Keep a close eye on your cat. I had a situation last year where my cat (which I adopted from the SPCA) started showing similar symptoms. My vet and the spca told me my cat was a female. My vet said she had a bladder infection and sent me home with antibiotics. Within a week, my cat had died.

"She" got worse and by the weekend she was not moving and could not urinate at all. I took her to the afterhours vet which quickly advised me my cat was actually a male and was in kidney failure due to an advanced UTI. We were too late and he had to be euthanized. We were in shock and had no time to consider any other options. It was completely a devastating experience. Had I known my cat was a neutered male, I would have caught it sooner (at the stage you are at now). I actually have a young cat that came to me as a stray showing similar symptoms and I am putting him on the cranberry concentrate (as the holistic vet has advised!) because I believe I am catching it early enough. Please keep a close watch on your cat to make sure the symptoms do not get worse I would hate for you to go through what we went through with our cat last year. Good luck and keep us posted! But I do agree with the holistic vet's advice with respect to dry food - we have switched ours over to wet cat food. I hope he recovers soon! I totally understand your financial situation as well - it is not easy especially when our babies get sick.

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• UTI in male cat - starrbabe24, Mon Mar 6 15:45:46 2006
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