lupinfarm
Loving the herd life
A few weeks ago Accio went to the vet with bloody urine, he was peeing the size of a quarter and he seemed strained. The vet told me he had Urinary Crystals/Stones and the blood was from the crystals agitating his urinary tract creating the blood when he peed (he wasn't blocked). The vet gave him some antibiotics that would be effective for 2 weeks and sent him home because he had an empty bladder so the vet couldn't take a sample.
I changed Accio's food from a raw-food diet to Hills Science Diet and his bloody urine cleared up and he was back to normal. Over the past week he has been having bloody urine again, however this time it is not small and he has normal urine in between episodes as well.
My mum suggested that this was perhaps stones/crystals passing and agitating the urinary walls. What do you guys think? Is there anything else I can do for him?
I changed Accio's food from a raw-food diet to Hills Science Diet and his bloody urine cleared up and he was back to normal. Over the past week he has been having bloody urine again, however this time it is not small and he has normal urine in between episodes as well.
My mum suggested that this was perhaps stones/crystals passing and agitating the urinary walls. What do you guys think? Is there anything else I can do for him?
Unfortunately my 11 yr old cat has had the same problem over the years. He has his 1st episode with the typical straining to pee & blood tinge. Our vet treated him with antibiotics. But what my original vet never told us was it would keep reoccurring if his diet was not changed. The second time it happened our vet was retired so we took him to another vet & they explained how it was prone in male cats, Especially neutered male cats because of a constricted uretha. Our vet explained how our cat needed to be on Urinary Tract dry cat food, she had us try some expensive canned cat food & my poor cat went on a hunger strike!......but she also explained we can get over the counter Urinary Tract cat food for him & to get more moisture in his diet it's better to feed him moist canned cat food or atleast suppliment his Urinary Tract dry cat food with a can or 2 a wk of moist cat food so he gets the extra moisture. Of course the typical keeping fresh water available (who doesn't, that's a given). & to try to keep the litterbox as clean as possible so he will be more likely to urinate frequently. We changed to the Tidy Cat Litter box system. It's great with the ceramic stones no litter to track onto the carpet. 
Which is a BIG plus in our house. Many cat food brands have Urinary Tract cat foods. Brands like 9-Lives, Purina One, even Special Kitty Brand from Wal-mart has a Urinary Tract verison of cat foods. And it's very important that your cat is treated for his straining to pee & his bloody pee, that means he Actively Has urinary stones or small crystals passing....you have to be careful, the longer his has a Urinary Tract Infection or the More Times he gets them the larger the stones will be & they can possibly obstruct him & his urine will back up causing him to become toxic & killing him. A surgeon will be his only hope to save him & of him surviving. Our vet said if he 'does' get a full Obstruction he has to be Immediately rushed to the nearest vet (no matter what time it is) to give him the Best survival rate, so get your cat help now to save him from full Obstruction. He should be back to normal when he's all cleared up. Tell your vet so they can prescribe you more meds. My cat does fine on 9-Lives Urinary Tract dry cat food & the occasional Moist canned cat food & the Tidy Cat Litter System.
