I give Fang two carpon a day and he is doing well with it, no inappropriate peeing, etc.
My goal is to try to switch him to cranberry powder in capsules with the intention of reducing costs. Carpon is 21 dollars for 50 pills and he takes two a day. He is a young cat. I have been checking his PH, plus I have a recent email from dr. Belfield on the appropriate ph, but then he confuses me, as he often does in his replies. Below is his reply and my PH data. I intend to send it to him to see what he says, but I am hoping some of you can analyze as well, or tell me another way to go about it. I can only get a reading when I am here to observe his urination.
I also fear that i may give him too much, and get the other crystals. below are belfields letter and the daily readings. Also, according to Belfield, the acidification takes place 5 hours after ingestion of the pill.
Ms. Gail Grant,
Ideally, the pH range is 6.0 to 6.5 for urine acidification. I have observed negative struvite crystals with a pH of 7.0 In my practice, I was more concerned with the absence of crystals regardless of pH. Please be advised that the urine acid pH is only necessary for a few hours since persistent acid pH can create those crystals that develop in acidic urine.
Wendell O. Belfield, D.V.M.
My data..........................................
date..... time........... PH...... last carpon given at
6/19......\t5:00 PM....... 7.25\t
6/20......\t9:30 AM..... 8......\t 6/20 7am
6/20.....\t5:00 PM.\t. ... 6\t ......... 6/20 7am
6/21.....\t6:00 AM.......\t 6.75\t
6/22.....\t6:00 PM.......\t 7\t
6/23.....\t9:15 PM\t....... 7.25\t
6/24.....\t9:13 PM\t....... 6.25\t
6/25......\t5:00 PM\t...... 7\t
6/26.....\t5:18 AM\t....... 7\t
6/28.....\t10:42 PM ... 6.5.......\t 5:30pm
6/29.....\t5:09 PM\t ........ 6\t....
7/1.......\t1;16pm\t........ 7.........\t 9am
7/4.......\t10:00 PM ...... 7........\t 9am
7/5.......\t6:30 AM\t..... 7.5.....\t 10pm..7/4
7/5.......\t5:00 PM......\t 6......\t ampill
7/5.......\t11:00 PM .,..... 7.......\t
7/6.......\t 8:45pm.......\t 7......\t 7/6... 7AM
My goal is to try to switch him to cranberry powder in capsules with the intention of reducing costs. Carpon is 21 dollars for 50 pills and he takes two a day. He is a young cat. I have been checking his PH, plus I have a recent email from dr. Belfield on the appropriate ph, but then he confuses me, as he often does in his replies. Below is his reply and my PH data. I intend to send it to him to see what he says, but I am hoping some of you can analyze as well, or tell me another way to go about it. I can only get a reading when I am here to observe his urination.
I also fear that i may give him too much, and get the other crystals. below are belfields letter and the daily readings. Also, according to Belfield, the acidification takes place 5 hours after ingestion of the pill.
Ms. Gail Grant,
Ideally, the pH range is 6.0 to 6.5 for urine acidification. I have observed negative struvite crystals with a pH of 7.0 In my practice, I was more concerned with the absence of crystals regardless of pH. Please be advised that the urine acid pH is only necessary for a few hours since persistent acid pH can create those crystals that develop in acidic urine.
Wendell O. Belfield, D.V.M.
My data..........................................
date..... time........... PH...... last carpon given at
6/19......\t5:00 PM....... 7.25\t
6/20......\t9:30 AM..... 8......\t 6/20 7am
6/20.....\t5:00 PM.\t. ... 6\t ......... 6/20 7am
6/21.....\t6:00 AM.......\t 6.75\t
6/22.....\t6:00 PM.......\t 7\t
6/23.....\t9:15 PM\t....... 7.25\t
6/24.....\t9:13 PM\t....... 6.25\t
6/25......\t5:00 PM\t...... 7\t
6/26.....\t5:18 AM\t....... 7\t
6/28.....\t10:42 PM ... 6.5.......\t 5:30pm
6/29.....\t5:09 PM\t ........ 6\t....
7/1.......\t1;16pm\t........ 7.........\t 9am
7/4.......\t10:00 PM ...... 7........\t 9am
7/5.......\t6:30 AM\t..... 7.5.....\t 10pm..7/4
7/5.......\t5:00 PM......\t 6......\t ampill
7/5.......\t11:00 PM .,..... 7.......\t
7/6.......\t 8:45pm.......\t 7......\t 7/6... 7AM