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Hi all! Sorry I haven't been on here in months; I got a promotion at work last fall, which has meant many more hours there and basically zero internet time at home. I hope everyone has been doing well!
Monday night, Allegro peed outside of the litterbox for the first time--in the corner of the living room. Having read enough of cat forum posts in the past, the first thing I did the next day was to call the vet and have him brought in to get tested. It took him forever to pee there, but my husband brought him home today. The vet found traces of crystals and red blood cells in his urine. No white blood cells, so no infection, and no medicine--but they told my husband that he needed to eat only canned food for the rest of his life (we have previously been feeding our cats Wellness Core dry food with occasional grain-free wet food); specifically, that he should eat Hill's C/D canned food. When my husband told me that they sold him a couple cans to start off, I said "oh, they only have Science Diet", and he said "No! It was something else." and I said "Hill's? Because that's the same company", and he responded "What!? I feel tricked!"
Anyway, the vet is now closed, so I'll have to talk to them tomorrow, but I wanted to get CatForum's take on this. Are there any other brands that make food for bladder health? Will any canned food do (like Wellness/EVO/etc.), or do we need to stick with only Hill's C/D? Should we switch our two other cats over to the same food we will be feeding Allegro? Anything else we can do to help the poor guy? I just want to make sure he gets the best thing. My husband does not want to consider a raw diet, mostly because it's not really feasible with our schedule.
I am really relieved that we adopted him--after we put a hold on him and Coda, apparently some "weird trashy people" (according to the Petsmart employee) wanted to adopt them, and they were glad to say that we had already reserved them. Sadly, many people I know would react to a cat peeing on the carpet by punishing the cat, getting rid of the cat, or just accepting that the cat was trying to "get back at them" for something (the receptionist at the vet's office actually suggested that Allegro was mad at us for being gone in the evenings over Christmas, and that was why he peed on the carpet!) Our cats are just so good with their litterbox habits that I knew it had to be something medical going on, and now I'm worried that my poor Allegro is still in pain.
Thanks in advance!
Monday night, Allegro peed outside of the litterbox for the first time--in the corner of the living room. Having read enough of cat forum posts in the past, the first thing I did the next day was to call the vet and have him brought in to get tested. It took him forever to pee there, but my husband brought him home today. The vet found traces of crystals and red blood cells in his urine. No white blood cells, so no infection, and no medicine--but they told my husband that he needed to eat only canned food for the rest of his life (we have previously been feeding our cats Wellness Core dry food with occasional grain-free wet food); specifically, that he should eat Hill's C/D canned food. When my husband told me that they sold him a couple cans to start off, I said "oh, they only have Science Diet", and he said "No! It was something else." and I said "Hill's? Because that's the same company", and he responded "What!? I feel tricked!"
Anyway, the vet is now closed, so I'll have to talk to them tomorrow, but I wanted to get CatForum's take on this. Are there any other brands that make food for bladder health? Will any canned food do (like Wellness/EVO/etc.), or do we need to stick with only Hill's C/D? Should we switch our two other cats over to the same food we will be feeding Allegro? Anything else we can do to help the poor guy? I just want to make sure he gets the best thing. My husband does not want to consider a raw diet, mostly because it's not really feasible with our schedule.
I am really relieved that we adopted him--after we put a hold on him and Coda, apparently some "weird trashy people" (according to the Petsmart employee) wanted to adopt them, and they were glad to say that we had already reserved them. Sadly, many people I know would react to a cat peeing on the carpet by punishing the cat, getting rid of the cat, or just accepting that the cat was trying to "get back at them" for something (the receptionist at the vet's office actually suggested that Allegro was mad at us for being gone in the evenings over Christmas, and that was why he peed on the carpet!) Our cats are just so good with their litterbox habits that I knew it had to be something medical going on, and now I'm worried that my poor Allegro is still in pain.
Thanks in advance!