Hi everyone. So I posted here back in November 2015 since one of my cats developed FLUTD while eating a raw/orijen dry diet. (http://www.thecatsite.com/t/309730/cat-developed-flutd-while-on-raw#post_3874427)
Since that post, we switched him (the flutd cat) to Royal Canin urinary SO feline wet cat food. We also switched my other cat to Natures Variety Chicken Wet Canned Cat food. In early 2016, my OTHER cat who was on the Natures Variety developed flutd. We put him on the Royal Canin urinary SO too and all was ok.. Just this past week, both cats have gotten very bad loose & smelly stools while on the Royal Canin SO after I opened up a new "batch" of cans. We continued feeding them it for 4 days hoping it would go away but it just got worse (not to mention really messy/gross here). I ended up switching to homemade chicken/rice for right now until they get better.
I called Royal Canin and the rep said to return that and try a different batch. But that they have had no reports of a problem with this lot of cans (Would she tell me if they had though?).
I'm hesitant to try and keep them on the Royal canin.. I hate the quality and the ingredients in the food. I've been wanting to take them off it but have been too worried too. This just gives me a push in that direction though. My reasons to switch are that since both cats are half-brothers from a breeder who I've discovered has been breeding with known ailments in the mom/dad cats - I question if they were just predisposed to FLUTD, vs. it being the actual diet (since their diet was extremely high quality and they still got it). Also the ingredients are questionable - for both RC & Hills Prescription. I Anyways - I have done a lot of research and have found Weruva Paw LIckin' chicken cans to be a good low ash/magnesium, high moisture cat food. But I'm just not sure - try royal canin more batches of it or switch from it? The vet made it sound like they need to be on it the rest of their lives... I would love opinions / experiences of anyone please!!
Since that post, we switched him (the flutd cat) to Royal Canin urinary SO feline wet cat food. We also switched my other cat to Natures Variety Chicken Wet Canned Cat food. In early 2016, my OTHER cat who was on the Natures Variety developed flutd. We put him on the Royal Canin urinary SO too and all was ok.. Just this past week, both cats have gotten very bad loose & smelly stools while on the Royal Canin SO after I opened up a new "batch" of cans. We continued feeding them it for 4 days hoping it would go away but it just got worse (not to mention really messy/gross here). I ended up switching to homemade chicken/rice for right now until they get better.
I called Royal Canin and the rep said to return that and try a different batch. But that they have had no reports of a problem with this lot of cans (Would she tell me if they had though?).
I'm hesitant to try and keep them on the Royal canin.. I hate the quality and the ingredients in the food. I've been wanting to take them off it but have been too worried too. This just gives me a push in that direction though. My reasons to switch are that since both cats are half-brothers from a breeder who I've discovered has been breeding with known ailments in the mom/dad cats - I question if they were just predisposed to FLUTD, vs. it being the actual diet (since their diet was extremely high quality and they still got it). Also the ingredients are questionable - for both RC & Hills Prescription. I Anyways - I have done a lot of research and have found Weruva Paw LIckin' chicken cans to be a good low ash/magnesium, high moisture cat food. But I'm just not sure - try royal canin more batches of it or switch from it? The vet made it sound like they need to be on it the rest of their lives... I would love opinions / experiences of anyone please!!