Discover How To Prevent Bladder Stones In Cats
January 1st, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed
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If you’ve ever had any experience with a cat bladder stone, you want to know why this happened to your cat and how to prevent it from happening in the future. By the time you’ve finished reading this article, you’ll have a better understanding of bladder stones in cats.
Where Do Cat Bladder Stones Come From?
Researchers have several theories on this. The most commonly accepted one is that they form due to high mineral levels in your cat’s urine. This can be due to a bladder infection or from his diet. When the mineral levels get too high, crystals form. These crystals grow and form stones in your cat’s bladder. These stones can be very small, about the size of a grain of sand, or they can grow to the size of a small pebble.
A stone can block your cat’s urethra or one of his ureters, the tube that goes from his kidney to his bladder, making it very difficult for him to pass urine.
Tips For Preventing Bladder Stones In Cats
The most important thing you can do is to start feeding your cat a high quality canned food. Cats who eat dry food exclusively are more prone to developing bladder stones because they are usually chronically dehydrated. Cats are made to get most of their water from their prey. A mouse is over 90% water, so a cat in its natural environment doesn’t need to drink as much water.
Most canned foods have a moisture level of about 78%. You can see that feeding your cat canned food will help prevent him from becoming dehydrated.If your cat is always dehydrated, his urine is more concentrated, which can lead to bladder stones forming.
Be sure your cat always has plenty of clean fresh water available. It’s best to give him filtered water to be sure it’s pure. A cat that drinks plenty of water will have dilute urine, which is helpful in preventing bladder stones.
Some cat owners give their cats a supplement containing cranberry.Cranberry is an herbal remedy that prevents bladder stones by making the urine more acidic. It also helps to prevent cat bladder infections, too.
Herbal Pet Remedies Can Help Prevent Cat Urinary Problems
People have been using herbal remedies like uva ursi and barberry to treat and prevent urinary problems for centuries.The popularity of homeopathic remedies has also increased.
Now pet owners are questioning whether herbal pet remedies are effective for pets. The answer is yes. The advantages of these remedies is that not only are they safe and effective, but they’re inexpensive, and don’t have any side effects.
However, it’s extremely important to buy products that are formulated especially for animals. You’ll want to purchase herbal pet remedies only from reputable companies that stand behind their products.
Natural remedies for cat urinary problems can help treat and prevent the problem of cat bladder stones. This is an easy way to keep your kitty healthy.
Darlene Norris has combined her long-time interest in natural healing with her experience working at a vet clinic to bring you her new website, Natural Pet Urinary Health. Discover how herbal and homeopathic remedies can help treat cat bladder stones, and find the best place to buy these remedies at
What Every Cat Owner Needs To Know About Cat Bladder Stones
December 31st, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed Subscribe to Brian's Home by Email
Has this ever happened to you? You find your cat in his litter box, straining to urinate, crying out in pain. He can’t seem to pass any urine.Your vet tells you that your cat’s urinary problems are caused by cat bladder stones.
Bladder Stones In Cats
A bladder stone, or urolith, is made up from minerals present in your cat’s urine. These minerals sometimes form crystals that stick together to form a stone in your cat’s bladder.The stones can vary in size from the size of a grain of sand, or they can be pebble sized.
Your feline friend may have only one stone, or he could have several dozen.
Why do the minerals form crystals? There are several theories. Your cat’s urine may be high in minerals due to his diet, or it may be because he has an infection in his bladder.
Bladder stones usually take several months to form, but they can grow in just a couple of weeks.
Symptoms Of Cat Urinary Problems
If your cat suddenly starts urinating in places other than his litter box, this can indicate that he’s having a urinary problem.He may lick his bottom a lot more often than is normal for him.
Blood in the urine is another symptom to watch for. It can sometimes be hard to see this in cats as they usually go in the litter box. But if he’s urinating outside his box, you may see it.
If your cat is straining to urinate, or can’t pass any urine, this indicates a blockage. A urinary blockage is a veterinary emergency, and you need to get your cat to the vet as soon as possible.
Treatment For Cat Bladder Stones
X-rays or an ultrasound will be necessary to diagnose bladder stones. Once they are diagnosed, you vet will probably outline two treatment options.
Removing the bladder stones by surgery may be a suggested treatment.This is the fastest way to solve your cat’s problem.
The second is to try to dissolve the stones with a special diet. This is a good option for many cats. However, it may not work well for all felines. The major reason is that it’s a slower treatment. It can take several weeks or months for the stones to dissolve. During this time your cat will still be passing bloody urine, and may still be straining to urinate.
Diet therapy doesn’t work with all stones. It’s helpful if the cat passes a stone so that you vet can analyze it to see what it’s made of. Some types of stones can’t be dissolved.
Some cats won’t eat the special diet food.Unfortunately, if your kitty won’t eat it, it won’t do him any good.
Are Herbal Pet Remedies The Answer To Cat Bladder Stones?
Many cat owners are turning to herbal pet remedies to help solve cat urinary problems. These herbal and homeopathic remedies have been used by people across the world for centuries.These remedies don’t just treat the symptoms, but they help to heal the underlying problem.
