Has anyone had any experience with their cat having an E. coli infection?! I just brought my girl home from the vet yesterday, and the vet called today to say that she found a lot of E. coli in the urinalysis! She says that it is very rare in cats, and that she's not sure how she would have contracted it. She said it was possible that she has a kidney stone due to her previous FLUTD issues, but that it's not likely in a cat her age (7). She said it could also be that there were feces that ended up traveling from her anus through her vulva (sorry if this is TMI), and that could have caused it. She is a very clean cat however, and licks herself after every "movement", so I don't know if that's the answer either. Has anyone experienced this before? I'm worried, because if I don't know what caused it, how do I know how to prevent it from spreading to my other cat (or me?), and also prevent it from happening again? She is on antibiotics right now, and has had a change of diet, but if that doesn't work, they will have to X-ray to rule out a kidney stone
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Any advice/experience with this would be very much appreciated!! I'm scared for my baby girl!
Any advice/experience with this would be very much appreciated!! I'm scared for my baby girl!