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RE: UTI in male cat

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Posted by: PHDrTobin at Tue Mar 7 11:02:35 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHDrTobin ]  
   

First, stop feeding dry food. This seems to be the main cause of urinary tract infections. You say that everrything seems normal on the urinanalysis, so it is possible that there is no infection but only interference from stones, or if there are stones and an infection, the stones act as a source of infection. While antibiotics might be indicated, keeping the cat on ABs for a long time is not a good idea. So lets try treating the infection and dissolving any stones. Give the cat a cranberry concentrate softgel twice a day, puree either canned food or raw meat with an equal amount of water and give this to the cat as the diet, along with a teaspoon ascorbic acid over the course of the day in his food, and increasing amounts of salt in the food until you reach the limits of how much salt the cat will tolerate. The dilute, acidic urine will dissolve the stones and crystals, and the cranberry concentrate will help flush out the bacteria. You will probably need to continue this for quite some time, but if he doesn't show improvement in 3-4 days, he may need an antibiotic for a short while.


   

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