How I got rid of Jericho's urinary crystals
How I got rid of Jericho's urinary crystals
These natural remedies and at-home care dissolved urinary crystals in my cat. Jericho is now crystal free! No prescription!
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⏰ Chapters:
0:00 Jericho’s crystals are gone
0:23 Crystals on raw factors
0:42 Variety in the diet
1:28 Feeding schedules
2:06 Natural products for urinary crystals
2:35 Homeopathic remedies
3:01 Monitoring cat’s urine at home
3:28 Testing cat urine at home
4:06 Litter box routine
was 3:32 "Affordable Pet labs"?
Thank you for sharing. So far we’re really excited with our cats breaking down the house with their new found energy lol. Rox has been doing really well on his new food. I’m currently getting him to a new kibble which is very low carb (5%) and cold-pressed. After that he’ll go to 100% wet for his second meal of the day. I have not seen any issues with him so far.
Rox gets his food at 9am through an auto feeder, then at 5:30 and finally at 8:30.
Sky gets her breakfast a little earlier around 7am as she gets it from me. In the evening they eat at the same time.
They each have their own feeding area, which we moved further apart for our own convenience and the cats are very pleased with it as well.
Ty, our cat was just diagnosed.
I named my cat Kitty Omega after the wrestle. Did you name your cat after Chris Jericho?
This is probably like the worst thing to hear a pet owner say but we hear it all too often, I cannot even afford to take my pet to the vet. I hate having to be the one to say that but I actually rescued my cat or I thought I did. Maybe I did LOL. What happened, we had a cat that was just hanging around and she was really sweet, animals get dropped off on our road all the time and I thought I was rescuing her by giving her a home eventually after falling in love with her and then finding out that she was actually the people across the street or my neighbor’s cat. It’s a dirt road and we live just far enough away to where, I wouldn’t have known that and I have never talked to them before. She’s happy here, they are fine with it so apparently, I did rescue her in my eyes. I don’t feed her a good quality food because bye-bye what I can afford. I’ve heard so much horrible things about dry cat foods that I pretty much look at them as all the same, the more expensive ones just put more advertisement out possibly? Maybe I’m wrong and I would like to go raw but I don’t even nowhere to get that kind of stuff from. She started eating a lot and I actually thought she might have been pregnant because she gained so much weight. I’m one of those people who leads the food bowl out and it always has food in it, as well as the water so skip ahead about a month and she peed in this little play tent and it was on top of the towel for her and I thought I saw something white on it but didn’t think much about it. Last night she peed on my old roommates pair of jeans lol and there were crystals all over the pair of jeans so something is going on and I think it’s related to the weight gain because we never had this issue before. She even started pooping in the back of the house where we never go and I found like five piles and had to clean it all up. You seem very knowledgeable. She obviously has crystals because I can see them. I don’t know which kind they are but with the weight gain, that could mean that she’s diabetic or other serious diagnosis so I don’t want to just like yank the food away. I know it’s so hard to tell someone what to do when the animal really needs to see a vet. Most of the time she’s okay, she just meows a lot and she’s become very vocal but right now she’s literally laying on her back staring at the ceiling, licking her feet with her fat belly hanging out and she looks happy LOL but I do think she’s having some problems. If you can’t help or you’re just afraid to give me advice, I completely understand. I need to see if any vets in the area can help me for cheaper or something because I don’t want her to suffer. That was the whole reason I rescued her. Your cat is gorgeous by the way
I feed my baby in the am about 630-700, and about 500pm. I use Feline Natural foods. Where did you get the product you used? Thank you.
Have you ever done a kitty litter video. I’m trying to check on Worlds Best, and Pretty litter. Can you suggest?
Thanks Jennifer and Jericho!! :))
So what do you think about. The. C/ D prescription diet can food ???
My cat developed a stone and her vet prescribed her with Hill. I personally don’t want to give her hills since I heard bad things about hills. What food do you suggest to give my cat ?
Hi Jess, Great content and thank you! I rescued a 4 y/o male snowshoe who really struggles w urinary crystals. Can you please share which mixture you used from Hare today to meet the low mineral needs for cats with urinary crystals??
