How is this possible?

[catnapper]

Jen, Pouncer looks at the canned urinary formula with distain. He then shoots me evil looks.

I got a huge compliment from the vet. She said I was a good cat mommy It made me feel good. The one vet tech LOVES Pouncer and told me that if anyone else had him, he'd have been dead by now because they wouldn't have caught his symptoms in time. I was so pleased to hear that because I sacrifice so much for him.

It helps soooo much when I have a husband who cares as much about the monsters as I do. I called him bawling at work about money and him. He told me not to worry that we always find the money somewhere. I told hubby his Christmas gift is a furry brown tabby bed warmer... it WAS gonna be the La-Z-Boy massage chair he's dreamt of for years. Sorry hunny, maybe next year?

[jenluckenbach]

Jen, Pouncer looks at the canned urinary formula with distain. He then shoots me evil looks.

I am not surprized, that stuff is AWFUL!

I told hubby his Christmas gift is a furry brown tabby bed warmer... it WAS gonna be the La-Z-Boy massage chair he's dreamt of for years.

Well, as l;ong as the furry brown bed warmer PURRS, it can be just like a massage.

[carole]

My lexie has struvite crystals, it has never been suggested yet for her to have surgery, she is on royal canin s/o and so far so good, fingers and all paws crossed, so sorry to hear of pouncer's problems, i would have thought the surgery would do the trick too, good luck i hope his problems are fixable and he will be feeling well again soon.

[Catty1]

Kim, I know you have tried everything...I just wanted to say that Royal Canin is supposed to be a better-tasting food.

ALSO - Hill's Dental, both my boys enjoy it - and my vet told me in October that he had read studies where this food has crystal prevention properties! He treated Oscar for his few crystals and month-long infection, and I know he is not making this up.

Two ideas: Try the Hills.

Or use the other dry Urinary food and mix a bit of stinky wet food in it. Better he gets most of the prevention than none at all.

HUGS! You is a WONDERFUL cat mommy!

Here is something Pouncer might do...as this nice tabby did:

[catnapper]

Catty, he's been on Hills, Royal Canin, and Eukanuba. I think the only one he hasn't tried is Purina's veterinary diet. The one he liked best was the Royal Canin. Everyone likes the RC maintence so thats what they are all on.

He HATES the crystal reduction food, whether its dry or wet. He gets a handful of it every night. I feed him the special diet before anyone else gets their food.... he looks at it for 15 minutes before he decides to eat it. Meanwhile. 4 other cats and a huge dog stare at him because they know as soon as he finishes his food they'll get theirs. I learned long ago that if I feed him at the same time as everyone else that he will walk away from his food and bump somebody else away fro theirs. And nobody has interest in going up to his bowl with the crystal reducing diet in it. They all hate it.

[Catlady711]

They also gave him a $25 enema that he did NOT need.... I told them I had seen him poop in the last 12 hours. I'm a bit peeved at that.

Is it possible that the $25 enema was a cheaper way of diagnosing what might have been causing him not to pee as opposed to a $60-80 x-ray?
Sometimes when cost is an issue for a client we will occasionally try other less expensive methods of narrowing the causes down rather than do the tests we'd like to do instead which cost more.

[Catty1]

Kim - I'm just suggesting mixing a bit of Fancy Feast or something with the urinary dry food, and that might make it more appetizing.

I have to do that to get the boys to take their Omega Oil. They are NOT spoiled.

[Laura's Babies]

Poor boy! You can bet that poor boy is tired of all this, can't you just imagine how he feels and he has probably tried to tell you time after time, how sorry he is that all this keeps happening to him.

You are TOPS as far as CatMom's go and I thank God it is you that have him and not some one who would have failed to reconize he was in trouble again!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Kim, I'm so sorry to hear that Pouncer is still having problems. Since Storm's PU Surgery, he's had a few UTI's and a few struvite crystal episodes. He was on Royal Canin Urinary S/O both dry and canned and he loved it and so did all of my other cats. I also used to mix both the wet and dry together and I'd add some water to it to give him more moisture.

Now since Starr has colitis and IBD problems, I've been feeding everyone a grain free diet. Both my vet and my holistic vet have approved for Storm to also be on a grain free diet. The holistic vet told me that the grains in cat food can actually cause urinary tract problems.

Now I feed my cats Innova Evo dry and Evangers Organic Turkey and Butternut Squash Dinner canned food mixed in with a little bit of Innova Evo canned food. The Evangers gives them the extra fiber that they need since the Innova Evo wet and dry doesn't have much fiber. I feed Storm a wet mixture of both canned foods and I add a fair amount of water to it so it's a soupy consistency. I then give him a little bit of dry food after he's finished with this. He gets 4 small feedings a day and 2 are like this one and 2 are dry food only. So far he's doing very well.

The surgeon who performed Storm's surgery told me that sometimes cats that have had the PU surgery will block again because either the surgery isn't done correctly or if they've had a lot of blockages before they've had the surgery. She said that the more they've been catheterized the more likely that they'll develope scar tissue. Storm was catheterized 1 time before he had the surgery and the 2nd time that they tried they couldn't get a catheter in him because he had what they thought was scar tissue. This is the reason why he had to have his PU surgery done by a certified surgeon and why it cost me a lot more than if I had it done at my vet.

I sure hope that Pouncer will get well soon and that he'll continue to stay well. I also believe that stress can be a contributing factor for crystals. Storm is now also on some herbal calming pills to help his aggressive behavior and to help keep him calm. I also think it helps him with to avoid stress. Good luck.

[carole]

I was given hills sd for lexie at first, it was terrible for her, she hated it and it made her ill, but the royal canin so has been great, she loves it now, it took a lot of effort on my part, we just had to keep at it and eventually she accepted it, good luck.