I am new to this group so if I'm hitting on a subject that has been
discussed to death, I apologize.  I'm really writing for a friend who
is pulling her hair out over a urinary problem with one of her cats.
She has a neutered male and a spayed female.  The female is no
problem, but as seems to be a relatively common problem, the male has
struvite crystals and has had one incidence of urinary blockage and
has been on special diet of Hills Science Diet SD per her vet.

At first the male hated the new food but has eventually gotten to eat
it.  The female refuses.  So far my friend has been trying to keep the
cats separated for feeding, but it poses a logistic problem because
the female liks to "nibble all day" and it's not possible to keep her
food out without the male getting into it.  She has been going through
several feeding cycles per day but this creates a lot of problems with
trying to maintain other activities in her schedule.

The ideal solution would be to have both cats on the same food.  Is
there a good way to either get the female to start eating the same
food or is there another food (another brand?) with different flavors
that both cats may like?

Thanks
Poppaharley@hotmail.com