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Posted by PHDrTobin on February 24, 2003 at 15:33:38:

In Reply to: FUTD posted by TaraJarvis on February 22, 2003 at 18:05:24:

:My 2 year old male cat has recently been diagnosed with FUTD. Struvite crystals were found in urinalysis. I have since came across a food called Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers Soul, which has cranberry powder in it. I dont want to do prescription diets due to having 4 cats, only 2 have FUTD!! Any info you may have on this food would be great!!! Any preventative herbs or remedys also would be greatly appreciated. I know to increase water and feed only wet food, but wet food is so horrible for the teeth.

Two cats out of four with FUTD means you are feeding dry food. This is not merely an inconvenience, but can actually kill your cats. Dry food is disasterous in other ways too. Feed canned food or fresh meat. Give them chicken, along with the bones, except for the very largest bones, which they probably wouldn't touch anyway, for their teeth. By chewing through bones they keep their teeth clean, much better than with dry food.

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