I'm thinking the best thing you can do at this point is get copies of all his records and do one of two things, you can ask to be referred to a feline specialist for urinary issues or take him to a vet that treats only cats. If you have the funds go to the specialist, but if you don't, working with a vet that only treats cats may give you the edge you need to figure out what is really going on.

Yes, have experience with same. On the advice of a board certified feline specialty vet, switched to all canned food diet, with added water - completely cured the problem. Keeps the urine dilute.

Totally agree with the two suggestions above...........

Hello I am new to this forum and so happy I found asI can so relate to the multiple UTI with my cat Midnight Male 6 yrs old 1 of 4 cats I have. What happened with him was the straining to poop so I thought but in fact it probably was both. I added another box and Midnight actually was the one cat that hated wet food only dry so I tried all kind and upgraded all of their wet food to a more pricey diet and started there. After his first antibiotic treatment about a full 8 days he seemed better but he one more time started same thing but this time it wasmore intense and my vet wanted to do a full urinalysis and culture blood work ect. Well this was about 5 weeks ago results showed he had bacterial enterococcus.which she felt he has had since probably birth or long time . His Mother was very dirty from what I learned and although she fed midnight as baby she also had two more cats Junior and Punky both 5 that she did not feed they were nottlefed. The father of all 3 is Buddy and he is the 4th cat healthy. Same antibiotic as pearsami's pet and he has been on for 4 weeks now ending the 29th , On March 7th he will get retested and recoultured with blood work to see whats the end result. However she said she saw traces of diabetes in his blood work and at his exam to see if he was blocked she could not believe that he was so inflamed and red on his lil peepee that he made his own side tracks on his peepee just to pee in pain! Crystals were not in his urine thank god however what I am experiencing is this.. He lost weight enough for me to notice he is normally 22 pound and I feel he is like 18 my opinion. He is prescribed the urinary dry food which is pricey as well and all 4 eathave that as well. Prewsently he drips urine everywhere and I am with mop in hand at least 5 times a day to clean and santitize . He is peeing alot! but more so he is eating like a strarved child and he literally is eating in afull day himself Medley White Chicken Tuscany 3 cans with dry food but he stopped liking the prescribed all a sudden so I bought the garden delights by Purina and mixed it/ I also give treats afyer breakfast and after dinner I feed my cats 2 x day wet food . The litter boxes I have tried to keep new and clean them at least 4 times day but noticed the urine is very sticky. He is not gaining weight yet seems to cont losing. do yu think its a possibility he has HyperT4 thyroid issue? And what I do so he takes his pill for antibioyics is I get one scoop of tuna in can I crush one pill with rolling pin, mix that to the tuna and I have great results as my cat was impossible to administer through plstic syring the first time/

Tracey

My cat, Zachariah, had a UTI about a year ago. I was scared I would lose him. The antibiotics were very expensive and he had to

What handsome fellas (above)! My cat had symptoms of straining to pee, blood in urine etc. after a few days with no or very little water. Stupid me, his drinking fountain was out of order and it was about 4 days before I realized I haddn't seen him drinking out of the bowl of water Id put down instead. Since my usual vet was out of town I took him to another who gave him subcutaneous fluids to flush him out (since he was dehydrated) and a prescription for antibiotics even though, as Iater found out, she hadnt even tested to see what if any pathogens were in the urine. My usual vet later pointed out that whats called UTI is very often more correctly called INFLAMMATION rather than infection - she wants me to feed him wet food only, watered down. We're working on it! Got him down to mostly wet food, plus a handful of kibble at night - had to go gradually or he'd go on a hunger strike. Thankfully he has not had a relapse - my vet confirmed that there is indeed a connection between inflammation and developing crystals - esp with male kitties. Oh, and I also heartily recommend a pet fountain - best $50 I ever spent. Some cats just do not like putting their face down into water- apparently they don't have the greatest vision and they may not see exactly where the water is - and the sound of the water also encourages them to drink more.

