Luna has another UTI (07-07-07: Back to the vet)

Oh Kirsten, I am truly sorry. I know exactly how you feel: helpless, frustrated, guilty. Please give Luna a kiss from me and tell her I'm praying she gets better and stops with the chronic UTIs

I'm so sorry to hear that Luna has an UTI again! Poor girl and poor mommy!
Hey, I'm wondering about that picture you posted ... is there THAT much difference in their sizes or is that an old picture??? I'm confused!! :eek:

Thank you everyone! :) I think Luna is already feeling much better today. She didn't pee outside her litterbox today, and in her box I found a large amount of pee; so her bladder was really full when she went potty. :)

But guess who also has a bladder infection now? Right, meowmie barely slept last night and went to the doc today, and is now on antibiotics, too! LOL

Kim (catnapper), you're so right, among other things, I do feel guilty. I feel guilty when Luna comes to me, and I pet her and talk to her, and when Lily approaches because she heard me talking to Luna and then she's sitting there staring and that alone is enough to run Luna off. This makes me feel VERY bad! I know that Luna needs her peaceful little moments alone with meowmie, and often, Lily won't let us have them.

@ Kim (kimlovescats): It IS an older pic, taken the year Lily moved in. I was only looking for a picture that showed the kitty bed. But Lily is still much smaller than Luna, she's a tiny girl.

Kirsten

Luna peed twice on my rug last night, and when I cleaned her box this morning, I saw she peed several times tonight, but only small amounts. Called my vet and ask if she would give Luna another injection. She's still on antibiotics, but my vet suggested another shot against the inflammation and the spasms in her bladder. Hope this helps her to eventually feel better!

Kirsten

Poor Luna, I will keep praying for her that she will keep getting better. You can do it Luna!!

Kirsten, I am so sorry to read that Luna is still having problems!!! When Norton had the same problem, the vet gave him Phenoxybenzamine 2.5mg for straining. Can you get it in Germany??? It sure helped Norton!!

Poor Luna. :( Why do these nasty infections have to haunt certain cats ALL the time? :confused: I sure pray she feels better soon.

Hi Kirsten, How is our lovely Luna feeling? Is she doing better? Prayers on the way for her swift and complete recovery. Groucho sends her feel better purrs and headbumpies.
By the way, how's sweet Lily?

Thank you everyone!

Luna doesn't seem to feel bad, at least she doesn't give the impression. But I caught her in the act when she just wanted to pee on my couch (!!) this morning, so I figure she still has this odd feeling in her bladder. Poor girl!

It's really not fair that some cats, like Luna, or poor Pouncer, have to deal with this all the time!

kb2yjx, I never heard of this Phenoxybenzamine, but I will ask my vet about it.

momcat, Miss Lily is doing fine!! :) But she whined yesterday when I brought Luna to the vet.

Kirsten

Prayers and positive thoughts on the way that precious Luna starts to feel better very soon.

I'm so sorry that Luna keeps having UTI's.:( I sure hope that she'll start feeling better soon.

I was reading about some ways to help prevent UTI's in cats that you can do at home. Here are some of the things that you can do to help Luna:

1.Give her vitamin C and cranberry juice. The vitamin C acidifies the urine making it more difficult for the bacteria to grow as well as dissolving the more common type of crystal,struvite. The vitamin C dose is 250mg per 20lbs daily.

2. Feed her more canned food to increase her moisture intake. Depending on the type of crystal that the cat may have it's important to either acidify the urine (with stuvite) or to make the urine more alkaline (oxalate crystals). An easy way to acidify the urine is to raise the meat protein level. Making the urine more alkaline involves decreasing the protein level and adding a supplement, potassium citrate.

I got this information from the free e-book veterninary secrets revealed. It's free to download this booklet that tells you some of the basics. here's the link: Veterinary Secrets Revealed. You can also sign up for their newsletter which will tell you some more important information about our pets.

Thanks for the advice. I definitely need to try to get some cranberry juice. Cranberry, in addition with Vitamine C, is only available in capsules here, and I'm not sure if Luna will eat those. But it's worth a try though.

As Luna tends to have struvite crystals, we try to acidify her urine with UroPet paste. That's a paste I'm mixing under her food every day. She's also on Cantharis, a homeopathic pill that seems to help her a lot. But still, her UTIs occur from time to time; twice a year, as it seems...

Kirsten