Thread: Two Things

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Here comes the golden oldie of the forum.....again in lots of other threads on here have always made my feelings clear about dry feeding furries,I worked at a vets for 40 odd years & never had cats with so many urinary problems until dry foods came on the market & that has helped put an awful lot of extra money into the vets budget...... My boss is one of the old school who along with me believes in wet food feeding & a cat with any urinary problems he always says to completely cut out dry food for a while,he has always said to people who want to have some dry food in the cats diet to make sure that it has no more than 0.07 magnesium in it {over here you are looking at RC,Hills & one of the lowest Sanabelle}as he believes that is what helps cause crystals in cats,nothing to prove that but....... Did they actually find crystals if so I am surprised they haven't given you a bit more advice on what to feed to help Ran-Gan over the interim period as they can cause nasty problems or did they test his urine that shows a problem & are assuming it could be crystals..... what type of medication is he on.....? For a few days I would keep him to just wet food to get more fluid into his system & help clear through......

Poor Phsyco Cat does sound as if he is in a lot of trouble & needs help but don't get yourself trounced by him,try your local shelters to see if any of them have a cat catching cage that are easy to use with no risk to anyone.

Cuddles to Ran-Gan hope he is soon feeling a lot better & the weight gain continues....xxx

I just looked at Ginger's Pure Vita (Nutri Source), no grain cat food and it has 0.08 magnesium, should I be concerned? I feed this as a supplement to her canned kitten food? I have always heard that dry food caused urinary issues in cats. I never realized that they get most of their liquid intake from eating,(rodents, birds, etc) so they are not big water drinkers. Once again some Google research. I think the reason people feed dry food is convenience, no muss no fuss. Here is Ginger's current food, I may switch to RC soon.

Pure Vita Grain Free Chicken Entree Cat Combines the delicious taste of Chicken with a variety of nutritious fruits and vegetables. Because it is made by NutriSource, you can be sure it has our exclusive Good 4 Life system and the finest quality, pure ingredients available for your cat or kitten.
Ingredients

Chicken, chicken meal, peas, pea flour, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), dried egg product, natural flavor, yeast extract, pea protein, pea starch, pea fiber, dried brewers yeast, tomato pomace, phosphoric acid, salt, potassium chloride, DL methionine, carrots, sunflower oil, minerals