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Mr D

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Purred: Sun Sep 27, '09 4:53am PST 
This is interesting reading. We are back here again to read the best foods. We are about to go into a Cattery and we have just found out Sam is peeing blood. WELL we took her into the vet clinic quick smart and she was given three injections. Last week the humans thought the blood in the bath was either from myself, or my fur mum. So we went in to be tested. I passed but furmum had no bladder and the humans thought it was her in the bathtub so she got the injections and the C/D food. Well what a surprise to see it was Sam and she is such a fussy eater, So we purchased the Royal Canin SO. We will get a mix of all of them, then when the C/D is finished we will get the S/D mixed with the RC OS. Oh, I hope this works, Sam doesn't eat if she doesn't like it or she has gone off her food. So we need it to be tasty and we will be in a cattery for three weeks. She's such a worry as she will keep protesting till the cows come home, and then some. Until when you pat her and you can feel her back bone. She wins, every time. She can hold out longer than the human can. Apparently they say this condition can be hereditary and the humans thinks fur mum may have had it and so do we, her kittens.

We are really hoping the cattery will let us take our fountain with us paws crossed.

Thanks Cat cow for saying the Royal Canin SO works well. We are hoping it will here too.
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Thomas

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Purred: Tue Oct 13, '09 4:15pm PST 
Calcium Oxalate Diet

My brother, Einstein, who went to the Bridge before I came along, had calcium oxalate stones (and so does my human Mommy!). So for any kitties who might be having trouble finding a calcium oxalate diet, here's Einstein's dietary saga...it happened about 10 years ago, so some treatments might have changed since then.

He developed the stones around age 10. Because he was completely blocked, he had a surgery to open up the bladder and rinse the stones out of the bladder, urethra, etc. He was given Hill's Science Diet w/d. After about a year, he developed the stones again and had a second "rinsing" surgery. The vet (a different vet because Mommy had moved) then put him on a Eukanuba prescription diet for calcium oxalate stones. Mommy doesn't remember what it was called, but she recalls she could only get it at the vet's office.

He blocked again and then had the PU surgery. He remained on the Eukanuba, but blocked again AFTER the PU surgery. The vet then recommended a human medication, potassium citrate, a urinary acidifier. It had to be filled at the local pharmacy, and Mommy used a dropper to add one mL or two to his wet food each morning. The medication worked and Einstein never blocked again.

Mommy here: Bear in mind, potassium citrate is a medication that was purchased at the pharmacy with a prescription from the vet. I know there are some "naturopathic" potassium citrate supplements on the market, but unless advised by a vet, I would never trust that these are appropriate to treat calcium oxalate stones in myself or my cats.

Hope this helps those who might be looking for info for a calcium oxalate diet.

Purrs,
Biggie (and Mommy)
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