Tracey,

I wouldn't wait for the March 7 appt but would call the vet Monday morning and let them know what's happening. It could be the med he's taking isn't working.........btw, what is the antibiotic? . He shouldn't be dripping urine and may be dealing with a partial blockage.

i actually did call annz and she told me that she mentioned in the bloodwork that he was possibly diabetic and now she will confirm it after she retakes the urine and blood cultures but yes I agree it is possible it was the antibiotic but he is all done with that as of the 29th of Feb

his antibiotic was clavonax

Wow! I truly think you are on to something here! I can relate to everything your saying and I must add for example that Midnight is the most private, very clean, and very schedulized of all the cats. Trust me I know he makes sure Im on schedule lol but he is so sensative as well and when I first came into their lives not one of them were friendly socialable at all. Midnight was the worst and he was the one I was afraid to pet for at least 6 months. Do you know that today each cat is a so loveable and Midnight is closest to me as he trusts me and he never had that kind of interaction with his previous mom I do not think. I am going to change the cats boxes back to original spot as I redecorated their room where they eat and my Punky is on the other half of room with her own theme being the only girl lol. Well I think that I should treat Midnight as if I had a sensory child lol. They are very particular with clothing, food and all that so I hope yiur therory is correct but on the flip side my pediatrian stated that she did find traces of diabetes in Midnight and this is what my scare is presently he lost at least 2 pounds and he is starving I mean eating all day and thats not normal. Thank you so much for your opinion. Here are the other three cats of Mine and from top is my Punky girl ( I call her Chubs) then Middle is Jr who looks like his father Buddy who is next. Buddy is father to all

He was given a pain med in addition to a muscle relaxant by the urgent care doctor-- he seemed to be improving by the end of the day after giving him the meds (still urinating little bits at a time, but less frequently and no longer straining). I wish I could identify what the issue is-- I have a feeling it isn't his diet. I've been feeding him the prescription diet--which is actually stressing him out more, I think-- he won't eat it in the wet food version and leaves it and then paces around when I'm in the same room as the food and cries for me to feed him. When I feed him the dry food version of it, he eats it, but he's been more likely to vomit when i give him that and has softer stools. He seems to drink a lot of water just of his own accord, but i've been adding water to his food a lot of the time too just to be safe. It's seems so impossible to say if something works or doesn't, considering it was almost 5 years before having a recurrence. Who knows if something is having an impact, or if it's just a coincidence.

So now I just have to figure out would could possibly be stressing this guy out. He always seems so chill.

pearsaml,

As mentioned earlier, you should find a feline specialty vet and try to identify what it going on with your cat. Pain and muscle relaxants are a temporary fix.

Until you find a cat clinic, I would eliminate all dry and switch to a quality grain-free canned food. But, if your cat is like mine, he may not eat anything except the cheaper Fancy Feast brand!

As for Blue Buffalo brand, my dog was on it for awhile but would always have bouts of throwing up. I switched him to another brand and he hasn't vomited since.

Yea, I switched to some grain free brands and only the cat who doesn't have urinary tract problems likes it. The one with the problems cries and whines for food as if there isn't food out for him already...

Switch to a moist food instead of dry. I also add a bit of water to it. No problems since I've done this. Also a grain free food is a good idea too.

Sorry I didn't read all of the responses, but I just wanted to say please be sure that the vet has done all of the possible tests before assuming that it is caused by stress. In Sept 2012, one of my cats, Desi, was peeing 7 or 8 times a day and I saw a tinge of blood once. The vet who does house visits said that it must be caused by stress and she prescribed amitriptyline which had no effect on Desi. After a week and a half of no change, I took her to the animal clinic. The vet did x-rays which clearly showed that Desi had bladder stones and one of the stones was stuck in her urethra. This is what caused her to pee frequently. I felt really badly about letting her suffer for a week and a half with the pain. Oxalate stones have sharp edges. She had to have surgery to remove the stones since this type of bladder stone would never dissolve by itself. Since then she has been on Medi-cal urinary SO dry and canned (gel). Recently I started feeding her the medi-cal urinary SO moderate calories (dry) and wet SO food (small can) which Medi-cal refers to as "tasty morsels in gravity." She loves the "tasty morsels." I take her for an ex-ray every year to ensure that the stones haven't come back. Even though she is on the urinary SO diet, I want to know for certain that the crystals haven't returned. So far, her bladder x-rays have been perfect.

Recently I heard that friend's cat started peeing constantly and peeing blood. This cat was found to have 2 tumours in her bladder. I don't know what tests were done. She had surgery on Tuesday and both tumours were removed. She isn't home yet but they hope she will be able to come home soon.