Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!decwrl!daemon From: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: cystitis Message-ID: <4217@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 21-Nov-83 13:05:01 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.4217 Posted: Mon Nov 21 13:05:01 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 23-Nov-83 04:08:05 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Western Research Lab, Los Altos, CA Lines: 55 From: Ed Featherston HL01-1/P06 225-5241 Begin Forwarded Message: ------------------------------------------- Newsgroup : net.pets >From : MEGNA Organization : Digital Equipment Corp. Subj: RE: cystitis My female cat also had a cystits problem. My wife had a coupon for some dry cat food, the brand escapes me. We figured we'd try the food on our 1 year old female. A week or so later the cat started peeing any and every where. I thought the cat was just being rebelious and when I'd find her peeing on the floor I'd scold her and put her in the litter box.This went on for another 2 or 3 days until I found she was crying when I picked her up, this was about the time I started noticing blood in her urine, what there was of it. So we took her to the vet. The vet told us it was the dry cat food she said some cats just cant tolerate the dry food she also told us that it was important for the cat to drink as much water as possible. When I told the vet that the cat wouldn't drink much water she told me to substitute cranberry or cranapple or crangrape juice and much to my surprise the cat loved it. This along with no dry food seemed to cure the problem. But, if the cat ever touched dry food again (which happened a couple of times) the problem would start right up again. My wife and I didn't want to pay the price of a full diet of canned food, so we shopped around numerous pet stores trying to find a sloution to our problem. We finally found a pet store we thought we could trust and told the owner about the problem with the dry food and she gave us a sample package of this dry food called Tamiami, well the cat loved it and the problem of cystitis didn't come back using this food. We still give the cat canned as well but NO OTHER KIND OF DRY FOOD, we've also discontinued the cranberry juice and the cat seems to drink enough water. The food also claims to have a low ash content. We found the food at Breeder's Pride pet store Rt. 20 west in Marlboro Mass. You can probably find it in most pet stores. I'd suggest trying a small sample package first, then if you can use it buy the 10 lb. bags it costs less that way. If you can't find it locally you can write to ; Tamiami cat food Mfg'd by Ross-Welss Beatrice Food's Inc. Mequon, Wisconsin 53092 Fred Megna Digital Equipment Corp. 74 Reed Rd. HL01-1/P06 Hudson, Ma. 01749 Mail address : ...decvax!decwrl!rhea!roll!megna ------------------------------------------- End Forwarded Message