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Originally Posted by MyFairLacy  Couple that with grains, and you'll see why so many cats now get kidney and bladder crystals and stones, diabetes, etc. |
She's absolutely right & I think it's awesome you've been given such great info when your baby is still a kitten. I wish someone had told me this when we got our first cat.
I grew up in backwoods GA & when we got Osiris 8 years ago (still in GA), we didn't know any better. Where I come from, keeping your cat exclusively indoors (as we did) was still pretty unheard of....still is, I think, to many people back there today (my hometown--so no one gets their britches in a bunch) & hard cat food was common b/c it was cheaper. So, in my uneducated knowledge, I fed Osiris a hard cat food diet for years. Until about 2 years ago - when I had to rush him to the Emergency Vet b/c he was yowling & oozing yuck everywhere. Osiris had bladder stones. All those years I had no idea I was harming him - but I sure learned fast! Now, all of my kitties are on Solid Gold canned cat foot. I get the flats of it at PetCo so that I'm always in stock. Since then, no more problems.
So, definitely pay attention to the person posting above me. That was a great informative post!
I *wish* someone had told me that earlier in my kitty's life.