Thread: Poor Monty... peeing probs / cystitis

Poor Monty,very unpleasant time for him,better cystitis though than stones.
Working for a vet from "The old school"I have always been very wary of dried food,never had the number of problems with cats suffereing from cystitis pre the dried food era,some seem to cause problems more than others...We used to find our fountain seemed to go slimey & needed cleaning out frequently but stuck with it because we knew by how the water dropped daily that it was being well used,not only for drinking,have come up with a good remedy to prevent it though,since there has been six cats using it the slime side has disappeared ! We assume it is because for most of the day there is one cat or another at it,alongside big bowls of water as well.If Monty will eat tinned food give him one of the cheaper jelly ones,lots of jelly equates to lot of fluid intake.....along with his prawns in water of course ! I would keep him well away from dry for a little while anyway & although mine don't have much dried food in their diet they are given Hills Oral a couple of times a week,its a really large kibble & I actually count out the number of biscuits I allow each cat,how sad is that,I also make sure that the magnesium content in any of their dry is no higher than 0.08% although Hills is good because it is normally 0.07%,another whim from a vet of the old school !
Hope he is soon feeling a lot better.