Cat UTI

[Thoughtsareswirling]

My cat appears to have a UTI . This is the second time she has had it and I think it was firework night that caused it. She was very stressed during a full week of them being let off every night .She has peed on our bed and there is a lot of blood in the urine. Off to the vet tomorrow but I have never had a cat with UTIs before. I am already hyper vigilant about her scratching the carpet which she has ruined, and now we have to keep the bedroom door shut all the time. Last time she peed on the mattress we had gone on holiday and she was very stressed. It ruined the mattress.

We are moving house next year and I fear that will trigger it again. Is there anything that helps ?

There is a tablet called cystophan which you can buy OTC and vets recommend for preventing urine infections.

I would also recommend Katkor granules or similar for collecting urine samples for testing.

The vet may suggest some calming stuff - there is Calm food, also Feliway plug ins etc, all of which are meant to calm the cat down as apparently stress often connects to feline UTIs.

Cytease and D-Mannose tablets are both really good for urinary health.

Cats can also be prescribed an appropriate dose antidepressant to help with stress and anxiety. That might be a longterm solution for you. I sympathise - I've had two cats who are/were prone to stress-induced UTIs. It's both dangerous for them and expensive for me! Last one cost me $14k...

How would I administer them to a cat though? She won’t eat anything that’s had anything added to it and refuses to swallow anything I give her. Strangely she will eat her worming pill on its own.

The vet was useless. Feliway plug ins are his only suggestion. £80 for an injection and some drops!

@Thoughtsareswirling can't help you there - mine will just take tablets as they are unfortunately!

tablets- if they are hard tablets (like an aspirin) - grind it up into powder. I've used a heavy metal knife handle which works well.

If they are capsules in little plastic pill containers, you can usually twist the capsule in its half way mark, or if not then you can carefully cut it in half. This gives you a little pile of powder and no plastic.

With your little pile of powder (e.g. the drugs for the cat), I've found it works well to stir the powder into a Lick E Lix, or a Felix Meaty Soup - whatever your cat is greedy for and will gobble down. This means the cat eats the food and therefore eats up the pill.

(My cat would never tolerate being force fed a pill so this is the best option I've found).