Experience with kitty UTI/Cystitis ?
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Experience with kitty UTI/Cystitis ?
| Tue, 07-13-2004 - 11:23am |
Morning everyone,
I am wondering for those of you who've had kitties with urinary infections, if your cat drank enough water to flush out the bladder, or did you need to take the cat to the vet's for injectable fluids? I am not sure if Misha is drinking enough. She prefers dry food which doesn't help.
Any advice is much appreciated! :-)
Suzy


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Suzy, I wouldn't try milk unless you know for sure it won't make her tummy upset (if she's had it before with no problem). You could try Cat Milk, which I think is basically a soy milk for cats that you can buy in any petstore. You could also try keeping her water as fresh and cold as possible (cats prefer cold water), and you could also try pouring a little water into her dry food. That's what I did with Tasha.
Extra water will help her to flush the infection faster.
Edited 7/13/2004 1:21 pm ET ET by unicorn21
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Just to add to this discussion... If a cat is eating canned food he/she won't need to drink very much as the canned food contains a high
The vet tech said that to me this morning, and I have tried giving Misha Science Diet canned food but she only licks the gravy and won't eat the meat. To my dismay, she then threw up today for the first time since I've had her. I feel awful. I don't know if it was caused by the canned food or by the medicine she's getting. I am so frustrated that the vet won't call back. I know she's busy, but I've been waiting for several hours.
I may try giving Misha some water in a syringe again if that's what it takes. It's going to be awful going to work tomorrow while I'm worried about her home alone.
Thanks again for the good advice....I think it would work if only she could keep it down.
Hugs,
Suzy
I put down a wee bit of milk yesterday but Patches beat her to it. LOL I will see if she'll drink it or maybe some broth. Misha thanks you for the kisses!
It would be great if we could have a Cats board meeting sometime. I love everyone's pets here just as if they were my own. We are such a good group....like an extended family :-)
Many hugs & kisses to Scooby
Suzy
I put a little water on her dry food last night & she did drink some of it, but then she ignored the food when it got mushy. She's a finicky gal! LOL
Hugs to Tasha for me!
Suzy
I'll keep you posted :-) (Poor Thomie is so stressed. She & Misha got into some sort of fight yesterday. All dh heard was the cats high pitched yowling and them chasing each other. Neither appears to be hurt physically. Thomie won't come upstairs from the basement. She is acting strange. We carried her upstairs, but if she sees Misha she growls and hisses up a storm. I think she would have been more happy as an "only cat", but alas that's not an option. She barely tolerates the other cats as it is. I would only give her up to a family member if I knew they'd give her the attention she needs. In the meantime, we will try our best to nurture her and hope she'll calm down).
Talk to you soon!
Suzy
Suzy, perhaps you may want to ask your vet about liquid glucosimine.
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