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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2005struvite questionnaire
I thought this might be interesting and possibly informative.... I'll post the blank form here and answer it in the next post. Maybe some of you have more questions to add? Informal Questionnaire on Struvite Crystals How long ago did you discover your cat had struvite crystals? How old was your cat at the time? Is/was your cat a male of a female? What was your cat eating before he/she was diagnosed? (wet, dry, brands and varieties, schedule) If the crystals were diagnosed because of a blockage, did your cat survive? If your cat survived: What is your cat's current diet? (wet, dry, brands and varieties, schedule) Has your cat reblocked? If so, how many times?  SignatureJean B. > Informal Questionnaire on Struvite Crystals > > How long ago did you discover your cat had struvite crystals? One week ago. > How old was your cat at the time? 6 years, 10 months. > Is/was your cat a male of a female? Male > What was your cat eating before he/she was diagnosed? (wet, dry, > brands and varieties, schedule) Grazed on Nutro dry food. Licked gravy off Nutro and Science Diet food at night, rotating among beef, chicken, and fish > If the crystals were diagnosed because of a blockage, did your cat > survive? Yes, so far. > If your cat survived: > What is your cat's current diet? (wet, dry, brands and varieties, > schedule) Am currently in the process of switching to mainly canned food. > Has your cat reblocked? Not yet, but it's still very early in the process. > If so, how many times? NA SignatureJean B. SignatureLarry - Owned by eight cats > I thought this might be interesting and possibly informative.... > I'll post the blank form here and answer it in the next post. > Maybe some of you have more questions to add? > > Informal Questionnaire on Struvite Crystals For Lightning > How long ago did you discover your cat had struvite crystals? About 5 years > How old was your cat at the time? About 5 > Is/was your cat a male of a female? Male > What was your cat eating before he/she was diagnosed? (wet, dry, > brands and varieties, schedule) Dry Science Diet senior > If the crystals were diagnosed because of a blockage, did your cat > survive? Was blocked and survived > If your cat survived: > What is your cat's current diet? (wet, dry, brands and varieties, > schedule) Science Diet CD > Has your cat reblocked? Yes since first time > If so, how many times? 4 Lightning has had the PU surgery twice. > -- > Larry - Owned by eight cats [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > -- > > Jean B. Ouch! Poor little thing! Is the c/d he has been eating dry or canned? Have you learned anything useful from your experiences with Lightning? SignatureJean B. Lightning is a white DLH. Very friendly with people and other kitties. I adopted him when he was about 5 years and he was not neutered. He was neutered as a condition of adoption. He eats CD dry as do my other 4 "normal" kitties. I have learned to look out for the symptoms of blockage. Otherwise I do not think there is much else to do since none f my others have had problems. SignatureLarry - Owned by eight cats > > > > -- [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > Have you learned anything useful from your experiences with > Lightning? >I thought this might be interesting and possibly informative.... > I'll post the blank form here and answer it in the next post. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > How long ago did you discover your cat had struvite crystals? 8 years ago > How old was your cat at the time? 2 years > Is/was your cat a male of a female? male > What was your cat eating before he/she was diagnosed? (wet, dry, > brands and varieties, schedule) IAM dry ocean fish > If the crystals were diagnosed because of a blockage, did your cat > survive? Yes > If your cat survived: > What is your cat's current diet? (wet, dry, brands and varieties, > schedule) temporarily on canned Hill's I/D for a month because of diarrhea previously on Royal Canin canned pH control S/O > Has your cat reblocked? Yes. First blockage was partial while the second one was a complete blockage. Was rushed to an emergency vet clinics both times. Was on dry C/D exclusively for 2 years prior to the second blockage. After the second blockage, the emergency vet recommended a 'sex change' operation. But the regular vet said that should only be a last resort and recommended canned food only. Switched to canned Medi Cal Preventive and didn't go for the operation. Was put on canned S/D for about a month immediatly after both blockages, and once after urine crystals were found but not blocked. 