Medical advice from Bronsin!

[Kalispel]

Originally Posted by ern-diz

Although a different species, my dog can only eat a urinary formula food that keeps her pH in balance. If she eats normal dog food, her urine crystallizes and forms bladder stones leading to UT infections. We went through a bit of hell in her first year with us trying to find the cause of her persistent UT infection.

My cat turned 18 in November of 2017, and she had started getting recurring UTI at age 13-14. At 14, I started giving her a 1/4 cup daily serving of my morning Trader Joe's organic grass-fed non-homogenized (cream top) cultured plain yogurt (omg, she loves that stuff, lol), and started mixing in a bit of warm cold-pressed, virgin coconut oil to her daily dry (non-grain) food serving (which also makes her want to eat it all every day, unlike before). Beyond that, she also has a daily serving of quality-ingredient wet poultry/fish food every evening. Not only did all her UTI issues just go away and not return when I started that daily diet routine, her coat became nicer/softer and she picked back up some healthy weight again (putting her back to how she was back in her younger adult days before aging made her start to lose weight gradually). She definitely acts & looks like a cat half her age.