Emergent Herbal/natural remedy for cat

March 20, 2005

Hi all. I know I haven't been active lately, but this is quite

urgent.

My cat, male, approx 10 years. He has a recurrent problem, crystals

in his bladder/urinary tract. I've had it treated in the past by a

vet where they had to irrigate his bladder because he was blocked.

The problem is back and he cannot urinate at all. It just started

today. Last night he seemed perfectly fine...today the poor thing

has done nothing but constantly squat like he wants to 'go' but he

can't. My regular vet is closed for the weekend and the 24 hour

hospital is quite expensive...they want $200 just to walk through

the door. Honestly, all I have in my pocket at the moment is $30

until payday which isn't until Thursday.

I've spent the better part of my day browsing through sites and even

the holistic sites say to get the cat to the vet right away as it is

life threatening. I have even manually tried to massage his bladder

to try to forcefully expel urine (sorry for being graphic), but

nothing happened.

I found blood in the bathtub, presumably from him trying to urinate.

He is not a 'talkative' cat, but today he has done nothing but cry

to me constantly. He'll just walk up and start meowing. It's

breaking my heart.

March 20, 2005

I don’t

know if your cat had what mine had. It wasn’t crytals, I don’t

think – more like sand, but it was a urinary blockage. He almost

died. This is what worked for my cat many years ago – saved his

life – and quickly! (I found this cure in the newspaper, and it

worked.) Got him off all drugs and stopped giving him catfood. I

made him “stews” by steaming meat (chicken, beef) and steaming a

variety of fresh veggies, broccoli, for instance, and blending them up together

in the blender. He loved it and began recovering immediately. My

other cat loved it, too, and we fed them that way from then on, and their coats

soon became thick and shiny and their eyes bright. I would use organic

veggies and meat that is organic or at least from healthily raised

animals. Raw meat might be even better, including raw organ meats and

fish. Canned catfood has a lot of ash and other bad ingredients. I’d

never feed cats on it again.

By the way,

this is just the opposite of what I was told by the vet to do, and she was a

highly celebrated vet. What she had me do was killing him.

Good luck and

let me know how it goes,

Carole

sirona71 [kims83]

Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:42 PM

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Emergent Herbal/natural remedy for cat

Hi all. I know I haven't been active lately, but

this is quite

urgent.

My cat, male, approx 10 years. He has a recurrent

problem, crystals

in his bladder/urinary tract. I've had it treated

in the past by a

vet where they had to irrigate his bladder because

he was blocked.

The problem is back and he cannot urinate at all.

It just started

today. Last night he seemed perfectly fine...today

the poor thing

has done nothing but constantly squat like he

wants to 'go' but he

can't. My regular vet is closed for the weekend

and the 24 hour

hospital is quite expensive...they want $200 just

to walk through

the door. Honestly, all I have in my pocket at the

moment is $30

until payday which isn't until Thursday.

I've spent the better part of my day browsing

through sites and even

the holistic sites say to get the cat to the vet

right away as it is

life threatening. I have even manually tried to

massage his bladder

to try to forcefully expel urine (sorry for being

graphic), but

nothing happened.

I found blood in the bathtub, presumably from him

trying to urinate.

He is not a 'talkative' cat, but today he has done

nothing but cry

to me constantly. He'll just walk up and start

meowing. It's

breaking my heart.

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March 20, 2005

I'm so new to this, I don't have any natural remedies, but I worked

as a veterinary technician for 10 years, and I think you need to get

your kitty to the vet as soon as possible. It is very dangerous for

a cat to be blocked, and as you've seen, it can get serious very

fast. Don't try to express the bladder--you can damage the bladder,

possibly even rupture it. I can't imagine that there is anything you

can give him to dissolve the crystals quickly enought to get him out

of danger--he needs to be irrigated.

Good luck.

Laura

-- In herbal remedies , " sirona71 " <kims83@h...>

wrote:

>

> Hi all. I know I haven't been active lately, but this is quite

> urgent.

>

> My cat, male, approx 10 years. He has a recurrent problem,

crystals

> in his bladder/urinary tract. I've had it treated in the past by a

> vet where they had to irrigate his bladder because he was blocked.

>

> The problem is back and he cannot urinate at all. It just started

> today. Last night he seemed perfectly fine...today the poor thing

> has done nothing but constantly squat like he wants to 'go' but he

> can't. My regular vet is closed for the weekend and the 24 hour

> hospital is quite expensive...they want $200 just to walk through

> the door. Honestly, all I have in my pocket at the moment is $30

> until payday which isn't until Thursday.

>

> I've spent the better part of my day browsing through sites and

even

> the holistic sites say to get the cat to the vet right away as it

is

> life threatening. I have even manually tried to massage his

bladder

> to try to forcefully expel urine (sorry for being graphic), but

> nothing happened.

>

> I found blood in the bathtub, presumably from him trying to

urinate.

>

> He is not a 'talkative' cat, but today he has done nothing but cry

> to me constantly. He'll just walk up and start meowing. It's

> breaking my heart.

March 20, 2005

Thank you both. I just got back from the emergency vet hospital. I

borrowed a credit card. $457 is the 'estimate' they gave me. Half

was due upfront. They got him unblocked and said that if I waited

any longer that it would have been fatal. Poor baby is still there

with iv's and a catheter, but they said he was going to fully

recover.

I fell asleep on the couch last night only to wake up to him lying

on the floor with some blood on the carpet. I was afraid to actually

go near him...didn't know if he made it through the night.

I'm gonna have to make major changes in his diet. I have another cat

as well...but she doesn't have these problems. I'll take your advice

and possibly switch to some homemade organic foods for them.

Thanks again..and any more preventative advice would be greatly

appreciated.

Kim

March 20, 2005

HI,

I just went through this with my cat and here is what worked for us.

Boil a chicken with no seasonings

Blend chicken and green beans in a food processor until it looks like a good

consistency.

Feed only this and distilled water to the cat until you see improvement.

Also, sprinkle a little vitamin c on the mixture when you feed him.

My cat was back in the litter box in about two days.

Hope this helps.

Teresa

sirona71 [kims83]

Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:42 PM

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