Can you talk about the reasoning behind feeding at 8, 7, and so soon again at 8? I thought 3 meals would be more spaced out no? Or are they different sized meals? Thank u! I’m sure u have a good reason so I just want to know so I can learn ! 🙂
Hey IM FRKN OUT OVER HERE. I need some guidance please
This makes me nervous. Sunny will only typically eat small meals starting around 3pm & finishing about 11:30p. He seems to be hungriest in the later evening. He eats all canned Ziwi Peak & Feline Natural. We can’t make him eat sooner.
Same problem with my cats, almost 4mos problem with it blockage/urinary, cant feed him with dryfood 😓😓😓
I can’t find any good pet products but I have come across fresh cranberries but I don’t know how to give it to my cat ? 0ne berry everyday maybe? He doesn’t have any problem it’s just that we try new stuff every month
Where are you getting ground mouse 🤢
As i work till midnight, i cant feed till 1 am
Hi Jess. A lot can change in 10 months so I was wondering if you can do an update video on cat crystals and urinary problems. I feel like you’re always researching and learning and trying to products so it would be nice to know how Jericho did taking the supplements in this video. Did they work? Is he still on them? Are they affordable? And if so, can you send links? I would appreciate it 🙏🏼
Sorry I missed the live! Back in the day, a LONG time ago, one of my cats had so many crystals and blockages he ended up having that surgery to pretty much "turn him into a female". I can’t remember the technical name of the surgery. Then of course he was put on Hill’s Science Diet SD (and it was DRY food!!!) for the rest of his life!! Poor guy!!! If I only knew then what I know today!!! Then I had one more with crystal issues also, but not quite as bad, he was put on Hill’s CD!! He hated that food and wouldn’t eat it so we then switched him to the Royal Canin version, but still, when I think of the quality of those awful foods, I just cringe now!!! It’s so good to have so many more options and better research today to know how to prevent this in the first place!! This video was awesome, I only wish I could have seen it back then! lol. As they always say, "when you KNOW better, you DO better!!! Thanks much!!!❤😻
What do you do if the cat is already blocked? There is a video online of a guy that gives his cat apple cider vinegar to reduce the blockage so his cat can pee. He is hours from the nearest vet, so it works for him
I NEED. ( Dan’ye made me emphasize that) to know where you are getting ground mouse! Where are you getting your protein? I have 2 cats. Trance has been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. She needs to eat frequently including at night. I started feeding her late because otherwise she’d throw up before morning — mucus stomach stuff because she drank so much water. She still drinks plenty of water but does appear to have some issue with the urinary track. She urinates frequently. I have just had them through Homeoanimals detox program ( which I found out about from you). They recommend 5 weeks and then stopping. I do have her on Bestlife4pets homeopathic for the hyperthyroidism and Astro’s oil products for protein help. Both cats have CKD. I don’t know how to help her not eat so frequently though. Also, with hyperthyroidism iodine isn’t good, and some products have kelp! Neither of my cats want to have fish oil! I don’t know how to get them to eat that.
If my cat is always trying to pee. Female. Could she just have a uti?
Thank you so much Zephyr Kitty and I love your channel
Ver helpful video. Thank you. I really appreciate you mentioning Homeo Animal products.
Thanks for the tips. The logic is intuitively plausible, however a sample size of 1 is not enough to determine that said steps were the actual remedy as opposed to crystals passing naturally, or some other unknown factor.
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Are the test strips for people or for cats?
What are they called?
Interesting video but there was no mention of cat’s drinking water quality ie pH and Mineral level. I am under the understanding that good water quality has a positive role in preventing crystalization in a cat’s urine. I give my cat water with a very low mineral content (< 5 ppm) and a pH of 6.3 which I understand is ideal. Am I wasting my time?
I would be scared to feed mice to my pet. I know most rats die from some of cancer at the end of life. Maybe mice are different from rats?
