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| Diet
Feeding your cat an appropriate diet is critical
to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Many cats with various
diseases such as chronic cystitis, renal failure, obesity,
and diabetes, really benefit from diets designed to control
and manage their illnesses. To start, we are going to focus
on the Hills Prescription Diets, those we carry and those
that you can special order through us. We also carry the IVD/Royal
Canin and Purina diets.
A wonderful benefit of offering different lines of cat food
is the variety. Cats are picky eaters, and for cats with diseases
such as chronic renal failure and cystitis, it is important
to carry an array of foods that will help manage these conditions
to keep your cat interested.
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City Cats carries several different types
of feline diets, including
Hills Prescription Diet. Our
team can help you determine the best product for your cat's
needs.
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| a/d |
This food is intended to help cats recover from diseases or
surgery. It is an extremely palatable diet that most cats love
and encourages them to eat on their own. What makes it great
for recovery is that it rebuilds muscle mass and promotes tissue
healing throughout the body. It also stimulates the immune system.
a/d is only intended to be used short term, so it is not a maintenance
diet.
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| c/d |
This food is intended to help control the development of struvite
crystals and to manage Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease. The
diet works by maintaining a normal acidic pH of the urine to
prevent struvite crystal formation. Lower levels of magnesium
also assist in this process. The canned c/d also helps with
chronic cystitis. It has a higher amount of moisture to increase
daily water intake. This in turn increases urine volume and
causes the urine to be more dilute. For kitties with chronic
cystitis, FLUTD, or struvite crystals, c/d is a great choice
and is a maintenance diet.
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| d/d |
This diet is for kitties with adverse reactions to food. It
works because it contains a single protein and a single carbohydrate
source (lamb and rice) that usually do not cause food allergies
in cats. d/d is also great for cats that suffer from gastroenteritis
or inflammatory bowel disease; it is easy on a sensitive stomach.
This diet only comes canned and can be a long term maintenance
diet.
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| g/d |
This food is a geriatric diet meant for older kitties with
heart disease, heart failure, and renal failure. It has reduced
levels of phosphorus to prevent the onset of kidney disease,
and it has reduced sodium to prevent the buildup of fluids in
the body. Taurine is added to this diet to help the heart function
efficiently. g/d can be fed as a long term diet, it comes in
both canned and dry, and it must be special ordered through
City Cats.
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| i/d |
This diet is intended for cats with acute or chronic gastroenteritis,
pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and constipation.
Kitties that constantly have diarrhea or vomiting also respond
well to this food; It is highly digestible and helps replenish
nutrients lost with vomiting and diarrhea. i/d is sold in both
wet and dry varieties.
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| k/d |
This is one of the most popular diets sold at City Cats that
manages chronic renal failure in cats. It has reduced phosphorus
levels, reduced sodium levels, and helps control the amount
of urine loss as a result of kidney disease. It also reduces
the workload of the kidneys. This can be fed as a long term
diet and comes canned and dry.
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| l/d |
This cat food helps control liver diseases like hepatic lipidosis
and hepatic encephalopathy. It is high in antioxidants and quality
protein to ease the workload of the liver. This diet comes canned
and dry and must be special ordered through City Cats.
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| m/d |
This diet manages obesity and diabetes mellitus in cats. For
weight loss, this diet has a low level of carbohydrates, high
protein levels, high carnitine levels to burn calories, and
high fiber content to reduce fat and build up muscle mass. For
diabetes, it helps to control insulin activity and glucose levels.
We sell both wet and dry m/d.
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| p/d |
This diet is ideally fed to kittens to promote healthy growth
and development. Kittens have special needs as they mature,
and p/d includes the protein, calories, and fat they need to
fully develop. This diet is also great for cats recovering from
surgery or disease. It comes dry and canned and can be fed as
a maintenance kitten diet. Once a kitten becomes mature, it
should switch to an adult diet.
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| r/d |
For cats struggling with obesity, this is the perfect diet
to try. r/d is not intended to be a long term diet; usually
it's used for about 3 months to shave off weight and then a
maintenance diet is chosen. It is a low calorie, high fiber
food with extremely high levels of carnitine to burn fat and
increase muscle mass. r/d also manages struvite crystal formation
in obese cats. This diet comes both canned and dry.
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| s/d |
This diet is great for dissolving struvite crystals by creating
a more acidic urinary pH and by having lower levels of magnesium.
This is not recommended for a long term maintenance diet because
of the increased acidity, so it is best to feed s/d to dissolve
the crystals and then switch over to a preventative diet like
c/d. This diet controls Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease and
comes both canned and dry. It is high in calories.
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| t/d |
Our top seller at City Cats because of our special interest
in dentistry and prevention of dental disease, this diet is
great for reducing the amount of tartar, plaque, and staining
on the teeth. The kibbles are larger than most feline diets,
forcing the cats to really bite down and nourish the teeth and
gums. t/d reduces gingivitis and scrubs away at the surface
of the teeth. It only comes as a dry kibble, but it is extremely
palatable and not many cats will refuse to eat it! This is a
great maintenance diet and it is low calorie!
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| w/d |
This diet is also a popular one at City Cats and is a great
maintenance diet. It is extremely rich in fiber which helps
cats battle obesity, colitis, diabetes, constipation, and diarrhea.
It's also a great low calorie food and has high levels of carnitine
to burn fat and build muscle mass. w/d comes both canned and
dry.
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| x/d |
This diet is specifically for kitties with calcium oxalate
crystals. It manages FLUTD, and with added potassium, it creates
a more alkaline urinary pH which inhibits the formation of
calcium oxalate crystals. This diet also has a reduced level
of sodium. Cats can be on this diet long term, and it comes
both canned and dry.
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| z/d |
Designed for cats with food allergies, the proteins in this
food are hydrolyzed and can escape through the animal's system
undetected, preventing any adverse reactions to the diet. There
is also only a single carbohydrate source, rice, minimizing
the chance of a food allergy. There are omega-3 fatty acids
which help reduce any inflammation in the intestinal tract.
This diet is great for kitties with skin allergies, gastroenteritis,
colitis, and inflammatory bowel disease, and it only comes dry. |
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