We have an amazing 3 year old cat that we rescues 11 months ago. Three months ago she was in the hospital because she was going to the bathroom every 30 seconds to 1.5 minutes. After lots of tests and two days at the emergency hospital we were told she was going to be ok. It took them so long for them to figure out that she had crystals in her urine and rule other things out.
Well, two days ago she started exhibiting similar problems and we took her to the vet yesterday. Her urine is full of blood and she is in pain, but from what we know so far, it does not seem to be exactly the same problem as three months ago. We are still waiting on the results for the urine culture. We are concerned that this is going to be a regular thing for her and want to do everything in our power to prevent it. We have already tried a water fountain and have a new filter system for the water in our apartment.
The vet said her urine was too concentrated, but I believe that is because she was not feeling well and therefore was not drinking as much. At the time she first got sick we had bad water in our apartment that the cats would not drink, so I got them to have water by putting bottled water in their dry food and giving them more wet food in the evening. Three weeks ago, we got a filter system for the apartment and the cats now drink what appears to us as a lot of water. But, the vet seems to think she is still not drinking enough.
We tried a cat water fountain (w/o a filter) with them after she first got sick and they both refused to drink from it. I think the sound of the motor scared them. I think that I need to purchase one, but I am having trouble finding a water fountain that is not made out of plastic from china and does not leach chemicals.
Does anyone have any idea of how to get our darling cat to drink and if there is a water fountain product out there that is environmentally safe for them to drink from? I would like to use the filtered water we already have from our sink as a source for their water, since I know that they will drink that water, so I am looking for one without its own filtering system. I know the filtering system we bought for the apartment creates better water for them than a simplified system that a cat water fountain would provide.
Please help us.
Well, two days ago she started exhibiting similar problems and we took her to the vet yesterday. Her urine is full of blood and she is in pain, but from what we know so far, it does not seem to be exactly the same problem as three months ago. We are still waiting on the results for the urine culture. We are concerned that this is going to be a regular thing for her and want to do everything in our power to prevent it. We have already tried a water fountain and have a new filter system for the water in our apartment.
The vet said her urine was too concentrated, but I believe that is because she was not feeling well and therefore was not drinking as much. At the time she first got sick we had bad water in our apartment that the cats would not drink, so I got them to have water by putting bottled water in their dry food and giving them more wet food in the evening. Three weeks ago, we got a filter system for the apartment and the cats now drink what appears to us as a lot of water. But, the vet seems to think she is still not drinking enough.
We tried a cat water fountain (w/o a filter) with them after she first got sick and they both refused to drink from it. I think the sound of the motor scared them. I think that I need to purchase one, but I am having trouble finding a water fountain that is not made out of plastic from china and does not leach chemicals.
Does anyone have any idea of how to get our darling cat to drink and if there is a water fountain product out there that is environmentally safe for them to drink from? I would like to use the filtered water we already have from our sink as a source for their water, since I know that they will drink that water, so I am looking for one without its own filtering system. I know the filtering system we bought for the apartment creates better water for them than a simplified system that a cat water fountain would provide.
Please help us.