tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post232543626803883886..comments2009-01-14T06:30:01.737-08:00Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519409844284574079noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-81756387075917189582009-01-14T06:30:00.000-08:002009-01-14T06:30:00.000-08:00I am so sorry to hear about your cat. I have 4 cats and I would no way just feed my cats dry food, I give them can and dry daily. I could never understand why vets would recommend an all dry diet.Again, Im sorry you lost your precious cat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-48676045746303789672008-07-03T07:08:00.000-07:002008-07-03T07:08:00.000-07:00Thank you for your support, and also for writing a post on this subject... People need to know about this, to get as much info as they can. It could save many, many lives.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again.L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-1352701515181588412008-07-02T07:56:00.000-07:002008-07-02T07:56:00.000-07:00Hi, thanks for the comment. Yes, vets do promote dry cat food. There are probably commercial reasons behind it. Frankly I think vets are sometimes (not always) too profit orientated, which distorts their judgment.<BR/><BR/>I am very sorry to hear of your cat's death.Freddie Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519409844284574079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053301620588978911.post-61537435623472311382008-07-02T06:45:00.000-07:002008-07-02T06:45:00.000-07:00My lovely boy has recently died.<BR/>He ate all dry food, Purina One for Sterile Cats, and became blocked. With being blocked came nasty bacterial infections that wouldn't go away despite being treated with antibiotics (one of the being the all powerful Imipenem).<BR/>A few days before he passed away we learnt he was FIV positive, even though his first lab test came negative.<BR/><BR/>I can't stop wondering that if i had provided him with wet food, even if in a 50/50 basis, he wouldn't get blocked and thus, not get the bacterial infection.<BR/><BR/>It's a pity most veterinarians still proclaim the virtues of dry food, and yes, it seems more practical, but my advice is that, if you wish to let your cats eat dry food when you're at work, at least feed them the wet one before going to work and after arriving, so that there's enough water in them to fully produce the right amount of urine.L.noreply@blogger.com