Anyone have experience in Calcium Oxide Crystals?

[king2005]

My sisters cat was diagnosed with Calcium oxide crystals & we were wondering if anyone has experience with this illness & what you did & how it worked.

Here is some info my sister sent me on Spliff:
9 yr old Female
weights 12 pounds
Calcium oxide crystals
1/4 of a can of wet food of CD hills
wet food is better because it has more water but she can eat dry food of CD hills.
cannot be treated by pills.
X ray results- has no big crystals in kidney or bladder

1/4 of a can is causing Spliff to starve greatly.. My sister upped it to 3/4 of a can & thats still not enough for poor spliff. My sister saud all Spliff does now is cries in the kitchen begging for sood. This is something Spliff has never done in the past so its greatly upsetting my sister, but shes already feeding Spliff double the food/day & is worried its going to make the crystals worse.

We both think her vet is an idiot, so this is why I'm asking here, as this is the last vet she can get too (the other one assaulted Spliff a few yrs ago & ruined the whole vet experience.. Spliff was totally cool with the vet & shots, etc.. Now shes psycho )

[aTailOf2Kitties]

3/4 of a big can, or a little can? Or does it even come in 2 sizes anymore? Someone else here has a cat with the same crystals but I thought they said it ate s/d

edit: their cat had struvite crystals, nevermind.

I'd start feeding the dry c/d as well if the cat is still hungry, but that's just me!

[king2005]

I'll have to ask, but I think she said it was a small sized can.

Spliff was eating Royal Caine (sp?)before they found the crystals.

She has been giving her the dry too.. She said its sooo little food that shes sure shes starving Spliff... The vet keeps saying Spliff needs to loose weight, but Spliff isn't an obese cat.. I think Spliff looks fine. Pluto is a chubby bugger, but hes loosing weight & looks good now.... But I'm not happy they are trying to put Spliff on a diet.. I think its unneeded as that cat as never been a big eater.

[jenluckenbach]

RB Rutherford had the calcium crystals. He ate Prescription Royal Canin SO. I fed dry only, even though I realize canned has more water in it, so it is good for them. the SO really helps to make them drink, so that was never an issue.

He ate 1/4 cup 2 times a day, of the dry. Am unsure how much canned he would have needed, sorry.

[king2005]

RB Rutherford had the calcium crystals. He ate Prescription Royal Canin SO. I fed dry only, even though I realize canned has more water in it, so it is good for them. the SO really helps to make them drink, so that was never an issue.

He ate 1/4 cup 2 times a day, of the dry. Am unsure how much canned he would have needed, sorry.

I know nothing about Royal Canin, but can my sister get that kind where she normally gets her Royal Canin?

[jenluckenbach]

I know nothing about Royal Canin, but can my sister get that kind where she normally gets her Royal Canin?

No, it is a vet formula (like the c/d). She'd have to ask her vet.