Purina Pro Plan Urinary Tract Cat Food, Chicken and Rice Formula - 7 lb. Bag

An excellent dry food to add to your pets diet. Especially when they require a special urinary care diet.

She enjoys it and suits her health needs. Also, doesn't seem to be quite as crumbly as other dry foods so you don't have a cat food jar full of crumbs and powder the way you normally do. At least that's my experience..

My last cat suffered from UT issues in the last part of her life. We spent big money at the vet for antibiotics, I.V. flushes and all kinds of other "treatments". Although she had a long life, dying at 18, I really think if I would have known about this food she would still be here. Within a year of getting our new cat, he started suffering from the same UT issues. After spending a couple of hundred at the vet, FINALLY, they suggested Purina Pro Plan UT food. It has been a miracle. We signed up for the automatic delivery every 2 months and adjust it when he needs more or less. We feed Vereen the dry food version and he absolutely loves it. He can have a full bowl sitting and if the Amazon delivery comes he will try and rip open the new bag! I still feed him wet food a few times a week, I give him one of those Sheba perfect portions and fill the container up with equal parts of water and mix. I try to get him as much water as possible. I do this with the tiny cans of the Beyond wet food also. The cost of this Purina UT health food is a little steeper than an average bag of Meow Mix, but those cheap foods are what makes them make crystals. And believe me, I tried the highest priced brands of cat food, Rachel Ray, Blue Buffalo, etc... This is the only one that stopped the problem. I'd rather spend a little more money and keep him out of pain, and possibly extend his life. It has been over a year and he's very healthy. If your cat is "peeing" all over your house, they are really trying to pass crystals that have formed, much like humans who suffer from Kidney Stones. You have an overwhelming need to push them out and it's very painful. You may see blood where they tinkle. They associate pain with their litter box because of this and will avoid it if they can, that's why they will try and push these out in other places around the house. If your cat is experiencing any of this, I am now convinced it's the food that's causing it. Vereen has been my guinea pig and the results have been wonderful!

at 6 months old, my boy bengal started peeing blood out of nowhere so we brought him to the vet and they chalked it up to him being stressed (which wasn’t unrealistic because his sister -same age- had went into heat for the first time around a week earlier). so they gave us some medication and said he’d need to be on a urinary cary diet for the rest of his life considering he was so young and peeing blood. they prescribed us “Hill’s urinary care kibble” but something was off with the food. both my cats would throw up in the morning more often and my boy would have diarrhea a lot. so we did our research and found purina had a version of urinary diet kibble as well which was great because before this, we’d always give them purina kibble and wet food which they liked so we tried this one and they both LOVE IT. especially my girl cat (yes it’s fine for her to still eat this) she’s even gained a tiny bit of weight when we changed to this kibble because of how much she ate it ! safe to say, it’s bengal approved !

Due to our cat having had 2 urinary tract infections within 6 months, and inability to obtain a urine sample at the follow up appt. to the second infection, it was recommended that our cat switch from the senior, indoor, turkey and rice formula to an adult urinary tract formula. We told the vet that we’d been using Pro Plan and she confirmed that this is a good cat food. We added this new formula to her prior Pro Plan food in increasing amounts for about two weeks. Our 19 lb. cat (not fat, just a big girl) had no problem switching Pro Plan formulas, so we are pleased. For the second vet's appt. we had brought our cat in because of lack of bowel movement for 2 days. The vet (who could feel multiple little round feces) said that a cat with a urinary tract infection will often be uncomfortable or in pain when trying to pass feces and thus will not have the bowel movement. She recommended using a urinary tract food. As without the urine sample, it couldn't be determined whether or not her infection had been cured, the vet gave her a 2nd long lasting antibiotic injection, in addition to stool softener medication. Our only concern is that the Pro Plan urinary tract formula doesn’t address hair balls. Since the repeat of the urinary tract infection is the greater concern, we decided to put her on and keep her on the Urinary Tract formula. Later my husband read on line that some vets recommend adding soft food/food with liquid to the diet to help reduce constipation, so we decided to try this also. We supplemented her dry food with a soft dinner with gravy, but giving the "meal" to her in 1/4 portions for 4 days of treats. As she'll lick the gravy but refuse to eat the soft chunks, we puree one meal and gravy, give her 1/4 of it, and refrigerate the rest. We microwave the other portions before serving them, as the warmth is more appetizing and should help to relax muscles for easier passing of feces. She gobbles her “treat” up, even sitting by her dry cat food during the day, hoping to get more of the pureed stuff (which has duck in it), although she also likes the Pro Plan. Since the medicine, and diet change, our cat has been fine. We’ve been very satisfied with the Purina Pro Plan Urinary Tract formula cat food and previously had been quite pleased with the Pro Plan turkey and rice indoor formula for adult cats. Prior to using the Pro Plan we had used another brand that vets recommend and sell. I must say that our cat did (and does) much better on the Pro Plan than she did on that other name brand cat food. My only regret is not having switched to Pro Plan sooner.