Hi,
I have a male tabby 10 years old who has had problems urinating. I have taken him to the vet twice now and there are no crystals, no blockages, no stones, no bacteria or infection. The last time I took him, we left with no treatments… and I just saw him straining to go again (been a week since I have taken him). I have read through all of the information I can find on this, and am not coming up with much. Since he doesn't have the crystals or stones, changing his diet I guess won't help much… are there any home remedies that can help him? I know people with this problem can drink d-mannose every day, etc. is there anything like this for cats? It makes me sad to see him straining like he is and I'm thinking that it must hurt or feel uncomfortable. It seems like there aren't any options though at this point, unless I am missing something. Can someone help?
I had some stuff called Tinkle Tonic that I got from one of my vets. I don't have a bottle around so I can't give you contact information. There are a number of complicated things in my natural remedies book. I would need to know what the pH of your cat's urine is to get a remedy reference for you. The natural pH of the cat is about 6.5 – slightly acidic. You can play around with that with a number of supplements according to the pH reading. If the reading is too alkaline the cat can have painful crystals, if you get it too acidic it can cause the stones. So call the vet on Monday to see if he knows about the Tinkle Tonic (love that name!) and find out what the last pH reading was from the urinalysis. Then you can email me and I will respond with something from my veterinary book.
One vet is very firm – "Stop the dry food and nibbling. Stop the dry food. It's a must! Dry food is an absolute obstacle to cure. I am able to resolve about half of my cases just by having the owner switch to a canned food or a wetter food." Michele Yasson, DVM.
My Spookie would spike urines up to a pH of NINE, almost off the chart for alkalinity. I had started making a raw meat diet for my cats and when he ate that he never had any more problem. He never had any dry food again. The raw diet is the natural diet for the cat and keeps the urine at the proper pH level.
The book I reference at the bottom is available through Amazon for $15 or less. It might be a good thing to have so you could read all the information there on this problem. It is extensive and I could not possible type it all out for you.
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Attention Ladies, this is Suzi, many people have been writing in asking what the stuff was that I used to clear up my UTI last week, so I wanted to put the link to this stuff here
It is called CT - DM 
Actually there is a special food for cats with this problem and older male cats tend to have this. My cat when I changed his dry food and laid off on the canned some it cleared up. Also see that he drinks enough and you could try a new vet doesn't seem this one is very helpful to you. Try Science diet or Hills cat food for older cats. Ask your vet about small doses of vitamin c, this sometimes helps too. good Luck!!!
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Cat owner ,nurse, former breeder.
i wish i could! i know cranberry juice wont hurt him(kind without sugar) my fat cat had the same problem..two of them actually.we made them eat the urinary tract diet cat food and stay away from cat food high in ash!(fish,etc)3%ash is high..oh poor kitty..hope he feel better soon.
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I would try another vet for a second opinion. He may not have enough of an infection to test positive for it, but have just enough of an infection to be uncomfortable. Also I would switch his food to either Purina Special Care for uti's, or Science Diet CD.
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All are very good answers. And if your kitty is straining to go, there is a problem even if someone else is trying to say there isn't.
Good luck with your kitty!
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I had some stuff called Tinkle Tonic that I got from one of my vets. I don't have a bottle around so I can't give you contact information. There are a number of complicated things in my natural remedies book. I would need to know what the pH of your cat's urine is to get a remedy reference for you. The natural pH of the cat is about 6.5 – slightly acidic. You can play around with that with a number of supplements according to the pH reading. If the reading is too alkaline the cat can have painful crystals, if you get it too acidic it can cause the stones. So call the vet on Monday to see if he knows about the Tinkle Tonic (love that name!) and find out what the last pH reading was from the urinalysis. Then you can email me and I will respond with something from my veterinary book.
One vet is very firm – "Stop the dry food and nibbling. Stop the dry food. It's a must! Dry food is an absolute obstacle to cure. I am able to resolve about half of my cases just by having the owner switch to a canned food or a wetter food." Michele Yasson, DVM.
My Spookie would spike urines up to a pH of NINE, almost off the chart for alkalinity. I had started making a raw meat diet for my cats and when he ate that he never had any more problem. He never had any dry food again. The raw diet is the natural diet for the cat and keeps the urine at the proper pH level.
The book I reference at the bottom is available through Amazon for $15 or less. It might be a good thing to have so you could read all the information there on this problem. It is extensive and I could not possible type it all out for you.
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"The Veterinarians' Guide to Natural Remedies for Cats." edited by Martin Zucker. Three Rivers Press, NY 1999.
Thirty veterinarians have contributed to this book.
My cat had the same prob and the vet said to lay off the dry food or at least soak in water first before giving it to the cat.He said as cats originally came from arid regions they are designed to get their water from their food. When they kill things and eat the whole body their diet is then 80% water and they dont have any other requirement to drink water.He said that tin food is made up of 80% moisture content.I hope that this helps your poor baby cos it is a very distressing problem.
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