Made to your cat the diagnosis "an urolithic disease"? Prepare for frequent meetings with the veterinarian, control of a way of life of an animal and even for operation. The exact algorithm of treatment will be offered by the doctor, and you, in return, can help the pet, having correctly organized the mode of its food.
Instruction
1. Discuss an issue of an animal diet with the doctor. Most of veterinarians will recommend to begin to feed a cat with the balanced ready-made feeds. In house conditions you will hardly be able to cook food nutritious, however not overloading already affected urinary system of the pet.
2. The choice of a forage for the cats having an urolithic disease depends on a type of formations-urolatov (stones). Most often struvita and oxalates meet. The nature of their emergence different, so, and prevention will differ. Specify what types of stones are found in your cat.
3. The universal "anti-urolithic diet" does not exist – having chosen the good forage directed to prevention of formation of struvit you damage to a cat with predisposition to formation of oxalates. In case of doubts consult to the veterinarian.
4. Ask the doctor to recommend a certain type of a forage. Buy it in small packaging – it is possible that this brand will not be pleasant to your cat. Prepare that the necessary forage will be rather expensive – only premium brands have medical rulers. Besides they, most likely, should be bought in veterinary pharmacies – usual pet-shops and supermarkets do not trade in medical sterns.
5. It is better to begin with damp forages in bags and jars – they are pleasant to cats more. However it is worth picking up also suitable dry option in granules. Choosing a forage, surely read summaries on packings – there it is specified for what type of an urolithic disease the concrete type of granules or canned food is intended.
6. Consumption rate of a forage is specified on packing. Try not to overfeed an animal – in his state it harmfully. Provide a cat with fresh water, change it daily. Do not give to a cat of sterns from a table, exclude purchased "goodies" for animals. For encouragement of the pet use the same medical forage.
7. It is possible that eating without any problem, once your cat will unexpectedly refuse food. Single admission of food not a problem. Offer the pet other type of a forage, having replaced, for example, canned food with "drying". Or try to pick up a product of other producer. Change of brands for an animal is safe. The main thing - choose forages on which packings the diagnosis of your animal is accurately designated.
8. Keep in mind that at an urolithic disease the diet is appointed for life. Even if analyses of your cat improved, do not transfer him to a usual table or forages of economy class. The disease can return. According to veterinarians, more than 50% of a recurrence of an urolithic disease are caused by non-compliance with the appointed diet.