Help for male cats with urinary tract issues *VANITY*

My Noggin ^ | 17 March 2015 | The Rarest

[vetvetdoug]

If the crystals are calcium oxalates, cranberry juice or extracts make it worse. Urinary health diets OTC are made for prevention of struvites, not calcium oxalates.

[windcliff]

That worked for my mom’s cat.

[Secret Agent Man]

The other poster didn’t like the guy referring to his pets as “boys”.

Show me a dog owner who hasn’t called their dog “boy” or “girl”. Show me anyone who raises animals, shows animals, rides animals, takes care of animals, who doesn’t use the terms “boy” and “girl” in an informal, close, or even loving, way.

Show me veterinarians who don’t call animals they are examining and caring for “boy” or “girl”, or even other nicknames like “pumpkin” and “sweetie”. Now I guess we’ll have people pissed off at the fact there are people that call an animal a fruit.

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “Apparently the dog food manufacturers were adding something that caused digestive problems for our dachshund.” <<

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You can take that to the bank!

They definitely do put deleterious garbage in commercial pet food. (including the flesh of down animals)

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[editor-surveyor]

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>> “Maybe he found some joy on the thread about the pit bull tied to the railroad tracks.” <<

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Made his day, I’m sure!
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[editor-surveyor]

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>> “You might want to take them off all store bought pet foods.” <<

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Absolutely, if you want them to live long and be happy.

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[B4Ranch]

http://www.earthworkshealth.com/pets-animals-testimonials.php

[Salamander]

Gonna start patting my dogs on the head and saying “Good it! Who’s a good it? You are!”

Seven, who will cheerfully rip faces off of bad people, is nicknamed Sweet Pea.

Alert the vegans.

I do not trust people who dislike animals.

Not one bit.

[Ditter]

My experience with Dinovite was minimal at best. I have a JRT who scratches herself constantly. Her hair coat looked good but the problem for which I bought the stuff wasn't improved at all. I would be curious to hear what others have to say about it. I had high hopes after hearing their commercials but it did not solve her problem.

[Nepeta]

There is a lot of good advice being given here.

I had 2 cats develop this problem, the first in the early 1970s. Cats need lots of water; wild cats get it from the prey they eat. The fountains are good, as is the feeding of meat-based canned diets. Cats DO NOT metabolize carbohydrates as readily as dogs, which is why there are now so many diabetic cats.

Meat-based diets are more expensive but in the long run will keep kitteh healthier if diabetes can be avoided along with urethral blockage.

[Celtic Conservative]

Yeah, she’s a tortoiseshell Siamese. She’s lost a little weight, but otherwise she’s healthy. Still enough of a pest to climb me and bug me for lunchmeat when i make sammiches.

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