[Felvtalk] Off topic: Fleas

2012-08-30 Thread Natalie
I found something that I received from a friend a while back - was someone asking about flea treatments in this group? I think I have used everything you can think of and this is the best stuff I have used. The fleas take one or two steps and they are gone. There is no residual effect, but

Re: [Felvtalk] Off topic: Fleas

2012-08-30 Thread Marcia
I thought that cedar caused liver damage in small animals. Anyone see ever hear about this? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: I found something that I received from a friend a while back – was someone asking about flea treatments in this

Re: [Felvtalk] Off topic: Fleas

2012-08-30 Thread GRAS
This may answer your concern: http://www.wondercide.com/content/is-cedar-toxic-to-cats/ From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marcia Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:54 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk]

[Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread Emma Beauchamp
Hello All, My cat Gertrude Penelope Pennyapple is a one year old baby and she has had FELV probably since she was born. She has always been very healthy despite the FELV and a chronic upper respiratory infection, but recently (Sunday night) she contracted a UTI.  She had a urinalysis at the

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread Kathryn Hargreaves
See http://holisticat.com/flutd.html That site also has diet recipes, or you could write me for mine (which is a chicken version much like found on other sites). Keep track of the urine pH (using a SmartCat litterbox?). I found that Vitamin C didn't help much getting the acidity up, but

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread Lee Evans
Would some type of cranberry extract help, maybe mixed with the recipe mentioned?  Holistic methods of UTI in humans uses cranberry juice, extract and capsules of cranberry extract for this type of situation.  Not sure cats and cranberries would get along very well but you might google that

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread Kathryn Hargreaves
Some say that has no effect, as cats don't metabolize fruit all that well. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com wrote: Would some type of cranberry extract help, maybe mixed with the recipe mentioned? Holistic methods of UTI in humans uses cranberry juice, extract

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread dlgegg
My Homey has had several bouts of crystals. She liked the Hill's SD canned food, but not the dry. I had taken my guys off Hills because they ahve corn, wheat and soy and they are allergic to those ingredients. I now feed Blue buffalo dry DUCK. We love that and also the duck canned food. We

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread dlgegg
Vets push the Hills because Hills says to. Emma Beauchamp weazy...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello All, My cat Gertrude Penelope Pennyapple is a one year old baby and she has had FELV probably since she was born. She has always been very healthy despite the FELV and a chronic upper respiratory

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread dlgegg
I tried cranberry and Homey ran every time she saw me with a glob of it on my finger. Not a happy camper. Kathryn Hargreaves khargrea...@gmail.com wrote: Some say that has no effect, as cats don't metabolize fruit all that well. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Lee Evans

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread Lee Evans
I used Hills on and off for years and found that my cats threw up more often with it.  So I finally quit using.  Water fountains are great.  Not only do the cats drink.  They sit for hours watching the water go round and round.  Only problem was, two or three of my cats started urinating around

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread Lee Evans
Probably not a good suggestion.  Actually, only one of my cats liked it.  One Thanksgiving he got into the cranberry sauce and from then on, I would buy it for a treat for him but eventually, he got sick and tired of it and switched to asparagus and watermelon.  Go figure.  I loved that cat. 

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread Emma Beauchamp
Thanks for the link! From: Kathryn Hargreaves khargrea...@gmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition See http://holisticat.com/flutd.html   That site

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread Marcia Baronda
I would say any wet food and preferably without by products. It may help to go to Tanya's CRF site and see what they recommend for wet food. My vet just gave me a free sample bag of Science diet kitten chow all the while telling me that cats are carnivores and need protein. Know what the 2nd

Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition

2012-08-30 Thread Marcia Baronda
I absolutely detest Science Diet. Sent from my iPad that my most awesome kids surprised me with, Christmas 2010. On Aug 30, 2012, at 11:08 PM, Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com wrote: I used Hills on and off for years and found that my cats threw up more often with it. So I finally quit