Hi
My 4 yr old Moggie has been straining to wee and today I noticed he'd produced a little bit of blood.

He never eats moist food - he mainly has Purina One or Iams.

Took him to the vet tonight who said the dry food is probably to blame- more of us are feeding dry food and the surgery has noticed an upturn in the amount of younger cats with urinary troubles.

The trouble is, Thomas only likes dry - he's never eaten moist cat food like my other 3 cats (5 if you include the strays I feed!).

What are your thoughts on this, and any ideas of an inexpensive way to feed him - yes I'm sure he'd love chicken and fish, but this would work out expensive, though I will feed it for a few days to help him recover.

Well a cat cannot live on chicken and fish alone.

I would suggest getting a good quality high meat content cat food (readily availably inexpensively from zooplus, such as animonda, smilla, or bozita) and sprinkling some crushed dry to get him onto a mostly wet diet.

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Unfortunately as you have found out this is the problem with dry - try soaking his dry and making it into a soft food with a bit of gravy and then gradually add wet to it.

If you have a look on Pet Supplies, Pet Food, Dog Food, Cat Food and Pet Accessories at Zooplus you will find a lot of good quality high meat food that you might be able to tempt him with and they work out at less that Felix and Whiskas etc. Try Bozita, SMilla or Aminonda Carny - I think they do sample packs.

Basically you need to keep him off the dry now or you are risking renal failure; it's for his own good.

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Hi - I have a 5 year old Maine Coon with exactly the same problem. He also prefers to eat dry food and he has Hills Vet diet - it works out at about £5.00 a week to feed him. I also feed him on Feline Fayre tuna which is very inexpensive and he loves it.
Good luck!

Urinary problems are on the rise and i definitely feel that dry food is a huge factor in this.


Follow the above advise and get him onto a wet diet. It works out cheaper than feeding dry on the long term.

I would also invest in a water fountain, it encourages drinking and i feel that since i've had mine, the cats all drink more than they did with bowls.

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