4 years ago switched again to the Walthams canned pH control S/O. All the prescription food switching were done on the vet's recommedations. I also add distilled water to the canned food to increase water intake. > If so, how many times? once Winnie > >I thought this might be interesting and possibly informative.... > > I'll post the blank form here and answer it in the next post. [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > > -- > > Jean B. Thanks, Winnie. I am hoping for some illumination for all of us who deal with this issue. Maybe I should add: what breed is your cat? Mingy is a color-point Persian, and I see they are predisposed to such problems and How would you describe your cat's personality? Mingy is very shy and nervous............. SignatureJean B. >> >I thought this might be interesting and possibly informative.... >> > I'll post the blank form here and answer it in the next post. [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > Mingy is a color-point Persian, and I see they are predisposed to > such problems Rusty is an orange tabby. The vet said he sees a lot of orange cats have urinary problems. But maybe that's because most orange cats are male. > and > > How would you describe your cat's personality? > > Mingy is very shy and nervous............. Rusty is also shy and nervous. In fact he is currently on antidepressant for frequently peeing on the floor. The vet thinks this is a behavioural problem as his urine and other tests results were O.K. I wonder whether he is picking up on my stress from being out of work. I also don't like the idea of him on such medication long term. It is always a struggle to pill him even though I am getting better at it. How is Mingy doing now? Is he eating better now? I forgot to mention that Rusty is fed 3 times a day. Used to be 1/2 can twice a day, but the vet said he needs to put on some weight as he has been losing weight. So now he gets 1 1/2 5.5 oz can daily. Winnie > >> >I thought this might be interesting and possibly informative.... > >> > I'll post the blank form here and answer it in the next post. [quoted text clipped - 89 lines] > > Winnie Hi, Winnie, Hmmmm. Interesting that Rusty is shy and nervous too. (I'm thinking of the stress connection, which may play a role with Mingy.) Mingy hasn't eaten much today, although he did eat a bit of canned food, which I hope to segue him into. I also got him a new fountain, which I'm hoping he'll find more tempting. I haven't weighed Mingy but should. He has always kept his weight at a nice 10 lbs. I wonder how much weight he has lost--also what the ramifications of the food changes will be. SignatureJean B. >I thought this might be interesting and possibly informative.... >I'll post the blank form here and answer it in the next post. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >How long ago did you discover your cat had struvite crystals? 8 years ago. >How old was your cat at the time? 6 years old. >Is/was your cat a male of a female? Altered male. >What was your cat eating before he/she was diagnosed? (wet, dry, >brands and varieties, schedule) Nutro, Nature's Recipe, canned and dry. >If the crystals were diagnosed because of a blockage, did your cat >survive? Yes. >If your cat survived: >What is your cat's current diet? (wet, dry, brands and varieties, >schedule) Currently he eats Eukanuba PhO Moderate for Oxalate Stones, canned only. After he blocked and Hills s/d successfully dissolved the struvite crystals, he was eating Hills Cd-s for appx. 5 years. It was then discovered on an x-ray for something unrelated to his urinary problems that he had bladder stones. The stones were surgically removed and tested. Turned out to be calcium oxalate stones. >Has your cat reblocked? No >If so, how many times? n/a > I thought this might be interesting and possibly informative.... > I'll post the blank form here and answer it in the next post. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > How long ago did you discover your cat had struvite crystals? Less than a year ago. > How old was your cat at the time? 3 years old > Is/was your cat a male of a female? Altered female > What was your cat eating before he/she was diagnosed? (wet, dry, > brands and varieties, schedule) Royal Canin Slim > If the crystals were diagnosed because of a blockage, did your cat > survive? Diagnosed because she was not urinating in litter box. > If your cat survived: > What is your cat's current diet? (wet, dry, brands and varieties, > schedule) Hill's C/D Dry > Has your cat reblocked? No. >> I thought this might be interesting and possibly informative.... I'll >> post the blank form here and answer it in the next post. Maybe some of [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > No. Thanks. Too bad there haven't been enough responses to put something together on this. SignatureJean B. > How long ago did you discover your cat had struvite crystals? A long time ago, about 1987. (My responses are all coming from memory, so they may be off a bit.) > How old was your cat at the time? About 5 > Is/was your cat a male of a female? Male, neutered > What was your cat eating before he/she was diagnosed? (wet, dry, > brands and varieties, schedule) He only really liked dry food and we had it in an automatic feeder at the time. It was a supermarket brand(s). He didn't drink much water either. > If the crystals were diagnosed because of a blockage, did your cat > survive? He survived until 1992, when liver disease got him. > If your cat survived: > What is your cat's current diet? (wet, dry, brands and varieties, > schedule) Until he died, we had him on a prescription canned diet from the vet, but I can't remember the name. It was a "low-ash" product. > Has your cat reblocked? He did once and required a second surgery. > If so, how many times? See above. >>How long ago did you discover your cat had struvite crystals? > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > See above. Thanks! I am sorry your kitty is gone. SignatureJean B.
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