Another blocked kitty!

[moosmom]

Penny,

I've been feeding my cats Wilderness. I split one can of wet food between the 5 of them so they only get about a teaspoon each. The Wilderness is all natural and has no animal bi-products or garbage like Iams and all the others. I've never had a problem with them getting blocked.

I hope Cali's feeling better.

[Prairie Purrs]

I tried Wilderness once, but it didn't go over too well. These guys are pretty picky. They don't want much to do with the EVO canned, for example, although they like EVO dry. But the brands they're eating are supposed to be top-notch, and they eat a variety. So I don't know what's going on.

It's too quiet around here without my troublemaker. I hope he's going on his own by Monday and can come home.

[moosmom]

"I hope he's going on his own by Monday and can come home."

Me too. Keep us posted.

[king2005]

I'm a believer that raw foods help prevent most digestion issues, cause dogs & cats were never meant to eat cooked foods, well in the large amounts we feed it to them.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so sorry to hear that you have another blocked kitty. When you feed your cats canned food, do you also add some water to it? This is what I've been doing with my cats so that they'll get more moisture. I've heard that stress can also contribute to this problem. The most important thing to do is to make sure that he drinks plenty of water every day. This is why canned food is so important in a cats diet because many of them won't drink enough. I hope he won't have to have the PU surgery and that he'll be able to come home on Monday. I'll keep him in my thoughts and prayers.

[Randi]

If it's Struvite crystals that is the problem, the diet has to have VERY low quantities of Ash, Calcium and Phospheros. Check the food for those numbers. The vet should know that!

Sasvermont posted a very good link years back about this - do a search!

Fingers and paws crossed that he can go on his own very soon!

[Medusa]

I'm sorry to hear this. I've never had this issue w/any of my Fur Posse but I sure can sympathize w/you, though. It really seems to be a common problem. I do hope that Caly is feeling better very soon.