Has anyone had a cat with constant UTIs? We are at our wits end with our cat and currently doing a "hail Mary" treatment. She gets UTI almost every other month. We've had her on special food from the vet for this for over a year. We switched her litter to wood pellets that were supposidly better. We have multiple litter boxes. We have lots of cat climbs and Windows beds. (We have 2 cats and 3 dogs so we want the cats to have space away from the dogs).
She tells us she has an infection by peeing on the bed or the couch. We take her in, they test, it's a UTI we do anti biotics she's good for about 2 months. But then bam your sitting in cat pee (sometimes poop). And she only does it when she has an infection otherwise she goes in the box ok. But because it's a constant struggle this has made it where we have to lock her up in the bathroom when we aren't home or awake to watch her. (Im a sahm so it's not like full 8 hr work days, but I will be part time in fall so it will be longer) I feel it's very unfair but I don't know what else to do.
The vet ran tests and she only has a UTI and inflamed bladder so the vet is doing laser treatment which she said should help keep the UTIs away for 6-8 mo. Because of what it does to keep the bladder from getting enflamed. But because they don't see any other issues it must be stress or environment induced.
I don't know what else to do for her except plastic wrap all my furniture like they did in the 70s. (I'm already almost there with a waterproof couch throw and all the beds have the vinyl covers under the sheets)
The vet said we could try her on xanax to see if that will help if she's stressed.
We rescued her from the pound a few years ago with kittens. And for a while we thought this was behavioral, then we started taking her to get checked and it was consistently a UTI. It has gotten worse over the last year 1/2 which is why we started the special food, and starting doing what we could in the house. But if this treatment doesn't help Im not sure what to do. Life in a bathroom isn't fair but neither Is living in cat pee. People have suggested outdoor cat but we live by coyotes not to mention all the stray dogs. Guess I'm hoping for someone out there who's had this problem to give some hope.
She tells us she has an infection by peeing on the bed or the couch. We take her in, they test, it's a UTI we do anti biotics she's good for about 2 months. But then bam your sitting in cat pee (sometimes poop). And she only does it when she has an infection otherwise she goes in the box ok. But because it's a constant struggle this has made it where we have to lock her up in the bathroom when we aren't home or awake to watch her. (Im a sahm so it's not like full 8 hr work days, but I will be part time in fall so it will be longer) I feel it's very unfair but I don't know what else to do.
The vet ran tests and she only has a UTI and inflamed bladder so the vet is doing laser treatment which she said should help keep the UTIs away for 6-8 mo. Because of what it does to keep the bladder from getting enflamed. But because they don't see any other issues it must be stress or environment induced.
I don't know what else to do for her except plastic wrap all my furniture like they did in the 70s. (I'm already almost there with a waterproof couch throw and all the beds have the vinyl covers under the sheets)
The vet said we could try her on xanax to see if that will help if she's stressed.
We rescued her from the pound a few years ago with kittens. And for a while we thought this was behavioral, then we started taking her to get checked and it was consistently a UTI. It has gotten worse over the last year 1/2 which is why we started the special food, and starting doing what we could in the house. But if this treatment doesn't help Im not sure what to do. Life in a bathroom isn't fair but neither Is living in cat pee. People have suggested outdoor cat but we live by coyotes not to mention all the stray dogs. Guess I'm hoping for someone out there who's had this problem to give some hope.