Hi Jess! I am going to start feeding our two cats raw diet tonight and I am excited! I want to thank you again for educating us about raw diet and cat’s health! Your videos are very educational! One of my cats has struvite crystals in his bladder and I gave him a week of prescription diet then now I give him Cranimal (cranberry supplement for pets.) I am in Canada and I found raw fermented goat milk in pet store here. May I kindly ask if raw fermented goat milk is good or bad for cat with struvite crystals in bladder? When I did my research online, some said to avoid milk if struvite crystals or stones exist, some said fermented milk is acidic so it would good for dissolving or preventing struvite crystals, may I ask what’s your take on that? Many thanks! 😺😸🐕🐶🙏❤️
Jess please help me Im so stressed and depressed.
I’m so sad took my cat in to the San Diego humane society he was blocked I couldn’t afford the ER since he is a feril cat but has been in my care and in my house for 5 years they said since he was very aggressive to staff they needed to sedate him and that was very high$300 to $400 in cost not including overnight stay and meds. The San Diego humane society took him under the feril program unblocked him and sent him home with me with gabapentin meds twice a day and keep him in a silent dark area in my house. It’s been 4 days he is now making frequent trips to the bathroom and eating and drinking water but begins to yowl from time to time. Just purchased Pretty litter and there is blood in his urine. Is this normal for blood and the yowling seems like he wants out since he likes being outside in the day time or is he in pain? Also have another feril cat a female whom they both are very close to each other but lately she has been a bully to him when he uses the litter box or gets near it. I have two litter boxes in the same place where they sleep. She now is temporarily staying outside so she can’t bully my or make my cat possibly blocked again. The humane society said this type of block was from high stress and not diet. I still have him isolated in a dim silent place my garage but the blood in the urine and the yowling gets me worried. The humane society said you must keep him in a dim low noise place for a week and keep giving him gabapentin and wet foid If blocked reoccur then they may just do euthanasia since he is very aggressive with staff and difficult to handle. Funny he is not like that with me. I love him very much 5 years of TLC took me a year to gain his trust and it was pain staking. Am I over reacting? Stressing to much please help. BTW they put a catheter on him for two days but then my cat got fed up and removed it they could bo longer keep him since he was showing high levels of stress and he wanted out of that place. BTW both cats spaid and neutered ever since they showed up on my property. The yowling breajs my heart is ge dying is he just stressed and wants out to go outside with his female buddy? Man Im so distraught. 😢
Hey Jen, are you able to answer my question on cat litter please?
I feed Zephyr kitty 1 can. 2.9 oz. Twice a day 12 hours apart.
Veterinarian put him on a diet. Was free feeding him dry C / D
But he developed chronic
Constipation. Poor guy
I do add good extra virgin olive oil to his soft food 1 teaspoon a day. Feeding time
6 : 30 am & 6 : 30 pm
He has lost a couple pounds
Was 15.5 Now 13 pounds
The olive oil gives him a few more calories. Next month back to Veterinarian for check up
I’ve never thought about "feeding too late in the day". It makes sense. Thank you so much for all of the information, as always.
When you started talking about homeopathy I lost all faith in your ability to be a good source of information as it indicates that you have only a surface-level understanding of anything and you’re not the kind of person to do deep research or listen to experts at all.
Google Apple cider vinegar for reducing and prevention crystals in cats and dogs. You can put in water and mix with water and give orally if an emergency. Ive done this with success. PLEASE GOOGLE THIS AND CHECK CAT GROUPS FOR TESTIMONY.
Hi, hoping to get a response on this if possible! Wondering what the significance in feeding earlier meals is? How does this encourage your cat to urinate at night? My cat seems to urinate at night usually as well as the morning, but I guess it could be more frequent than it is because I unfortunately didn’t pay attention as often to the timings she urinates – I just paid attention to the amount that was in the box!
What type of crystals did your cat have? My cat has calcium oxalate crystals and also suffers from idiopathic hypercalcemia I also know that the treatment varies depending on the type of crystals the cat has
I wonder if a cat starts getting fat, if the fat starts interfering with the ureter preventing it from expanding to allow fluid past a blockage or if the pressure from the fat can exert pressure on the ureter.
Good job! I’m happy to see you made Jericho healthy and thanks for sharing what helped, I’m going to try some of the products you mentioned I appreciate the knowledge!
