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Riley (my male cat) was originally on my vet's prescription bladder diet, since he was prone to getting bladder stones and had been overweight, lethargic, and complained when he went to the bathroom (due to stones in his bladder). He had surgery on his bladder to remove the stones, which relieved his discomfort when urinating, but he still remained lethargic, overweight, and generally not a very energetic cat.

I then learned of Dr. Marty Nature's Feast cat food and decided to try it to determine if it would help Riley to feel better, reduce his weight, improve his general health, and hopefully reduce his chances of bladder stone reoccurrence.

I began feeding him Nature's Feast about 8–9 months ago. First, very gradually, and then most of his daily food intake became Nature's Feast (with the exception of a canned prescription meat cat food) as his morning food.

As the months moved forward I noticed that he seemed more energetic and his coat improved. In addition, he lost about 1.7 lbs in weight, which was good for him. However, he still sometimes complained when he went to the bathroom.

At his February 2022 wellness visit with his vet, almost everything was within normal ranges for him except his vet performed an x-ray to check his bladder and kidneys and found his bladder free of stones, but one of his kidneys had three small stones in it. Riley has never had kidney stones, and the appearance of them now after this change in his diet, raises the questions as to whether his new Nature's Feast food may be the cause of the kidney stones.

When I indicated to my veterinarian that I had changed his diet, the vet indicated that the Nature's Feast type of diet, where there are no grains of any kind, is not recommended for proper kidney and bladder function, and suggested I stop feeding him Nature's Feast and return to the prescription diet that he was on before. However, the prescription diet created issues with my cat's weight, made him more lethargic, and had many fillers and chemicals that I felt might be doing more harm than good, and may have been the reason for his past medical issues.

I am in a quandary as to what's best for my cat Riley at this time. My question, as I end this commentary, is would Nature's Feast have caused kidney stones to form in his kidney because of a lack of grains in the cat food diet as suggested by my vet?

I would like to provide Riley with food that will keep him healthy, free of stones in both organs, and gradually losing weight.

Can you help me with this determination?