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Wampus Dragon
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    Iams can be a BAD food for male cats. I hear about problems with it concerning the whole crystals thing. The medicated Science Diet can help in the short term, but I dont recommend it for long term. It still has fillers in it that are NOT good for cats in general. Always read the ingredients. If there is corn/rice as a first ingredient then you need something better. Its not worth it to buy cheaper food in the long run because then you have the vet bills to deal with later.(its true that some cats can eat the friskies/meow mix/crap their whole lives and not have problems. But a lot of cats do and its not a good idea to keep them on it if they get crystals.)

    If he’s getting it this young then I would start feeding him a high protein wet food diet. No dry food at all until it clears up. And maybe not much even after that. I recommend these brands:

    Wellness
    Innova
    Nutro Natural Choice(not Nutro Max)
    Eagle Pack
    Blue Buffalo

    Petsmart and Petco carries all of these brands.

    EDIT: And these are the ‘tread with caution’ brands that I dont recommend to any cat owner:

    Science Diet
    Iams
    Eukanuba
    Anything by Purina
    Anything cheaper than these