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From: kurt@pyuxhh.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: male cats
Message-ID: <605@pyuxhh.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 22-Nov-83 16:28:50 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 22 16:28:50 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 25-Nov-83 04:36:07 EST
Organization: Bell Labs, Piscataway
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>
>  I have a 15-16 year old siamese cat (named siame) who has suffered from
>  various problems over the years.
>
>  He has had many urinary tract infections, and we finally found that the
>  best thing to do for these is to take powered vitamen C and mix it into his
>  wet food, we no longer feed him dry, and we go for the low ash content,
>  but I think the C (about 1/4 tee spoon) is the most efective tretment.
>
>  THIS IS NOT FOR ATACKS BUT FOR MATININCE BETWEEN
>  or better yet aviodence of future attacts.
>
>  We find that the c
>     *   makes his urine acidic
>     *   makes him drink more
>     *   probably boosts his imune system (see all my moms nutty vitamen
>                                           literature for this)
>     *   makes him like his food less (cant win them all)
>
>  We have also started to add a dog vitamin about a year ago, and it really 
>  improved his energy state for awhle, but I am afread that the days of
>  leaping form the top of the refrigerator to the kitchen table are
>  behind him
>
>

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