How do you treat urinary tract infection in a cat?

Answer 1

The term Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD) is a general term, used to describe a variety of disorders, including struvite crystals, oxalate stones, cystitis, bladder stones and kidney stones. FLUTD sometimes involves surgery, particularly in the case of oxalate stones, but prevention is relatively straight forward.

Answer 2

Symptoms of urinary tract infection in cats are discolored urine or blood in urine. Take your cat to the vet if he or she has these symptoms or seems to experience discomfort during urination.

Answer 3

Urinary tract infections are not uncommon in cats. Treatment for the first infection is typically antibiotics prescribed by your veterinarian.

If your cat has repeated or frequent urinary tract infections, your veterinarian will start to look for underlying predisposing factors such as perineal malformation, kidney or bladder stones, urinary retention, nutritional issues, Diabetes or bladder cancer.

Answer 4

I've heard you can pull the cat's penis out of it's slot and massage it and give it cranberry juice

Answer 5

If you are worried that your cat may have a urinary tract infection, watch how often he or she visits the litter box. If they go often and only expel a small amount, it may be a sign.

Answer 6

Frequent visits to the litter box , little or no evidence of urination and repeatedly licking the genitalia ; a visit to the veterinarian is best .

Answer 7

Bladder leackage and itchy rectum