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I have a 12 year old girl, who is the light of my life. She has a history of UTI's and Struvite Crystals. Sadie had to have surgery last year, and I was never more terrified in all my life that I would lose my best friend, and room mate.
I have since tried very hard to find the best food for her. It's been a nightmare because if I find something that I think is healthy enough, she'll generally only eat half a small can of it.
I thought I had things licked when I put her on Weruva pouch foods. She was getting three to four a day, and her clumps were great! I also started supplementing her with Fortiflora, which ended 12 years of vomit about every other meal. The problem was loose stool with this protocol. After many different attempts to bulk up the stool, I gave up, and went back to studying her food. I determined that it was the tapioca starch that was causing her to have ribbon like poo. After putting her on Canidae pure, the poo went back to normal almost overnight. The problem with this is that she won't eat as much, and her urine clumps are getting smaller, which worries me that we're heading back down the crystal road again.
Tonight i tried a can of Blue, and a can of Instinct duck. She ate at each for about two minutes, and then went back to lounging. She will finish the pouch of Weruva that I lay out (Left overs) and so I'm at a loss. I have had some success with tiki cat chicken with tuna, but I know that fish is a nono, but she'll eat the whole can.
i have a fountain, and change her water daily, so I'm not sure what else to try. Have any of you had similar issues? Any food you can recommend that might be worth a shot?
Thanks!
I have since tried very hard to find the best food for her. It's been a nightmare because if I find something that I think is healthy enough, she'll generally only eat half a small can of it.
I thought I had things licked when I put her on Weruva pouch foods. She was getting three to four a day, and her clumps were great! I also started supplementing her with Fortiflora, which ended 12 years of vomit about every other meal. The problem was loose stool with this protocol. After many different attempts to bulk up the stool, I gave up, and went back to studying her food. I determined that it was the tapioca starch that was causing her to have ribbon like poo. After putting her on Canidae pure, the poo went back to normal almost overnight. The problem with this is that she won't eat as much, and her urine clumps are getting smaller, which worries me that we're heading back down the crystal road again.
Tonight i tried a can of Blue, and a can of Instinct duck. She ate at each for about two minutes, and then went back to lounging. She will finish the pouch of Weruva that I lay out (Left overs) and so I'm at a loss. I have had some success with tiki cat chicken with tuna, but I know that fish is a nono, but she'll eat the whole can.
i have a fountain, and change her water daily, so I'm not sure what else to try. Have any of you had similar issues? Any food you can recommend that might be worth a shot?
Thanks!