JBalways2000
17-02-2011, 02:33 PM
Hi all
As some of you will know AJ has been on the royal canin urinary s/o diet since August as it was found he had crystals in his urine after a bout of having blood present in it. He has been absolutely fine since then, we are due to bring up another urine sample next week to make sure all is still ok but i have high hopes as he has no problems in that area now.
You will know the trouble we have had with feeding him from my other threads-i made one recently about the fact that he wakes us several times a night for food. Well he has actually been doing better with that too but i know it wont be long until hes back to his bad habits-our boys seem to have phases and AJs right now is sleeping on the bed cuddled up with me so he doesnt get up as much during the night, but im sure it wont last!
Anyway cut a long story short, i was always under the impression that the other boys couldnt have AJ's prescription diet as the receptionist at our vets told us when Raven was on it not to let the others steal it as it can cause problems in cats that are healthy. I emailed Royal Canin last night to ask, as Rhino and Hernie are forever trying to steal AJs food and i wanted to make sure this wasnt putting them at a risk. Well they got back to me this morning to say it is perfectly safe to feed all of my cats, even those without urinary problems, aslong as they dont have any other health problems. That confused me! as i said i have spent all this time thinking it would cause bladder problems with them if they ate it without having crystals because of what the receptionist told me:shock:
I will also be asking for my vets opinion on this now but i just wondered if anyone here has had a kittie on this prescription diet and if so, have you also opted to feed it to cats that dont need it? Does anyone know if there is anyway at all this could cause problems with Hernie and Rhino if we started feeding it to all 3 of them? I know Royal Canin have already answered my questions but i guess i just want as many opinions as possible.
As some of you will know AJ has been on the royal canin urinary s/o diet since August as it was found he had crystals in his urine after a bout of having blood present in it. He has been absolutely fine since then, we are due to bring up another urine sample next week to make sure all is still ok but i have high hopes as he has no problems in that area now.
You will know the trouble we have had with feeding him from my other threads-i made one recently about the fact that he wakes us several times a night for food. Well he has actually been doing better with that too but i know it wont be long until hes back to his bad habits-our boys seem to have phases and AJs right now is sleeping on the bed cuddled up with me so he doesnt get up as much during the night, but im sure it wont last!
Anyway cut a long story short, i was always under the impression that the other boys couldnt have AJ's prescription diet as the receptionist at our vets told us when Raven was on it not to let the others steal it as it can cause problems in cats that are healthy. I emailed Royal Canin last night to ask, as Rhino and Hernie are forever trying to steal AJs food and i wanted to make sure this wasnt putting them at a risk. Well they got back to me this morning to say it is perfectly safe to feed all of my cats, even those without urinary problems, aslong as they dont have any other health problems. That confused me! as i said i have spent all this time thinking it would cause bladder problems with them if they ate it without having crystals because of what the receptionist told me:shock:
I will also be asking for my vets opinion on this now but i just wondered if anyone here has had a kittie on this prescription diet and if so, have you also opted to feed it to cats that dont need it? Does anyone know if there is anyway at all this could cause problems with Hernie and Rhino if we started feeding it to all 3 of them? I know Royal Canin have already answered my questions but i guess i just want as many opinions as possible.