Hi there. I wondered if anyone on here has had a similar experience to my own, I have a 3 year old neutered male cat who is an indoor cat and recently he suffered from a blocked bladder. He's been operated on to remove the obstruction, which is a plug formed from tiny crystals, and since then he's been following the Royal Canin Urinary SO diet exclusively however a urine sample has shown he has a considerable scattering of crystals still in his bladder. He not showing any signs of being in pain and he's peeing normally and acting normally. He is now going to try 2 months on Hills Prescription C/D. Has anyone else experienced anything like this and if so what was the best treatment?

Hi, I don't have any personal experiences with FLUTD's but just to clarify is he currently on the Hills C/D pouches / dry food or a mix of both?

Hello Ali,

He's currently on both. He has a measured amount of biscuit and then half a pouch twice a day as per my Vet's instructions. He's currently on the RC food but is switching to Hills to see if this dissolves the crystals any quicker.

Thank you

It sounds logical to me that they would dissolve faster if he was on a wet food only diet. It would make his urine more dilute, i.e. there would be more water in it so it would be less saturated, and everything dissolves faster in a solution that is less saturated. And vice versa, it's hard to dissolve things in an oversaturated solution.