My cat has been diagnosed with cystitis last monday.

Question

She was given a antibitics by the vet and seemed to get better. But over the weekend she seems to be stuggerling to pee again. She finishes her antibitics today. will the cystitis pass on its own when she finished heer course of antibitics or will she need some more?

Please help

Answer 1

Cystitis can pass if you take the proper steps to help your cat.

Been there, done this. :o( I have 2 males who I almost lost to FLUTD, struvite crystals, bladder and kidney stones. I managed to cure both of them naturally (with the help of my vet) by feeding a species appropriate Raw food diet and adding in a regimen of natural supplements.

My biggest piece of advice is if your vet advises you to use a “prescription diet” food… choose to skip that route and go for a strictly wet food diet, canned or raw, instead. Vets that prescribe dry prescription foods (GASP!) and even canned prescription diets as the cure to Urinary Tract problems obviously know nothing about feline nutrition and are only bandaiding the problem instead of preventing it in the first place. Sadly, most vets never learn anything about feline nutrition except what the cat food companies teach them when they get them to sell their product. Any vet that would tell you to put your already sick cat on a garbage food made with cheap fillers like Hills Science Diet, Royal Canin, or Purina Prescription clearly knows NOTHING about cats nutritional needs

Cats were never designed to eat dry food. NEVER. They eat their prey whole and wet and they do not have a thirst mechanism. Because of that… cats are designed to eat only wet food. We idiot humans feed dry only for our convenience. They do not take in enough water on a dry diet and so their systems do not fully flush out so they get UTI issues. So, we, by feeding dry, are often the direct cause of all UTI issues in cats. Shows how much we used to know, huh?

What you need to do is unconcentrate the cats urine so that crystals do not have time to form and the system flushed properly as it was designed to do. To do that you need to stop feeding all dry foods and switch to a STRICKTLY wet food diet. Either high quality canned, or a raw diet. It’s not cheap but it will cost you less in the long run than the vet. You can learn about raw food at www.catinfo.org or choose a high quality grain free canned food. No more dry food for your cat ever. Wet food only!

I’ve also personally had success using Glucosomine and Chrondriton for preventing inflammation in the urethra. Discuss this with your vet. There are some major feline studies being done on this that are VERY promising!

If your kittys urine needs more acidity because of struvite Crystals you can also add dry cranberry extract, just a pinch 2X a day on wet food. And you can try a pinch of Vitamin C sprinkled on as well.

Give your kitty distilled water to drink only. Both my vet and I are convinced after speaking with vets all over the county that the hardness and mineral content in water in different areas contributes to the # of cases of UTI’s in those areas. From here on out… distilled water only. Another suggestion… is to get kitty a water fountain. I bought the Bigdog Drinkwell for my cats and keep it filled with distilled water and they love it. It’s a great way to encourage their water consumption.  

Lastly, get yourself a bag of scientific litter so you can keep track of kittys PH levels at home. You won’t be able to detect the crystals at home that cause blockages, but if the ph was off… you could get kitty in for a urine analysis right away and possibly head off a blockage.

Good luck!

Answer 2

If she is almost done with the antibiotics and is still showing symptoms, they probably didn't work and I would recommend you bring her back.

The vet may need to take a urine sample and culture it to find an antibiotic that is more effective against the bacteria causing her infection.

Answer 3

My cat is on his way home today after a lengthy urinary problem caused my stress and inflammation. He did not respond to the first round of treatment and I was scared he was not going to get better. Friday he got worse. But they said that can happen and some take longer. Over the weekend he improved a lot and is peeing on his own with inflammation way down!

Don't give up and let the vet do another treatment and don't take the cat home until they are sure she is peeing on her own well.

Also the information in the long post...I forget the name, is very helpful and is a lot of the stuff I have been hearing and sounds very useful!

Good luck  

Answer 4

Ahhh your poor cat :(

You should have noticed a difference within the first few days, it may be that she needs an extended course, probably best to check with your vet, different vets have different ideas!

It's quite often a recurring problem too, hope not in her case

Have you been advised to make sure she has plenty of access to fresh water too?

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