Two weeks ago we brought Ritzy for a follow up urinalysis after starting potassium citrate. We received great news! Ritzy’s pH was a 7 and the vet only saw a few broken crystals, so his urine looked fantastic!
Our course of action was to stay on Hill’s u/d and the potassium citrate, but Ritzy has been really sick of his food and the lovely members of K9KidneyDiets pretty much told me the same thing happened to them, they received good news with using Hill’s and potassium citrate and then a year later stones were back and they really suggested I start Fuzzer. I talked to my husband about it and we decided to implement Fuzzer now. It makes me a bit nervous, screwing with what was a good thing (Hill's and potassium citrate working for Ritzy). But I know Fuzzer is what is best for him and his kidneys.
Ritzy has been on Fuzzer for a week and I already have to modify it. He was eating a home made diet of chicken, broccoli and rice. He seemed to like it the first day and then the second day I noticed him eating around the rice and the third day I noticed a pile of broccoli next to his bowl. He just picks out the chicken. So I blended them all together and he refuses it all together until he is starving and then reluctantly eats it. So, I am back to the drawing board and am working on a new recipe for Ritzy. There is definitely a learning curve for this diet, but I am starting to get it.
I will explain more about Ritzy’s diet as I get the new one made.
Our course of action was to stay on Hill’s u/d and the potassium citrate, but Ritzy has been really sick of his food and the lovely members of K9KidneyDiets pretty much told me the same thing happened to them, they received good news with using Hill’s and potassium citrate and then a year later stones were back and they really suggested I start Fuzzer. I talked to my husband about it and we decided to implement Fuzzer now. It makes me a bit nervous, screwing with what was a good thing (Hill's and potassium citrate working for Ritzy). But I know Fuzzer is what is best for him and his kidneys.
Ritzy has been on Fuzzer for a week and I already have to modify it. He was eating a home made diet of chicken, broccoli and rice. He seemed to like it the first day and then the second day I noticed him eating around the rice and the third day I noticed a pile of broccoli next to his bowl. He just picks out the chicken. So I blended them all together and he refuses it all together until he is starving and then reluctantly eats it. So, I am back to the drawing board and am working on a new recipe for Ritzy. There is definitely a learning curve for this diet, but I am starting to get it.
I will explain more about Ritzy’s diet as I get the new one made.
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