Special Relaxant
Special Relaxant
Does a special diet help reduce the chance of my cat's bladder blockage recurring?
My 6 year old male cat is just recovering from a bad urinary infection that left him in the vets on a catheter for 3 days and on antibiotics for a fortnight, plus a muscle relaxant (Dantrium) and what appears to be an antihypertensive (Hypovase). Fingers crossed he's on the mend.
The nurse recommended a special diet saying that he used it for all his three cats as it keeps the urine from gathering at the bottom of the bladder where it's more likely to form crystals & thus blockages.
Does anybody have any experience of feeding their cats on this sort of diet? Is it worth the extra ££?
My cousin has 5 cats.Two of witch have had the same problem at different times.She did not want the extra expense of the diet so ignored the vets recommendation.That cat ended back into surgery and lasted only 5 weeks after that.The second cat she followed the diet and her cat is now healthy and happy.Yes i would say if you love your cat it is worth it.Good luck.
