Poor Boots! Sorry to be so late in posting - Your Dad sure does care for your silly self! I'm so glad he lets you post your story, even if sometimes you need help from those dawgs! I hope you perk up very soon, and the straining and pink spots go away quick!

Tuna water is VERY good for getting meds into cats - the strong smell overcomes most anything. When my Murf was sick with kidney infection (not the UTI thing, something else) the only thing that saved him was lapping up the antibiotic liquid in the tuna juice. You might even add some plain water (a few tablespoons perhaps) to the tuna water to help "prime the pump".

Best wishes to Boots, Phred and of course those sweeties Cinder and Smoke!