Growing kittens, pregnant or nursing cats. Patients with concurrent use of urinary acidifiers, moderate to advanced heart failure, kidney disease, hepatic disease, debilitation, hypermetabolism, dehydration or underweight.

High levels of lysine and carnitine to maintain lean muscle mass during weight loss. Provides an optimal blend of soluble and insoluble fibre to trigger satiety and to fill the upper GI tract to give cats a feeling of fullness. Suggested feeding amounts may sometimes need to be decreased to produce optimum weight loss. Note: Encourage increased water intake. Veterinary supervised exercise may be beneficial in combination with weight loss. For optimum results, full client cooperation must be obtained, and all food intake must be strictly controlled. After reaching the target body weight, a cat should be fed Prescription Diet Metabolic Feline, Prescription Diet w/d Feline or Vet Essentials Neutered cat food to maintain optimum body weight, and avoid weight gain. Realistic weight loss is approximately 1% of body weight per week. S+OXSHIELD: Formulated to promote a urinary environment that reduces the risk of developing struvite & calcium oxalate crystals