Thread: Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease

Hi all,
I just came home from the vet, where the vet diagnosed Marquis with FLUTD.

After relieving Marquis of his urine, he told me that the most likely reason for this, was a diet too high in magnesium, causing the urine to from into crystals and blocking for the free passage of urine.

He put Marquis on a Science hill diet with a reduced magnesium content and hopefully, this would prevent it from happening again.

During the treatment, I had to use the bathroom, I literally got sick from seeing my dear cat laying there...just can't take it.

Anyway, this has got me thinking, maybe dry food is generally not good for cats?
I have always been feeding my cats dry and wet food.
Admittedly, the dry food was just the cheap stuff from the supermarket, but I had never dreamed that it could lead to this.

What else can I do to prevent this from happening again?

Brian