Wish I could offer helpful tips to get him to eat the new food, but I
haven't had very good luck with such a thing: when Archie was given a
special diet about a year ago to get him to lose weight, he just
wouldn't eat it.  It was dry food, and no matter how carefully I mixed
it in with his favorite dry food, he would eat around it -- quite a
feat when one considers they can't see what they're eating when
they're eating.  Fortunately, he's less picky about the wet food and
is now getting back in shape again eating the "Seniors" wet food
formulation.

? whether this dry food/wet food thing might help Tortie.  Glad to
hear he's doing better, though.

Barb

What did your vet recommend?  Did he/she give multiple options regarding
both brands and types of food?  Which type(s) of crystals were found?  If
your vet only sells one or two brands of appropriate rx food and your cat
just won't eat it, you should be communicating with the vet about this and
ask if he/she can get samples of other brands from another vet in the area.
As I emailed you before, my cat just would not touch the wet food - it was
in a gel form.  He ate any of the dry foods but could not keep the Hill's
dry food down, and he has been successful with Waltham S/O dry.  There is
also a semi-moist food, something like Tender Vittles, which I believe is
made by Purina (still Rx).

Hope Tortie finds something he likes!
Cheers,
Rebecca