I think the cat has a uti and the vet isn’t open until Weds!

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I don’t think it warrants an out of hours Xmas visit as she seems ok in herself but just caught her peeing up against the front door which is unusual. I shouted at her and she ran in the front room and peed a small amount on the hearth. I put her in the litter tray and she got out and peeed a small amount in the middle of the dining room. She doesn’t normal do this! Though she is a bit litter box averse when it comes to poos and normally just poos in the middle of the dining room!

Has anyone any experience of the remedies available on Amazon being any good until I can get her seen?

I think you need to get her seen ASAP. . They can get blockages if left. Hope she’s ok.

Cystease! I mix it in with wet food and add a little water to her food. It’s a godsend.

Push fluids - tuna water (tuna in spring water), I also give mine the soups.

Also they’re often stress related in girls - mine got cystitis on Christmas Day last year, after we had a fox hanging round the garden. I gave her a very long relaxing brush and she calmed down considerably, alongside the cystease etc it cleared up by Boxing Day.

Vet nurse here.
I would get her seen before Wednesday. If she has crystals it can be very painful and you don't want her to end up with a blocked bladder.
The Vet can give her an antibiotic injection which lasts 14 days and start her on a supplement such as Nutracyst and special urinary food.
Try and get a sample to take in so it can be spun down.

She needs to see an emergency vet ASAP.

Our DCat wasn't peeing last weekend and although her bladder was empty so couldn't be tested we were given anti-inflammatory meds and she is right as rain again now. Please don't trust any meds on Amazon!

Emergency vet will be open, my cat used to suffer UTI, I used to buy a homeopathic treatment for my cat it really helped her.

Cystease is very good if you can get some urgently - although sometimes they need an anti-inflammatory too which means vet. Cystease is available from Amazon etc no prescription nec

@sunshinesupermum

She needs to see an emergency vet ASAP.

Our DCat wasn't peeing last weekend and although her bladder was empty so couldn't be tested we were given anti-inflammatory meds and she is right as rain again now. Please don't trust any meds on Amazon!

Cystease or equivalent is often prescribed by vets. Its a feliway product totally safe

At the emergency vet now

Pets at Home sell Cystease if you have one near you.

Obviously if they seemingly can't pee or there's blood in their pee or if they seem quite distressed or ill you can't avoid an out of hours vet call. But I've also warded off several UTIs in our UTI-prone cat, if caught early, by seriously stepping up their water intake immediately. I get half a sachet of wet food and then add some water (not too much - it still needs to be palatable and not so large they'll throw it up) to make kind of thick soup, and repeat again a small number of hours later. You can also soak dried food, again to soupy consistency. Give them a clean tray and keep checking really carefully what comes out - you'll know things are improving if they do a large pee rather than lots of tiny ones. Then keep it up for at least a couple of days. This relies on the cat being unfussy enough to accept 'soup' though. There will be an out of hours vet on call if your cat seems properly unwell who would give them anti-inflammatories/ antibiotics. Also - a nice calm environment is important. If the house is full of family/visitors/ Christmas chaos, give her her own safe, quiet space. UTIs can be triggered by stress in cats.... (I'm no vet obviously, but I have a UTI-prone cat)

Thought it better to get to the vets rather than risk it getting worse. I’m not actually registered at this vets. Mine is shut but this one is open

Cat is quite fussy. Not sure she’d eat soupy food. She’s also a total stress head who I think needs to be on Prozac. She’s refused to go outside for two years as overnight she got terrified of going outside

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Cat is quite fussy. Not sure she’d eat soupy food. She’s also a total stress head who I think needs to be on Prozac. She’s refused to go outside for two years as overnight she got terrified of going outside

mine is a stress head. I can pinpoint exactly what triggered the cystitis - 2 occasions we went away third a trip to vet for vaccination. I keep her on cystease, plenty of wet food and a water fountain to encourage water intake (We did go to the vet after her first attack, got some anti inflammatories. There's never any blood etc in her wee its just all stress that kicks it off)

I'm glad you've got her to the vet. Mine had a UTI last week and I didn't realise what it was at first, she got increasingly distressed by it so I think emergency is right.

Hopefully she will bounce back in no time as mine did - she had a couple of injections (which she did not appreciate) and was absolutely fine after that.

Was a bit embarrassing because I used to be registered at this vets but was unhappy with a few things last year and deregistered. They said they don’t normally see non registered pets but in the circumstances agreed to see me.

She’s had an antibiotic injection, an anti inflammatory injection, I’ve got some drops for tomorrow onwards. Certainly no blockage and they said she seems well apart from a snapped off tooth which they said needs removing as it’s causing her some pain. But that can wait till the new year. They don’t think the tooth is new.

milly74 this sounds just like my DCat. A total stress head bless her! I guess I should get some cysteaze to keep handy.

So pleased you got her seen, I hope your cat is much better soon.

Glad you got her seen, hopefully she’ll be more comfortable now.

Thanks to everyone telling me to go, i hadn’t realised it could be serious.

Glad you got her seen, hopefully she will be more comfortable now and go in her tray!

Very glad to hear you got her seen and sorted OP.

@sunshinesupermum

She needs to see an emergency vet ASAP.

Our DCat wasn't peeing last weekend and although her bladder was empty so couldn't be tested we were given anti-inflammatory meds and she is right as rain again now. Please don't trust any meds on Amazon!

Cystease isn't dodgy just because it's on Amazon - it's a genuine product that's recommended by vets to treat and ward off UTI's in cats

My male has been to the vets for them twice but since starting him on Cystease (at the vets recommendation) he's never had another occurrence.

Well done for taking her OP and I would look at Cystease tablets if this becomes a long-term thing. They can be taken whole or emptied onto food - my boy gets two a day and seems to like them so much that he yells at me if I'm late giving them to him

I know you've been seen now but honestly this sounds behavioural rather than medical.
An anxious cat peeing against a doorway is classic anxiety behaviour. Have you had visitors recently? Different people in and out? Christmas decorations around the door and hearth? Or any new cats around the garden?

Cats often pee against objects because a new scent has been introduced there and they're trying to normalise it.