Hello. I haven't been on here since I lost Miss Molly 4 years ago. Now I'm back with Gracie, who is now 3. She had crystals in her urine when she was 1 and she was put on Royal Canin Urinary Vet Dry food. She loves this, although we have had to change to the moderate calorie as she is a bit tubby. The vet said to just keep her on it. My question is this, do I need to keep her on the vet version https://www.bitiba.co.uk/shop/cats/dry_ ... ary/359884
or can I change her to the standard version https://www.bitiba.co.uk/shop/cats/dry_ ... ion/498676
This is really a financial question as the vet version adds up. I really cant see much difference in the two but if anyone else could let me know what they think that would be great. Thank you.
Royal Canin Urinary dry food - vet or non-vet?
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Re: Royal Canin Urinary dry food - vet or non-vet?
Hi, I think you can ask the vet what is the most essential substance in the Royal Canin for your cat. I according to the answer, you can compare the substance available in different products.
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Re: Royal Canin Urinary dry food - vet or non-vet?
Are you buying this food from the vet?
They bump up the price quite a bit and usually push a particular brand.
For price you can try somewhere like petdrugsonline, that's where we get all our prescription food from and parasite products between a third and a half off vet prices. There are others like vetuk.
If you fancy a change of food there are others, I happen to use Hills because I'm happy with their products and service but I'm not suggesting they are better than anyone else. They do a Metabolic wet and dry which is for weight loss and maintenance but comes with the option of urinary care. My girl shed her excess 2 pounds on it free fed without restricting treats. I'm sure other brands must have something similar. Also they are very open about their ingredients and nutritional information.
They bump up the price quite a bit and usually push a particular brand.
For price you can try somewhere like petdrugsonline, that's where we get all our prescription food from and parasite products between a third and a half off vet prices. There are others like vetuk.
If you fancy a change of food there are others, I happen to use Hills because I'm happy with their products and service but I'm not suggesting they are better than anyone else. They do a Metabolic wet and dry which is for weight loss and maintenance but comes with the option of urinary care. My girl shed her excess 2 pounds on it free fed without restricting treats. I'm sure other brands must have something similar. Also they are very open about their ingredients and nutritional information.