How to feed a cat with urolithiasis?

How to feed a cat with urolithiasis? This question is asked by many purr owners with improper nutrition of the pet initially. But today we will not teach you prevention. Consider the menu of an already sick animal.

General rules

Remember the most important postulates in feeding a cat with urolithiasis:

1. A diet recommended by a veterinarian is your pet's lifestyle forever! Not a temporary measure for an exacerbation period, but a lifelong habit.
2. It is forbidden for a cat to make a diet on his own. You must strictly follow the advice of a doctor, otherwise relapse can not be avoided.
3. The water until the end of life can be strictly filtered or bottled for the animal; it will have to be changed 2 times a day. And fluid should always be abundant.
4. The cat will have to forget about sausages. From the word at all. There is a wild salt content, which clearly does not contribute to a healthy diet and a speedy recovery of the pet.
5. Any fried product is a taboo forever. Only boiled or steamed.

The owner needs to learn these points by heart and in the future to comply implicitly. Only then can we say with confidence that everything is done correctly.

Dry feed

Some veterinarians very persistently recommend that owners of animals with urolithiasis switch to dry food. We believe that this is not the right position. No doubt, some manufacturers produce premium-class dryers specifically for sick animals. But with all the pros and positive reviews, this type of food has its disadvantages:

• high cost
• the inability to buy in an ordinary veterinary store, only in pharmacies
• some cats refuse to eat such food

Before transferring your pet to medical dry food, try giving a little sample. It is possible that the animal will not agree with such changes in the diet. Then your choice is a diet of natural products.

In case the cat quietly eats drying, be sure to buy in reserve. It is not uncommon for the owners to sharply change food for food from another manufacturer, because the goods have run out in a veterinary pharmacy. And such a neglect is always fraught with relapse of the disease. Therefore, pre-evaluate your financial capabilities and the delivery capabilities of the nearest veterinary stores to avoid unpleasant surprises.

Natural feed

By the way, did you know that there are 2 types of stones in a cat? They are formed for completely different reasons. Accordingly, the list of allowed and prohibited products will be different in composition.

So, if your cat's analyzes showed oxalates, then he can:

1. Cooked meat. Lamb, horse meat, beef, chicken, rabbit, veal.
2. Boiled and fresh vegetables. Legumes, cauliflower, carrots, beets, broccoli, pumpkin, zucchini, cucumbers.
3. Cereal porridge. Oat, buckwheat, millet, rice, wheat.

It is impossible:

• Any broths. Absolutely none.
• The fish. In all types and all grades.
• The liver and kidneys.Even boiled or cooked with steeping.
• Dairy products.
• All products containing acid in any form and with an acidic taste. Including vegetables.

If the veterinarian diagnosed phosphates (struvites), then your cat can:

• Low-fat cooked meat. Chicken, veal, rabbit.
• Boiled liver, only beef or chicken, pork is not allowed.
• Fresh or boiled vegetables. Cabbage, carrots, zucchini.
• Porridge. Rice and oat.
• Boiled whites of any eggs.

It is impossible:

• Egg yolks of any kind.
• Milk, cheese, yogurt, kefir, cottage cheese.

We named the most commonly used food for feeding a cat with urolithiasis. If something is not on the lists, and your pet is crazy about this product, then be sure to consult your veterinarian if you can give such a treat.

What can not be given to a cat

There are products that are completely prohibited in both types of urolithiasis. In particular, these are:

• All kinds of fish and seafood.
• Smoked meats and salinity, including home cooking.
• Chocolate and other sweets.
• Flour products. This includes pasta, bread, pastries.
• Potatoes and other nightshade plants.
• Cheap dry food economy class.

All this food can not only cause an exacerbation of the cat’s disease, but also lead to his death. It is advisable not to feed pets such food ever, from early childhood. Then, it is possible that your next pets will be able to avoid the disease. By the way, we forgot to mention the regularity of feeding. We fill in the gap.

How often to feed a cat

A healthy adult cat needs 2 meals a day. This is a predator, it is genetically determined that nutrition is rare, but dense. In the case of urolithiasis, meals should be at least 4 per day. This frequency is due to the fact that urine stagnates and oxidizes in the body. This feature does not threaten a healthy cat. The patient is promised an early relapse.

Therefore, 4-time feeding is a necessary measure until the end of the animal's life. Just do not increase portions! This threatens obesity, which gives an additional burden on the genitourinary system and the whole organism. It is better to divide the usual daily rate into 4 equal piles. Do not worry, the animal will not be hungry, because he will receive food more often.

Useful Tips

Try to feed the cat with urolithiasis in a balanced and varied way. No doubt, any cat will not give up a piece of boiled chicken. But if he has been eating it constantly and all his life, then at one far from perfect moment your pet will get used to hauling food from the table. For the meat will annoy him.

Better try boiling the cat porridge. In combination with vegetables or various types of meat, you can make such a diet that a person will be envious, and a domestic predator will not even understand that the basis of his diet is periodically repeated.

Did you know that you can make life easier for yourself and your cat by preparing for the future? After all, all permitted products feel great in the freezer. You just need to choose one free day off. Cook a decent saucepan of porridge (strictly on the water!). Add boiled meat and vegetables there. Then the mass needs to be mixed well and put portionwise into sachets. Next, this home-cooked food needs to be sent to the freezer. At the right time, just take out the blank, warm up and feed the cat.

Medical food should not be disgusting to a pet either. Let it be of the same manufacturer and type, but with different tastes. Otherwise, the animal will simply refuse food. And fasting purps with urolithiasis is strictly contraindicated.

We also advise you not to alternate between natural and drying. Once selected, the type of food must be observed implicitly and always. The fact is that even an absolutely healthy cat's body is hard and long to rebuild to digest various types of food. In a cat suffering from urolithiasis, with such jumping, the kidneys may fail. So why take the risk? Once and for all, make a choice for yourself, then strictly follow it. This will help to avoid many problems and extend the life of your pet by an order of magnitude.

How to feed a cat with urolithiasis? Ask your veterinarian. Only he can definitely name the permitted and prohibited products. And on the basis of this information you yourself must make a menu for your purses, taking into account his desires and taste preferences.

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