Will feeding premium high-quality catfood that contains DL-Methionine prevent struvite crystals from reforming in cat's urine?
I will feed her wet food warmed up with water added as well, and have fresh water in glass bowl to drink. The Nutra Natural Choice food is healthier than the vet food, so shouldn't I just go with the good premium stuff instead since it contains DL-Methionine?
http://www.nutroproducts.com/ncccia.asp.
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It has been known to help. Some cats have a problem no matter what you do.
http://quikonnex.com/channel/category/21.
This link will help you greatly!
Get Science Diet for cats.. you wont have to worry about what it has in it but you will find it at the vet and ask the veteranarian
I feed my cats ONLY Iams Dry cat food- and from all the other cats Ive seen out their their healthier and stronger. Her litter performance is same as any other. Ive had cats all my life and I highly recommend Iams dry food- as well as both my vets.
I just checked the Nutro site. There is no methionine in the dry food and it is in the canned food. Whether they put enough in to get your cat's pH corrected to be slightly acidic is the question. It's something you sort or have to play around with and do frequent checks on the pH of the urine. You can get testing strips from a pharmacy just like you used in high school chemistry lab. The strips should be colored lavendar or slightly pink to be on the acidic side. This does not mean you shouldn't have the vet check the urine too -- just that you can avoid many trips to the vet if you do some monitoring yourself.
So I would stick with the canned food and not use the dry. Dry isn't good for cats with urinary problems because the urine becomes too concentrated and may irritate the bladder.
Nutro dry foods does not meet the high standards of quality protein that I require of my cats' food anyway.
I had a cat with bladder problems (his urine would spike up to 9!). When he was switched to a home-prepared raw meat diet he had no further problems.
talk to your vet and see what they say, . I will only feed my cats Natural choice complete care indoor formula dry food, but my cats don't have a crystals in the urine problem either.
Struvite crystals form in cat's urine for more than one reason.
Science diet makes prescription diets to help address the reasons for struvite formation.
There are allot of opinions on what food is 'healthy', and each person has their preference.
If you do not wish to use a Hills/Science diet prescription food for urinary track care, ask your vet to order the Royal Canin line for cats with struvites- Royal Canin is about the best formulation that I know of that also provides medical management for struvites.
DL-Methionine is used as a urinary track acidifier, but when it's in food there is no way to determin the actual dose your cat is getting. It also is not nessisarily the 'best' acidifyer or treatment for struvites.
To prevent struvites you need a specific ph of the urine, and unlesyou can use the right ph test strips and the right urine collection (some owners do) you have no way to see if this diet is doing what it's supposed to for your particular cat.
I find in the long run it's less worries and less vet bills with a prescription diet :) it comes in several wet food sytles as well as dry
The goal is to try and find a food that is low acidic. That will reduce the amount or size of crystals (hopefully) in the urine. I would suggest Science Diet. They make a specific food for urinary health, as do several other brands. Don't put too much stock in what the advertising tells you. Of course the Nutro site is going to be loaded with lots of possitive info. They are trying to sell their product to you! I am not saying it is not a good food, but many of these foods are quite similar when you strip them down and look at nutrition. Some just come with heftier price tags! Get yourself a food specifically designed for urinary tract health.
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