I have 't been getting much either lately. Didn't even see your email in response.
As far raw diets go, I get nature's menu from a local store in Wisconsin. You would probably have to order via the web and have it sent. Otherwise, Bravo raw diet should be at most small holistic type animal stores. You can do a google search for where bravo is sold in your area. Fromm and Orijen should be at most of these types of animal stores as well. As far as the cranberry goes, I got the capsules with the powdered cranberry inside (you can get at any grocery store for the most part). I put a very small amount (about 1/8th of the capsule and mix it in with the moist or raw food. Some cats absolutely refuse it so don't. If they absolutely refuse it, I have used plain canned tuna and mixed it in that. Otherwise Fromm has a diet with cranberry mixed in. I'm not a great fan of SD, but before I used the raw diet, I used the C/D and it did work and they did eat it, but it's just not as good for their overall health and the second I would use any other food the crystals came back. Raw diet allows for a wide variety of food types. Be warned, however, it will take one to two months before the problem truely resolves. I would leave out dry food like Fromm or Orijen if you do the grazing type feeding and then give raw every evening and canned wet in the morning mixing in the cranberry whenever possible, or some variation thereof. Hope that helps. Jenny On 12/14/11, Edna Taylor <taylore...@msn.com> wrote: > > I have not been getting any posts lately? I had to go back through my email > to find this one???? > > >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> From: ccarlsb...@gmail.com >> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:50:37 +0000 >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Homey and her crystals >> >> I get hills c/d at any vet I stop into. I live in Los angeles. It has >> saved my Tweetys life! He eats nothing else. >> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: <dlg...@windstream.net> >> Sender: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org >> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:39:51 >> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> >> Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Homey and her crystals >> >> Homey's crystals are struvite, very few calcte. She geets fitered water in >> fountains along with e other 6 cats in my house. We have 8 litter boxes >> tat are scooped out at least 2 times a day. I use a corncob litter because >> it is biodegradeble, doesn't track more than clay and hadles odors very >> well. I hadeveryone on Blue Buffalo Duck and sweet potato mixed 1/2 with >> turkey and sweet potato becauseCasey has troube with the dck, think it is >> to rich for her (14 years old). The food was dry. Vet now has her on >> Hill's SD and gave her a shot of Convenia antibiotic to get her started >> toward healing. He also did Cystocentesis ad sent urine sample off for >> cultures (aerobic and anaerobic) to determine exactly which bacteria was >> involved so he can giveherthe right antibiotic. The shot and SD seem to be >> helping as urine balls in boxes re all close to normal size, This is the >> 3rd timethis year, that s why he did the cultures. The last time, she >> refused the SD, bt it had been sitting on the floor of he van onthe way >> home so was nice and warm. She and others ate it up. I also got some SD >> dry just in case she decides she does not like the canned. Thought about >> mixing dry into wet. Where can I get these other foods you menioned? As to >> cranberry, tried giving her some and only way to get it in her was to >> spend 20 minutes trying to catch her and rub t on her feet. Then she >> avoids me for at least 1 hr afterwards. >> >> ---- "jbero tds.net" <jb...@tds.net> wrote: >> > Forgive me as I have missed the beginning of this email thread. With >> > respect to urinary crystals diet is huge. Every cat that has ever >> > been brought to me with crystals has responded to diet with complete >> > eradication of crystals (make sure you know what type of crystals >> > you're dealing though). Raw diet is the key. If you can't do raw, >> > the high quality canned foods like Fromm, Go, Wellness work quite >> > well. You can still do some dry but it has to be the good stuff - >> > Orijen or Fromm would be my recommendation. I always add some >> > cranberry to it if they'll take it just to avoid UTIs. It takes about >> > four weeks if the crystals are bad and in the meantime you have to >> > make sure they do not become obstructed (that often takes vet strength >> > food or catheter or suprapubic taps. >> > >> > Hope this helps. >> > >> > Jenny >> > >> > On 12/8/11, dlg...@windstream.net <dlg...@windstream.net> wrote: >> > > In the course of conversation with Karen today, I mentoned that Hojey >> > > had >> > > crystas. She said her cat had same problem and a group "Catwell" on >> > > yahoo >> > > had helped her. They suggested Cantharis. You can get it at health >> > > food >> > > stoes. Her cat had been gven a death sentence and now is alive and >> > > healthy. >> > > Anybody knw anyting about this? >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Felvtalk mailing list >> > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> > > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Felvtalk mailing list >> > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
