Hey, fellow cat owners. Anyone out there have any experience with your male cat developing crystals in their urine, that precursor to kidney stone?
My vet wants me to put Tig on Hill’s C/D diet, but it has corn gluten in it, and Tig’s been grain-free for years because he’s ALLERGIC TO GRAINS. After a week on Hill’s, his coat is crappy and matting, his ears are filthy, and he has bumps on his ears and face. And the worst of his grain allergy is asthma, which I haven’t seen signs of yet because he doesn’t play like he did when he was a kitten.
My big question for my vet tomorrow: The two brands of cat food, wet and dry, that I feed Tig and Gracie have LESS magnesium content than Hill’s. So WTF am I doing giving them expensive, corn-gluten-added prescription food?
Suggestions from the kitty gallery will be most welcome.
Dr. Louis Joseph Camuti, a well-known veterinarian in NYC, used to recommend feeding cats beef baby food. I’ve also heard that same recommendation recently, and that it worked.