Hills prescription diet

When you have a cat that has been suffering with urinary tract problems and crystals in his bladder, your vet is likely to suggest that you feed him with Hills Prescription Diet cat food. According to the majority of veterinarians the most common type of crystals found in a cat’s urine at one time were the struvite types. Thanks to changes made in the levels of magnesium and phosphorus in cat foods the levels of these stones or crystals have been reduced.

The same problems can occur with dogs as they are subject to formation of struvite, calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate and several other types of stones. The majority of these stones are a direct result of the foods that we feed our dogs. The most common crystals in dog are the struvite ones that are made up of three main minerals that are found in most standard brands of dog foods. These are magnesium, phosphate and ammonium.

In your dog these are generally formed for one of three different reasons, in some cases your dog may be predisposed genetically to this problem. A poor diet or one that consists mainly of low cost dog foods or a variety of bacterial infections can cause these crystals to form. You can eliminate the ones caused by poor diet by feeding your dog a steady diet of Hills Prescription Diet dog food. Much like the food designed for cats this food is very low or has completely eliminated the minerals responsible for the formation of the crystals.

You veterinarian will tell you that the best thing you can do for your cat or dog is to feed them a carefully designed food every day. Many of us try to watch how much we spend on pet food and buy the bargain brands at the local discount supermarket or superstore. While your pet may not be able to tell you that they really do not like the food that you are giving them, their overall health should be a good sign that there is a problem.

Hills Prescription Diet pet foods are researched and created at their research center in Topeka, Kansas where a team of veterinarians and board certified nutritional experts work together to create more than  60 different Prescription Diet foods and 50 Science Diet blends to make sure that you pet will be fed the very best pet foods.  The teams work with companion pets that have their own rooms, plenty of room to play and exercise on the in house agility courses along with all the human companionship they could ask for while they are monitored to see how well they do with the various foods being created.