Roishana Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 My 14 year old Golden has just had emergency surgery for bladder stones and the vet has insisted that she now be fed on Hills Science CD which is a prescription diet. Can anyone suggest where I could buy this where it might be cheaper than my local vet? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben and Jerry Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 You won't find it in retail stores and I don't think online either(never looked so not to sure there). You could shop around your local vets but I don't know wether or not your dog has to of been a patient there in the past to get the food or if vets will even have a much difference in price. Good luck with your search . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumtoshelley Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 heres one place http://www.vetproductsdirect.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinabean Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 You won't find it in retail stores and I don't think online either(never looked so not to sure there). You could shop around your local vets but I don't know wether or not your dog has to of been a patient there in the past to get the food or if vets will even have a much difference in price. Good luck with your search . Not sure if it's the same in Qld but in WA retail stores don't (or can't?) sell it. As BJ suggested you can shop around at local vets. Your dog doesn't need to be a patient of a clinic for you to buy prescription food from them. I do this and save myself about $10 a bag on the Hills allergen free Z/D. I didn't have much luck finding it online but didn't try too hard TBH, as I'm not going to be buying it long term. Good luck. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raffikki Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 after a quick google search there are these 4 places online Vet Products Direct $102.55 The Vet Shed $105.64 Aussie Pet $101.20 Dr Carl $97.40 Of course you have to also consider the shipping costs ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordogs Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Your vet should be able to order some for you. Actually it's a wonder that he didn't suggest that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 The OP asked for cheaper than the local vet. It is horrible expensive food especially when you check out the ingredients. I found my vet was about the same price as the online stores + freight. It is just expensive food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordogs Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 OOPs by the time freight is added then you may as well buy from your vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raffikki Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 If you have a vet hostital with a derm department or uni with the same, close to you, it may be slightly cheaper from there. I used to get the z/d from the derm at the uni and it was $119, compared to about $130 from my local vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikitten Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'm beginning to believe that these prescription diets are a crock of #### anyway. My cat was on that stuff for UTI crystal prevention - aside from vomiting it up all his life, he still died from a crystal blockage. Probably would have been better to put him on a natural BARF diet with no crappy corn/wheat/grains in it - which is what that prescription stuff is still full of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisovar Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Prescription Diets certainly have a place and many animals benefit from them. Some owners cannot/will not prepare suitable meals from scratch. kiwikitten if your cat could not tolerate the diet why did you continue to feed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumtoshelley Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Rascal my 6 year old male chihuahua is feed hills prescription w/d as he is prone to putting on weight no matter how less or how much exercise I give him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I'm beginning to believe that these prescription diets are a crock of #### anyway. My cat was on that stuff for UTI crystal prevention - aside from vomiting it up all his life, he still died from a crystal blockage. Probably would have been better to put him on a natural BARF diet with no crappy corn/wheat/grains in it - which is what that prescription stuff is still full of. Prescription Diets certainly have a place and many animals benefit from them. Some owners cannot/will not prepare suitable meals from scratch. kiwikitten if your cat could not tolerate the diet why did you continue to feed it? The L/D prescription diet has saved my dog's life. Currently watching her doing zoomies and playing with her mate. So I don't think it should be totally dismissed. There isn't a suitable meal I could make up and feed her. I can give her the odd alternative meal but it usually results in some fluid build up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussielover Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I'm beginning to believe that these prescription diets are a crock of #### anyway. My cat was on that stuff for UTI crystal prevention - aside from vomiting it up all his life, he still died from a crystal blockage. Probably would have been better to put him on a natural BARF diet with no crappy corn/wheat/grains in it - which is what that prescription stuff is still full of. The diets are specific for certain types of crystals/stones. Did you ever get an analysis on the crystals? That could be why the food was not effective. There are struvite, calcium oxalates and urate stones all of which require separate diets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussielover Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Rascal my 6 year old male chihuahua is feed hills prescription w/d as he is prone to putting on weight no matter how less or how much exercise I give him. Have you had his thyroid tested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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