Cystitis In Cats - Cat Forum

http://www.petforumz.com/food-cats-cystitis-ftopict68786.html (Best food for cats with cystitis)
Hi ... One of our cats has bouts of cystitis and a person at work said she was told, don't know by whom, that cats should not eat canned foods with fish in it if they have cystitis. Is anyone have knowledge of this and if so what would be the reason? The only canned food Saffie will eat is Fanc..
« Suddenly, without warning, Rick Ulrich exclaimed (8/2/2007 1:50 PM): Yuppers, I've been fighting this battle with Meep for ages. I don't know about 'fish is bad for cystitis', but given a choice b.. »
« No problem, Sheelagh, It's certainly a related problem and some of the same information applies. »
« Hi, I don't have a cat with cystitis, so I did a quick search, & the overwhelming consensus of opinion by people who post here, is that you must try and make sure that you keep your cat away from Dr.. »
« > I don't have a cat with cystitis, so I did a quick search, & the Hello, Yes, my cat had bladder stones a number of years ago and I've since switched to canned (now raw) food. I urge you to switch.. »

http://www.petforumz.com/seeking-advice-interstitial-cystitis-cats-long-ftopict25972.html (seeking advice on interstitial cystitis in cats (long))
Hi All, This is my first post to RPCH+B, so please be gentle. Situation: Our 3 year old DSH male cat, Spock, wound up having an emergency trip to the vet a few weeks ago because of a blocked urethra. It came on *very* quickly and we were lucky to get him to the vet in time. Previously h..
« Actually, dantrolene is a muscle relaxant that reduces *urethral* spasms, not bladder spasms. We don't use it because its heptotoxic and seems to make some cats weak and wobbly. You might want to .. »
« Thanks Phil. I didn't realise that dantrolene is hepetotoxic; that's a real worry - I don't want replace the bladder problem with a liver problem. He is on an all-wet diet. He won't eat Hills s/.. »
« Here's the prescriber highlights for dantrolene. If you'd like the complete drug monograph, let me know. I'd be happy to send it to you. "DANTROLENE SODIUM Prescriber Highlights: Direct acting musc.. »
« vet about GAGs when Spock goes back in a day or two for In Australia veterinarians have a product called Cartrophen which is an injectable form of the same medication people take for interstitial .. »

http://www.petforumz.com/Cystitis-ftopict23993.html (Cystitis won't go away)
Our 2 year old tom has starting having trouble peeing and when he does manage it he seems to use anywhere but the tray. He's constantly trying go and wondering around the house crying. He was previously diagnosed with cystitis (he was passing small amounts of blood in his urine) and given anti-in..
« in article DrLargePants at wrote on 12/14/04 7:16AM: What do you feed him? »
« Well we got him back from the Vet, and as well as having trouble peeing he was *seriously* constipated (I saw the x-ray, not nice!). That's all been sorted now, and we're waiting on the results of .. »
« Wet anti struvite food at the moment. He's a little sod though and has a habit of ripping biscuits and crackers from their packing and eating them. (I find biscuits with crescent shaped holes in t.. »
« urethra, Sean, I'm so glad you went to a new vet and that the problem doesn't look too serious. Wishing your boy a speedy recovery! »

http://www.petforumz.com/Cystitis-ftopict15915.html (Cystitis again)
Just taken our male cat into the vets, he was in such pain.. other half had gone to get him some tablets.. but i rang him to say i was bringing Ninja in.. and they've kept him in, and putting a catheta on him. Poor little lad

http://www.petforumz.com/Cystitis-ftopict26156.html (Cystitis again?)
I posted a bit back saying I thought Meep might be brewing another cystitis attack. Well, that came to naught. She seems to be doing it again. Small pee tonight, followed by the same sort of "run away from the litterbox" that she normally does after a poo. She's still drinking properly, but I'..

http://www.petforumz.com/Big-Pig-cystitis-ftopict60251.html (Big Pig's got cystitis!)
Big Pig has cystitis! Took him to the vet man this morning and he confirmed my suspician that poor piggy has it. Poor thing has been wheeking everytime he's been going to the toilet. We've been given some Baytril by the vet to put in his (new) water bottle and he's had to be seperated from his ..
« Hi, Can you get the cranberry pills? I always travel with them and Daisy gets one once and awhile. Smash them up with something that Big Pig likes. Try to find them in a Health Food store. Good luc.. »
« Thanks for that - I'll go to our local Health Food shop tomorrow. I've just made some barley water - managed to make it right this time. Fed it to him with a syringe - not best pleased with that id.. »
« I read in Peter Gurney's book that you should take one part of pearl barley to eight parts of water. Boil the barley for 20-30 minutes. Drain off the water, but don't throw the barley away. Syringe .. »

http://www.petforumz.com/Managing-cat-cystitis-ftopict68765.html (Managing a cat with cystitis)
For those of you who have cats that sometimes have bouts of acute cystitis: What do you do when you start noticing signs that suggest your cat's becoming uncomfortable? Is it off to the vet right then, or do you have a vet-approved way of dissolving the crystals or whatever before they become ..
« Hi jmc, Our cat has not be diagnosed with "cystitis" specifically but has had about 3 full-on bladder infections in his 1.5 years with us. The first one had crystals, the 2nd did not, the 3rd I do.. »
« Suddenly, without warning, Rhonda exclaimed (7/27/2007 2:01 PM): No, DL-Methionine is the... darn, don't know exactly what it is, but it's what they add to the urinary diets to dissolve crystals. I.. »
« First of all, the best thing you can do for her is to get rid of the dry food. She needs moisture to dilute her urine. Here's a good article to read: »
« I have been in your shoes. One of my cats absolutely hated canned food, but with patience and persistance, I switched him over. Here's a helpful article: Here's a link to one of my cat's web site... »

http://www.petforumz.com/update-interstitial-cystitis-ftopict26004.html (update - interstitial cystitis)
Hi All, History: about 3 weeks ago our 3 year old neutered DSH cat had a urinary blockage, which was quickly cleared, but resulted in on-going problems with bladder irritation and thickening of the bladder wall. Well, it's kinda good news. Spock had a sterile urine sample taken earlier this week ..