Urinary SO

Hey, I need some help ASAP

My parents have a cat, he is 7 years old.

4 years ago he had stones in his bladder and got treated, after the treatment the vet told my parents that the cat need to eat Urinary SO for the rest of his life, not a cheep treatment but my parents didn't mind it to much. The vet did not gave my parents any instruction about checking the cat after several weeks or coming in for a checkup every now and then. So my cat lived happily up until several months ago when he developed a cold and had a runny nose for a long time, so after a pressure from my side on my parent to check him up they went to the vet who told them that he has kidney failure and need treatment.

So my question is this, did the Urinary SO did that to my cat? 

P.S: Sorry if I'm writing in the wrong forum, I just really need help

I highly doubt that it was the food that caused this. There is/was more likely something else going on. 

Kidney disease can be genetic, caused by medications, chronic urinary obstructions, toxin exposure (eating plants, etc), other disease, etc. 

Urinary prescription food is typically lower in magnesium and phosphorus. Since the kidneys are part of the urinary tract, I would expect the urinary food to be gentler on the kidneys and actually help it a little. The lower magnesium and phosphorus might cause problems, but I would expect problems in something like the heart or perhaps inflammatory conditions like IBD due to the high carb content.

Tanya's CRF website would be a good resource for treating your parents' cat. Good luck with him.

Smon said:

 
Hey, I need some help ASAP

My parents have a cat, he is 7 years old.

4 years ago he had stones in his bladder and got treated, after the treatment the vet told my parents that the cat need to eat Urinary SO for the rest of his life, not a cheep treatment but my parents didn't mind it to much. The vet did not gave my parents any instruction about checking the cat after several weeks or coming in for a checkup every now and then. So my cat lived happily up until several months ago when he developed a cold and had a runny nose for a long time, so after a pressure from my side on my parent to check him up they went to the vet who told them that he has kidney failure and need treatment.

So my question is this, did the Urinary SO did that to my cat? 

P.S: Sorry if I'm writing in the wrong forum, I just really need help

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Hello. Was your parent's cat on the dry or wet canned urinary S/O?

If your cat had a problem with his kidneys when he was treated with S/O, then he probably should not have been left on this food. At the very least there should have been followup and additional urinalysis done every six months. S/O is formulated to be elevated in sodium for the purposes of creating a dilute urine and in turn promoting more urination to help flush out the bladder. Personally I don't think high sodium is good for any cat, crystals or not.

Recently I had to start feeding S/O to one of my cats to deal with struvite crystals. Once we can be certain that the crystals are gone, I will be stopping the S/O. There are different ways to manage crystals in cats. A wet diet high in good quality protein/low in phosphorus, should protect cats from developing crystals. That said, some cats are just naturally predisposed to getting crystals.

I would suggest if your parents haven't already taken the step, to have the discussion regarding the S/O and whether its advisable to continue feeding this in light of the new diagnosis.

I wish you all good luck with this.

My cat was on it for several years. I wasn't thrilled with the ingredients, he did well on it and had no further bladder infections. I don't think the food would cause those types of symptoms.

And what if the cat was eating only S/O for four years?