to an all-canned diet with our vet's blessing. He did well on it for a few months, then he got tired of it and started just barely eating enough to keep going. He has dropped a dramatic amount of weight over the last several months.
We got him checked out to see what was causing the weight loss, and the vet can't find anything. I really suspect it's because he's a dry food addict and just doesn't like the canned food so he's barely eating enough to get by. I have occasionally offered him a few bits of our other cat's dry food (a wellness flavor with some fish in it, not OK on a regular basis for a struvite cat as far as I know) and he gobbled it up and begged for more.
So to get to the point, I'm looking for a palatable dry food that is safe for cats prone to struvite problems, but that is also good for sensitive tummies. Prescription or OTC is fine - either way I'll run any suggestions past the vet. I need some ideas to present to her, since as a really busy vet she doesn't have a whole lot of time to research what's out there beyond the most common prescription foods.
Thank you!
We got him checked out to see what was causing the weight loss, and the vet can't find anything. I really suspect it's because he's a dry food addict and just doesn't like the canned food so he's barely eating enough to get by. I have occasionally offered him a few bits of our other cat's dry food (a wellness flavor with some fish in it, not OK on a regular basis for a struvite cat as far as I know) and he gobbled it up and begged for more.
So to get to the point, I'm looking for a palatable dry food that is safe for cats prone to struvite problems, but that is also good for sensitive tummies. Prescription or OTC is fine - either way I'll run any suggestions past the vet. I need some ideas to present to her, since as a really busy vet she doesn't have a whole lot of time to research what's out there beyond the most common prescription foods.
Thank you!