Questions...

[Laura's Babies]

She's not being so bad to pill although that could change. She is still bleeding and only doing about a teaspoon at a time in the box and she comes to me for that warm compress but she takes it like she absolutely knows I am trying to make her feel better.. She was VERY happy today, the man she loves came over today (just a handyman building me a porch that she has fallen in love with) and she perked way up for him.. Even he had to laugh at how she follows him from window to window and "talks" to him... and he is allergic to cats but says his girlfriend has TWELVE of them..

[Jessika]

The bleeding is due to irritation and inflammation... and often, some cats will over-groom that area because having a UTI is uncomfortable and they seem to think grooming will soothe the pain... which oftentimes can lead to inflammation of the genitals (as you can imagine...).

One of the most common signs of a UTI besides frequent/straining to urinate is drops of blood in the litterbox... nearly every UTI will have blood in the urine sample, even if you can't see it with your naked eye it will show up on urine strips or after they spin the urine down and examine it under the microscope.

Glad to hear pills are going well!!!!! Hope the healing process is fast and the recheck urinalysis after the antibiotics shows no more infection!

EDIT: The blood you're seeing in the litterbox isn't frank blood but blood-tinged urine. It's probably less blood than you'd think (think if you cut your finger and put it in water - it would seem like there was a LOT more blood!!).