Should I take my cat to the vet????

[cece]

Early this morning while I was in the bathroom our cat did a wee in the bath (don't ask!). Anyway when I had a look to see what she had done there was definite bloody tinge to her wee. She seems OK in herself but should I take her to the vet?

I know the answer is probaby yes but I wondered how urgently I needed to take her really...

On the basis that you'd be straight to the doctor if it were you or your family with blood in their urine, I think that the cat ought to see a vet though realise it comes at a price. Our cat had a cold last year that took two visits and cost £100. Tis the price you pay - quite literally - when owning a pet. Hope it's nothing serious

Yes definitely - sounds like classic symptoms of cystitis. More serious in male cats, but she'll need to go to the vet.

Incidentally, did you(and your cat) feel the earthquake last week? Apparently vets are always full of cats with cystitis after earthquakes and tremors (so a vet from San Francisco told me) - it's stress related.

We had strong tremors in Manchester and the cat went mental, no sign of any ill effects though

Take her to the vet asap, she will need an injection, my cat has Feline Lower Urine Tract disease and has bouts of cystitis every few weeks. Costs about £40 each time. I am not saying she has this, but cystitis is nasty in a cat.

Thank you that is exactly what the vet though it might be when I phoned so we are off to the vets later...

Thanks, she went, she was diagnosed with cystitis, she was injected, I am £52 worse off

Hope she - and your bank balance! - recover quickly

Are you getting her to drink enough by the way? There's a lot to be said for giving water in a mug, it's just the right height for them to slurp with no effort. I've found it very successful with my pair of idiots 2 cats.

oh will go and try the mug thing now she is drinking a lot...

We took our cat to the emergency vet the other night with cystitis ... cost us £114

The injections do work though; the cat was obviously feeling better within 12 hours.

Our vet suggested getting some tins of tuna in spring water, draining off the water and giving her that to keep her fluids up. We also boiled up some white fish and gave her the water (although I also had to give her the fish so that she got the water).

Our cat has always preferred to drink from a mug too; I just thought she was odd!

wig wam . Now I don't feel so bad about my bill!