Digest Number 3877

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I have been through this same thing multiple times and finally found effective

ways to help my cat! Cats needs to have an acidic urinary tract. What works

for me is, when I notice him straining or getting that look in his eyes, to

start giving him high doses of vitamin C powder every few hours until I notice

diharrea. This strongly increases urine flow. He will need LOTS of water

poured down his throat to flush out the crystals. The BEST thing is a product

called " tinkle tonic " made by Animals' Apawthecary. It is an herbal formula

made invented by a naturalpathic vet and it works fast! I stopped giving my

cat tap water because it was very alkaline. Instead he gets bottled water with

apple cider vinegar in it. This decreases the alkalinity of the water. In our

case, a raw diet did not help. Giving my cat raw fish immediately results in

straining so we now give him a low ash dry food and it works better. Good luck!

Cindy

 

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.