Should I give kitty grass to my cat on a special urinary S.O. diet?

No. It is best to feed him the c/d diet only. Anything else you feed changes the pH of his urine which can cause crystal formation which leads to blockage. The c/d diet is formulated to keep the pH of the urine at a constant normal level to prevent crystal formation. Hope this helps. Best wishes.

What a cute kitty! Your vet can prescribe a special prescription diet to help manage the crystals in his urine. The one we commonly prescribe is Royal Canin SO diet, but there are several others available as well. These diets help keep the urine pH at an appropriate level and can decrease or eliminate the crystals in the urine.

I think this is a very good food for treating crystalluria, and there are some differences between this food and urinary foods by other companies like Hill's. One difference that comes to mind is the calorie content - Royal Canin SO tends to be lower in calories than Hill's c/d. You may want to ask your veterinarian about the Royal Canin SO Olfactory attraction food which is supposed to be more palatable for cats, or if Bean really seems to dislike it you could ask about switching to another therapeutic diet. There are no over the counter alternatives that are proven to prevent urinary crystals in cats.

If he was prescribed SO food due to urinary crystals or stones that needs to be the only thing he eats. Any other food can predispose him to another bout of urinary inflammation or crystals. Feeding other food defeats the purpose of the Rx diet. The vomit may be from stress, different food, eating something he shouldn't have or some other underlying disease. If he continues to vomit I would make a veterinary appointment to get him checked out. Make sure that he is still urinating normally, that it's not urinary issues flaring up.

Hello, & thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. If I am reading your question correctly, you indicate that Sapphire's urinary diet may have contributed to her developing cancer. I have never heard of this. Now, any chronic inflammation/irritation does have the potential to possibly incite a tissue to mutate to a malignant form, but again, this would be very unusual. For example, a bone cancer can developed at the site of a previous fracture in very rare instances. If your veterinarians have submitted urine to a laboratory, the sample should have come back with evidence of cancer cells. An ultrasound should also provide evidence of cancer, as well as a biopsy of the urinary bladder. If there is no evidence of cancer ( & I would be very suspicious of this in such a young cat ), then I would have no issues keeping Sapphire on a urinary diet to keep her crystalluria under control.

Hill's (Science Diet) makes a prescription urinary s/d diet and a c/d diet. If it is SO, then it must a diet made by Royal Canin. Royal Canin S/O diet is OK to feed to all the cats as is Hill's c/d multicare diet. The s/d diet is probably OK if it is only going to be a short term diet.

Yes it is. That's because it helps dissolve crystals and has properties to increase urination and prevent further crystals from forming. If Coleman does have urinary crystals, I highly recommend feeding him this food.