I just adopted two cats from my local humane society. I was told that they had both been wormed. I was also told that the female had bladder stones and was prone to urinary tract infections so I had to keep her on wet food diet for the rest of her life.
After about a week, and two containers of litter, she started peeing all over the house. One day, she squatted right in front of me in the laundry room and peed. I scolded her and put her in the litter box. When I went to clean up the mess, I saw worms in her urine. I was told by the humane society that she had bladder worms, but to be sure, they wanted me to take her to the vet who diagnosed her with kidney stones, at my cost.
All of the research I’ve done on bladder worms says that it’s extremely rare and that there is no treatment/cure. Should I take her to this vet, who is expensive, at my cost if there really is no treatment/cure? Should I give her back to the humane society? Should I worm her myself and hope for the best? Will my other cat get these worms?
I’ve been wavering in my decision for a week now, and I could use the help. Thank you in advance.

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i went vet and gave anti biotics and my cat still takes like 30 min on litter box to piss

vet said he has crystals in bladder or something

Is this end less and need to put my cat down to end the suffering.

surgery costs 00

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I have two cats; calico females age 8, sisters from the same litter. Strictly dry food diet, one litter box – automated scooping with crystals.

Three weeks ago I noticed odd behavior from my kitty, Snickers. She was going into the litter box more frequently with little to no urine. She didn’t seem to be in any pain or discomfort and her attitude was the same. After doing some online research and speaking with a breeder friend of mine, I started homeopathic treatment. Bought new organic high-quality dry and canned food, meat and rice based, instead of meat-meal and corn based. I also bought cranberry capsules from the health food store and made parsley infused water (boiled 1 qt water with 1 bunch parsley, strained and cooled).

I started integrating the new dry food over the next week and immediately started feeding her canned food twice daily making it into a soup with lots of extra water and the cranberry capsules. I also force feed her the parsley infused water with a dropper 2-3 times a day. I did this for ten days and started to notice an improvement. Urinating more and less frequently.

After the ten days of treatment, I stopped feeding her canned food and put her back on dry food only, but the new dry food. Five days after the end of treatment, her symptoms returned. So I started her back on canned food with cranberry capsules and took her to the vet on Monday to have a urinalysis completed to make sure there’s no infection or blockage. They put her on IV fluids and kept her for the day. When she came home that night, she started urinating blood and has ever since.

The test results came back yesterday… no infection or bacteria, no crystals or blockage, but lots of blood. The doctor says it’s FLUTD Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease and it should resolve itself within 7-10 days. It’s typically caused by stress and can be treated with pain reliever until the bleeding stops. If it does not resolve itself, their next suggestion would be an x-ray to determine in there’s any stones in her bladder/kidney, which they say is not too common. They say keep the litter box clean, her environment comfortable, and monitor her urine.

I read online that changing the diet can be beneficial as well. Most places say no dry food at all, only wet food twice a day. Encourage water intake. Reduce stress. And try antioxidant vitamins and herbs.

I’m very concerned for her health and safety and I hate that she can’t tell me how she feels. The doctor didn’t seem to think it’s a big deal and really only recommended a pain reliever. But she doesn’t act like she’s in pain, so will it help anything?

We’re leaving for vacation this Saturday for 7 days. My neighbor and mom will be there to check on her, but I feel horrible leaving not knowing if she’s okay and if I’m doing everything I can to help her. PLEASE any suggestions or advice would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

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My cat’s pee has a little blood in it, i noticed it outside of her litter box. she was frequently urinating, and only producing a small amount each time, I suspected UTI. the blood was only a little bit in the begining, now it’s just urine

i took her to the vet, and they put her on Clavamox (broad spectrum anti-biotic) for an infection. they also want to do a urinealysis & bladder scan for stones/bacteria. Yet when i inquired about this they told me change of diet is appropirate. my question is…What should a kitty with this be eating?

I have not done the testing yet, due to financial reasons. the vet bill alone was 0.

she seems better today, but she is a little fatigued. does any know if this is a side effects of this antibiotic? or if this is a sign of something more serious than i thought.

hope someone can help.

-Thanks

p.s. her pee patteren is normal now, she is not constantly going potty, but she is producing, but i’m worried she is a little tired.

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Tons of people are asking why their cats are peeing outside the box. There are some possible reasons and it’s very easy to cure that except for chronic inappropriate elimination-er.

-#1 culprit: POOR QUALITY CAT FOOD! They have tons of junks and toxins that will kill your cats slowly! They have something in the food that is a biggest contribution to bladder and kidney crystals/stones. Dump grocery store cat food like Iams, Purina, Meow Mix, anything cheap and go to Petco or locally owned pet shop for high quality holistic diet. Wellness, Innova, Natural Balance, Chicken Soup for Cat Lover’s Soul are good choices. Add more canned food to their diet as this will hydrate the cats and dilute their bladders. Your cat will thank you and live longer with less vet visits. Male cats are susceptible to crystals and get UTI easier than females.

-Urinary Tract Infection: Get your cats to a vet for urinalysis to find out if they have bladder crystals which are very painful and make them to develop litterbox aversion. Beds, carpets, pile of clothes are fluffy and soft, so they go on them because they’re soft!

-Not spaying or neutering: You know why, cats mark their territory with urine to seek for mate. Getting your cats fixed will greatly reduce that and sexual suggestive behavior and importantly of all, REDUCE PET OVERPOPULATION!

-Too many cats: cats are very territorial and if they don’t feel safe and got stressed with other cats, they mark their places. Or get bullied by other cats every time they go in box.

-Not enough litterboxes: A rule of thumb: Buy a box per cat plus one. If your home have multiple floor, place 1-2 boxes on each floor

-Dirty litterboxes: you know why.

-Declawed cats: some declawed cats will have lifelong pain and phantom limb sensations which are uncomfortable while digging their boxes. They developed litterbox aversion

-Dominant cat: Most common when you have 2 cats in the household. One cat would be the boss and bully other cat to clain her box so he doesn’t feel safe using any of them. Buy multiple boxes to solve this problem.

If no treatment is successful, lock your cat in your bathroom with box, food and water and leave her there for 2 weeks so she will re-learn how to use box and re-establish her territory in the bathroom. Use Cat Attract litter sand because it works. It has a guarantee statement on the package so try it. Hope I help.

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