Treating UTI in feral cats

trickyspark · Nov 29, 2014

I feed and care for a feral colony that resides at an old barn two miles from my home. I have noticed one going to urinate and producing little to no urine and thought perhaps it was an isolated UTI.

While figuring out how to catch and treat this baby I have seen 10 or more do the same thing. Some are tame,some are not.

What could this be and how might I treat them all? Is there something I could mix in their food or water?

trickyspark · Nov 29, 2014

Forgot to mention, feeding Purina One Cat Chow dry mixed with Friskies canned. I know there is "better" food out there, but seeing as I only earn $700 a month and there are 57 cats, I cant afford better.

stephenq · Nov 29, 2014

trickyspark said:
I feed and care for a feral colony that resides at an old barn two miles from my home. I have noticed one going to urinate and producing little to no urine and thought perhaps it was an isolated UTI.

While figuring out how to catch and treat this baby I have seen 10 or more do the same thing. Some are tame,some are not.

What could this be and how might I treat them all? Is there something I could mix in their food or water?

I would say you're in a bad situation. Can you trap the sick one and get him to a vet? if it was a UTI (and not a blockage from crystals, you could in theory put antibiotics in his food, that's if a) a vet would give you the meds without a diagnosis b) if you could get him to eat it and c) if that was the actual cause.

sarah ann · Nov 30, 2014

I would try switching all the cats to Purina One Urinary. It might help. Given the number of cats I'm not sure what else you can do.

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