Sunday, November 15, 2009

UTI's in cats

Apparently one of our furbies has a UTI.

Which brings up a great topic how to properly prevent them.

Cats, especially males are prone to UTI's. They don't usually drink enough water, because they're picky. They're attracted to fresh running water, like your faucet sink.

You can buy expensive fountains for them. I have not seen any good reviews, many of the models grow mold easily.

I suggest letting your faucet run very slowly and placing a bowl under it, that way you're not wasting too much water and the cats can either drink from the stream or the bowl.

Another way to help, is to stop feeding dry food. Dry food does not help clean teeth. It is not better for our pets, it is actually a lot worse. So switching to a can diet or raw will greatly help out your pet.

And always providing fresh clean water ;)


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