Calcium Oxalate Urolith in a Cat

Re: Calcium Oxalate Urolith in a Cat

Jillian Hall — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:01:16 GMT

I also removed a Calcium Oxolate in a 12yo DSH recently. The cat wasn't keen on royal can urinary wet (I think we tried Hills as well) but having looked at calcium contents across the Royal Canin range have got it eating mainly their standard adult wet food. All their diets have the S/O index altho how much this differs from other foods I don't know. But it's got to be better than whatever supermarket dry food it was on before.

Re: Calcium Oxalate Urolith in a Cat

Martin Atkinson — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:47:58 GMT

I had one the other week. Cat is on Royal Canin Urinary Control which as Kate says is designed for both. Also I always advise wet food to increase water intake to dilute the urine in any animal with a history of urolithiasis, feeding the dry diet seems to some extent self-defeating.

Re: Calcium Oxalate Urolith in a Cat

Kate Richardson — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:55:30 GMT

Both Hills and Royal Canin urinary tract diets are designed now to deal with both Struvite and Calcium oxalate in one diet so would suggest a chat with an advisor from one of the companies (or a n other if you have a preferred make of food). Wet food preferential if cat will eat it.

Re: Calcium Oxalate Urolith in a Cat

Anthony Todd — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:36:41 GMT

[quote user="Sandra Patzner"] would like to prevent this as long as possible. [/quote]

The knife edge dilemma between struvite, which used to be almost 100% until oxalate emerged because of the over-acidification of dried food.

Certainly an anti-oxalate diet might help, wet if possible, and the old trick of mixing water with the food or trying milk if it doesn't give diarrhoea,

Choosing a diet low in [Mg++] should also avoid struvite formation.