What can I do to avoid bladder infections in the future?
Well for Petey´s sake! The piggers have been on the distilled water for a year, but my cat has been on it for about 7 years! I even mentioned the distilled water to the vet the other day. If new info had come out, I´d think this particular vet would be up on it. I need to get them off of it pronto and give the vet a ring I think.
My girl who has the bladder infection is an Abby...slightly longer hair than her American sister, but not a lot to trim really. I think I´m going to have to scoop the corners more often, and failing that, do a suspended floor like pinta suggested.
The misdiagnosis I was referring to was what Lynx mentioned...actually a problem with the reproductive system, and it coloring the urine with blood as opposed to the actual urinary system.
Thanks again all!
My girl who has the bladder infection is an Abby...slightly longer hair than her American sister, but not a lot to trim really. I think I´m going to have to scoop the corners more often, and failing that, do a suspended floor like pinta suggested.
The misdiagnosis I was referring to was what Lynx mentioned...actually a problem with the reproductive system, and it coloring the urine with blood as opposed to the actual urinary system.
Thanks again all!
- Lynx
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Some vets get a clean urine sample directly from the bladder (carefully insert a needle) -- blood there would point to that area. Other vets get a pee sample. I am guessing the odds are on a UTI vs. a reproductive problem. Just pointing out that there are other possibilities when you see blood in urine.