What to feed the cat with urolithiasis?

What to feed the cat with urolithiasis? Such a question is asked by many purrs when the pet is not properly fed. But today we will not teach you about prevention. Consider the menu of an already sick animal.

General rules

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

1. The vet-recommended diet is your pet's lifestyle forever! Not a temporary measure for the period of exacerbation, namely, a lifelong habit.
2. It is forbidden to make a cat ration on its own. It is necessary to strictly follow the advice of a doctor, otherwise relapse can not be avoided.
3. The water until the end of life of the animal can be strictly filtered or bottled, it will have to change 2 times a day. And the liquid should always be in abundance.
4. About sausages cat will have to forget. From the word at all.There is a wild salt content, which is clearly not conducive to a healthy diet and a pet's speedy recovery.
5. Any fried product is a taboo for good. Only boiled or steamed.

These items the owner needs to learn by heart and in the future to observe without question. Only then can we say with confidence that everything has been done correctly.

Dry food

Some veterinarians very strongly recommend that the owners of animals with urolithiasis transition to dry food. We believe that this is not a completely correct position. No doubt, some manufacturers produce premium drying especially for sick animals. But with all the pros and positive reviews, this type of food has its drawbacks:

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

Before you transfer your pet to medicated dry food, try to give a little on the sample. It is possible that the animal does not agree with such changes in the diet. Then your choice - a diet of natural products.

If the cat quietly eats drying, be sure to buy in reserve. It is not uncommon for the owners to drastically change food for food from another manufacturer, because the product has ended in a veterinary pharmacy. And such a neglect is always fraught with relapses of the disease. Therefore, pre-evaluate your financial capabilities and delivery capabilities of the nearest vetptek to avoid unpleasant surprises.

Natural food

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

So, if your cat showed oxalate tests, you can:

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

You can not:

• Any broth. Absolutely none.
• Fish In all types and all varieties.
• Liver and kidneys. Even boiled or cooked with steeping.
• Dairy products.
• All products containing acid in any form and with a sour taste. Including vegetables.

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

• Low-fat boiled meat. Chicken, veal, rabbit.
• Boiled liver, only beef or chicken, pork can not.
• Fresh or boiled vegetables. Cabbage, carrots, zucchini.
• Kashi. Rice and oatmeal.
• Boiled proteins of any eggs.

You can not:

• Egg yolks in any species.
• Milk, cheese, yogurt, kefir, cottage cheese.

We named the most frequently used food for feeding a cat with urolithiasis. If something is not in the lists, and your pet goes crazy about this product, then by all means consult your veterinarian if it is possible to give such treats.

What should not be given to the cat

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

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

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

How often to feed the cat

A healthy adult cat needs 2 meals a day. This is a predator, it has genetically incorporated that food 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 promises a quick relapse.

Therefore, 4-time feeding is a necessary measure until the end of the animal's life. Only in no case increase the portions! It threatens obesity, which gives an additional load on the urinary system and the whole body. It is better to divide the usual daily rate into 4 equal piles. Do not worry, the animal will not be hungry, because it will receive food more often.

Useful tips

Try to feed your cat with urolithiasis in a balanced and varied manner. No doubt, any cat will not refuse a piece of boiled chicken. But if you eat it all the time and all your life, then in one far from perfect moment your pet will get into the habit of carrying food from the table. For the meat will be nasty to him.

Better try boiling porridge cat. In combination with vegetables or various types of meat, you can make up such a diet that a person envies, and the domestic predator does not even understand that the basis of his diet periodically repeats.

Did you know that you can make life much easier for yourself and the cat by preparing for future use? After all, all allowed products feel great in the freezer. You just need to choose one free day off.Cook a decent pot of porridge (strictly on the water!). Add there boiled meat and vegetables. Then the mass needs to be thoroughly mixed and dispersed in batches. Next, this homemade semi-finished product must be sent to the freezer. At the right moment, simply take out the billet, warm up and feed the cat.

Medical food also should not disgust your pet. Let it be the same manufacturer and type, but with different tastes. Otherwise, the animal simply refuses to eat. And starving purrs with urolithiasis is absolutely contraindicated.

Still advise not to alternate naturalku and drying. Once the type of food selected must be observed without fail and always. The fact is that even an absolutely healthy cat's body is hard and long to rebuild fordigesting a different kind of food. In a cat suffering from urolithiasis, the kidneys may fail during such a jump. So why risk it? Once and for all make a choice for yourself, then follow it strictly. This will help to avoid many problems and prolong the life of your pet by an order of magnitude.

What to feed the cat with urolithiasis? Ask your vet. Only he can definitely name the permitted and prohibited products. And on the basis of this information, you yourself have to make a menu for your purring, given his desires and taste preferences.

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