Cranberry extract and a urinary tract sensitive food. My 15 yr old male had life long problems. Now he sounds like a cow peeing on a flat rock. His 13 yr old cat brother has always been healthy. Use Seresto collars. Cats rule.
Hey Jess I was just wondering what are your thoughts on nulo?
4.00 : the came back from deep sleep!
Ground mice???? R these ready to buy ?and from where plz
Thank you so much for your information. What are the urine-test-strips called? And how to test the urine when I use clumping litterclay? My cat won’t pee in an empty litterbox and gets very stressed.
Thank you for your valuable information about cats, cat food, everything. I am not able to afford a traditional veterinarian for my 13 year old cats. My Male cat has a struvite crystal stone. What do you say about adding DL Methionine to a good all around wet cat food, such as Nulo Chicken Turkey grain free recipe? Thank you in advance.
My 1 year old female has bladder crystals. How I realized she had a problem, she started peeing on couch rather than litter box. Do you know if she will resume litter box after surgery? And stop using couch etc? Thanks
And your kitty is BEAUTIFUL
hi🎉
I live in the Russian Federation. I have a cat, a Highland Fold breed, he is 3 years old, but he was given to me when he was already one year old, and he lived in the village and ate everything that people eat at the table: for example, pasta, boiled potatoes, and so on. The first year I fed him purely raw animal food: for example, chicken necks, chicken liver, chicken skin, minced turkey – all the products were raw. But then, I got lazy and started giving him cheap dry food: Felix, Kitekat. Then I noticed that he began to drink little water in the month of July, in the heat, and sometimes the water evaporated while I was not at home, and he simply did not drink enough liquid, the urine became concentrated. And then I noticed that the cat stopped peeing altogether and walked barely moving, lost his appetite, he vomited and had a full bladder, I took him for catheterization of the bladder, the catheter was installed, and then immediately removed, there was a lot of squirt in the urine , cloudy urine and a lot of mucus, a lot of suspended matter, and in general the cat got very sick. After removing the catheter, he immediately came to life and he had an appetite and he was even playful and so on, but after that he again began to pee every other time (literally every other day), sometimes I took him to express his bladder, they gave him drugs: Drotaverine or no-spa meloxivet, and he even sometimes emptied his bladder on his own at the moment he fell asleep and the sphincters relaxed. But then he began to deteriorate again, I refused antibiotics, and tests too, because I couldn’t afford it. Now I’ve started giving him, in addition to raw meat, which he’s been eating for 2 weeks now. I’ve been giving him Royal Canin urinary for 2 days now, so we’ll see what happens next. Also my observations: after two weeks of feeding raw meat, I gave him wet food, which contains boiled meat, and after that he again experienced urinary retention. Perhaps this is connected somehow, perhaps or not.
также хочу обратить Ваше внимание на то, что при кормлении даже мясом, но в варёном виде- ph мочи повышается.
I asked my vet if there was an alternative to the HORRIBLE prescription cat food, she said no. My guy is a Manx and has Manx syndrome which includes both urinary and fecal incontinence. He also has a heart murmur that doesn’t heart require meds and FIV. He’s EXTREMELY picky and is a trickle feeder and so I’m constantly putting down and picking up food especially because my other "healthy " bay had the has the same feeding pattern. Because of expense, time constraints and some level of laziness I’ve settled in on feeding him a combination of Purina pro plan chicken/turkey and giblets (not great I know, but he’ll eat it)/Rawz kibble and Stella & Chewys topper (rabbit). Now that the vet is concerned about crystal formation, I’m substituting Hills urinary care kibble for the Rawz. I would LOVE to feed them both a raw food diet and in the past with my first two cats did so for the first year with actual raw chicken recipes and Primal/S&C raw nuggets. They grew to dislike it though. So, I’m wondering what strategy I can utilize on him now. I hate feeding him the Hills. It’s full of a lot of CRAP as I’m sure you are probably aware of. Is it really that beneficial to put them on a feeding schedule? I think it would be quite difficult in my case but I’m willing to try. I’m also willing to try raw with him. Do you have any other recommendations in my specific case? Thanks so much.