leo is sick!!! please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Freedom]

Never mind the pet store stuff!!

Get an official vet diagnosis and get him what the vet recommends. If this is not treated soon it only gets worse the treatment gets more expensive. At the beginning, it is a quite easy thing to correct.

[moosmom]

What Freedom said!!

[boris91]

well we are gonna get him to the vet maybe he will show me the food to get btw kitycats_delight i live in england - staffordshire we will probably take him to straiton vets idk i think i may be saving up for a while then if the food is expensive i just want my baby to get better! (sob, sob, tear, sob, sob)

[Catty1]

Boris, I started using the vet food - and though it seems more expensive, it works out to mere pennies a day. There are feeding instructions on the bag, according to how big your kitty is. Feeding the right amount helps with cost, too.

ALSO - with the food preventing more health problems, there's money saved on extra trips to the vet!

I hope we can see a picture of your kitty when he is feeling better!

[boris91]

yup you will be seing loads!!!!

[columbine]

As soon as the vet gets the urinalysis results back, they'll know whether it's struvite or calcium oxalate crystals, and then they'll be able to tell you what's the right food for Leo. Meanwhile, encourage Leo to drink lots of water - put water bowls in multiple places, and change the water daily. You could also try adding some of the water from a can of tuna into his drinking water. The more water he drinks, the better chance he has of dissolving the crystals that are hurting him. Some cats enjoy drinking from a fountain, but my little chicken was so scared of it he took to drinking from the toilet! But at least he was drinking water, and that's the important thing.

My cat Smudge is fine now, and Boris will be too. I remember how scared I was when Smudge had urinary crystals - I felt awful that I couldn't keep him safe, and couldn't stand to see him in pain. But he's a happy, healthy boy now, enjoying his healthy food with vitamins, extra water, and fish flakes mixed in. We just had to get the recipe right.

Love, Columbine

[boris91]

we have tuna regularyly so shall i get the stuff with brine, sunflower oil or water? thanks!