Bumpurr
RESPECT The- Star! | 
 | | Purred: Tue Feb 14, '12 3:18pm PST |  | |  | | To prevent this in the future, you need to feed a grain free food, grains are the biggest cause of crystal/bladder issues. You also need to feed wet, mixed with water, so its real real soupy, twice a day, they cannot have any dry. **IF** you must feed dry, then you need to mix 1 teaspoon Gerber baby food, chicken or turkey ONLY, mixed with water, so its like a broth, twice a day. The key, is to keep them flushed out.
Prowler was on, the prescription diets, when his crystals came back, which is how I know, they don't work, they are full of grains. He is fed Blue Wilderness, wet only, mixed with the water, no more crystals, no more bladder issues. You HAVE to feed a grain free food.
The other things you need to watch for, and/or eliminate, is stress in the household, this is another biggie.
Cat boxes should be in a quiet out of the way area, not in a high traffic area, not near the washer/dryer/furance, that may come on suddenly, and scare kitty. You have to make sure, the kitty, is not being picked on, or being prevented from getting to the kitty box, by other family members or other pets in the household. The box should be big and deep, and you should pick daily, and you should have as many boxes, as you have kitties, and some even advocate one more. Prowler pees in one box and poopies in another, at the same time, he goes in and does one, walks out, and into another box, and does the other. He also does this in the morn, when I get up, he was trained to do this, and I can make sure he pees a big spot, and/or he is not constipated. You also need to avoid tap water, as it has too many minerals in it, you need to use purified drinking water, not spring, not distilled. I use the store brand gal jug, it is $1.00. You also want to put several bowls of water, thru out the house, mine drink from all of them, and the kittens prefer the ones in the bedroom, same water, go figure?
I never had to have the PU surgery, because I said something ain't right with this picture, and did the research. After the surgery, it is imperative you keep him flushed out. Best of luck.    |  |  | |  |
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