Snowball at the vet's

[BigB_Kittys]

Yesterday morning (Monday), the vet's phoned with the results from the lab. Snowball has no crystals in his urine , but they did detect blood, as the vet staff did on Saturday. They believe Snowball suffers from "Feline Ideopathic Cystitis". As such he has to only eat soft food as the crunchy food exacerbates the condition. This also explains why sometimes he will pee on the rug. The fun part for me is that I have to get him interested in eating only soft food, and finding something that he likes. The vet staff gave us 24 cans of W/D, 12 chicken and 12 what I assume to be beef (doesn't say on the can). He seems to like the chicken, but the other he hates. He kept bugging me all night to feed him and everytime I gave him the bowl he would sniff and then start scratching on the floor or cabinets, as if he was tring to bury his food. Then he would sit next to the couch while I slept and would either tap my arm with his paw or make a very loud demanding meow. Needless to say I didn't sleep very much. Looks like getting him adjusted to his new food is going to be great fun .

Brian

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

I know there are hard foods that he can eat that will not promote the crystals, unfortunately I don't know the names of them. I know there are others here who have cats with the crystal problem, and some have even had the surgery. You can do a search here - probably for crystals - and I'll see what I can find too.

Some PT members who have had cats with crystal problems:
Randi - Randi & Fister
KrazyAboutKats - Tracey & Storm
Cinder & Smoke - Boots
Glacier - Pete
Barbara - Barbara & Tigris