It’s very important to buy these herbal pet remedies only from reputable companies that specialize in producing them. Do your homework and be sure that the company stands behind its products. You want to be sure that you find remedies especially formulated for pets.
These natural remedies are inexpensive and readily available.Side effects aren’t a concern when these time-honored remedies are used.
Now that you have this information, you can take action to prevent cat urinary problems.
Darlene Norris has combined her long-time interest in natural healing with her experience working at a vet clinic to bring you her new website, Natural Pet Urinary Health. Discover how herbal and homeopathic remedies can help treat cat bladder stones, and find the best place to buy these remedies at
I’d Like To Keep The Tree
December 31st, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed Subscribe to Brian's Home by Email
Sister Sascha and I really enjoyed Christmas and we had a lot of fun playing with all of our new toys. The bad news is that I heard Mom say something about taking down the tree. Oh no, not the tree, we love it! I wonder when she is going to get rid of the tree anyways. Now mind you, we really hadn’t spent a lot of time with the tree downstairs, but sister Sascha and I spend our fair share of time laying under the flamingo tree upstairs. I wonder if they are got to get rid of just the tree downstairs or if the tree upstairs is a goner too? I’ll bet ya they both go. We like the upstairs one because we can lay under it and overlook our kingdom, or queendom as the case may be. And it’s right close to the secret room, not that I mentioned it though. Speaking of the secret room, I got the door open again and was able to snoop around without getting caught. Silly sister Sascha was late getting in and I was already downstairs, so she’s the one that got caught in there this time. Speaking of getting caught, I’ve been trying to tell Mom and Dad that I wasn’t the one taking down the red flowers on the rail going upstairs. Guess what? Dad actually caught sister Sascha jumping up and getting one down. Hee Hee…told them it wasn’t me. Anyways, another one of those human holiday things is coming up so Dad won’t let me use the computer. I’d like to wish all of you an early Happy New Year and I’ll be back posting on Monday. I sure will miss the trees. But remember, adopt cats, we deserve it! Purrrr! Zip! Later!
It Was A Party
December 30th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed Subscribe to Brian's Home by Email
So there we were, sister Sascha and I just lounging around the house when the doorbell rang. This older human was there and when Mom opened the door he came right on in. He must have had trouble getting around because he was using some kind of stick to walk with. He was kind of loud but he seemed pretty nice and since it looked like he was staying for a while I decided to go over and say hello. Wow, then that doorbell rang again, this time is was two nice humans, the ones from the neighborhood with the slight dog smell on their shoes, although I didn’t see any dog. They are nice humans, and the man human likes to pet me and play with my foot. Mom said they were the Turtles, but I don’t think so. Anyways, it appeared that we were having a party. That would explain all the strange human food smells coming from the kitchen. We’ve never had a party before, at least none that I remember, and sister Sascha hasn’t been here long enough to remember either. Anyway, Mom started up some noise from the cabinet under the television. I don’t remember that noise coming on either, but boy I sure did like it and laid right there in front of the noise cabinet for the longest time. Mom said that music soothes the savage beast. I’m not sure what she meant by that, but Dad seemed OK to me. After a while Dad turned off the noise from under the television, turned the television on and turned on some other box under the television. It looked to me like he was throwing a ball down a long hallway and trying to knock over some wooden toys. Sometimes he knocked a lot of them over and sometimes he didn’t. Then the nice lady Turtle gave it a try and she didn’t do much better. Must be some kind of human ritual or something. What every it was it must have been funny because they were all laughing a lot. What a night, I hope we have another party soon. Remember, adopt cats, we deserve it! Purrrr! Zip! Later!
What A Fun Christmas
December 29th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed Subscribe to Brian's Home by Email
What a Christmas we had!!! Just look at all those goodies would you??? Sister Sascha and I hit the jackpot, there were so many great goodies and toys I hardly know where to start, but that never keeps me from trying. Let’s see, I got the greatest thing to lay in ever, it’s a great big velvet black bag that is sooooooo soft and makes into the best snuggle nest you’ve ever seen in your life. Sister Sascha got a very plush, soft pink pillow pad fit for a princess. Of course I know it’s soft, I had to check it out for her. We got lots of great toys too. I got this fuzzy little critter that Dad said was a porcupine, can’t prove it by me, but it sure was fun to chase down the hall. Oh yea, we got these funny looking things with feathers sticking out of them and the base was filled with yummy catnip. Guess what? When you pull the feathers out the catnip comes out and goes all over the place. Oops! We also got the best chasing balls with some kind of jingle bell inside each one. Wow, those things really went scootin’ down the hall. We really had fun with the paper that Mom and Dad kept throwing on the floor too. I’ll try to share some more pictures with you later on since I had Dad take a bunch of them. Oh yea, remind me to tell you about the party we had the day after Christmas…now that was fun. By the way, thanks Santa, we love you too! Remember, adopt cats, we deserve it. Purrrr! Zip! Later!
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December 28th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed Subscribe to Brian's Home by Email
Pet separation anxiety disorder results in a huge and tough to deal with concern for dogs and their families, in a similar fashion to obsessive-compulsive grooming or spraying for cats who are under this stress and their owners. Why did I think of these two seemingly unconnected concerns? You’ll see presently just specifically what it is that relates together the disorders and what exactly they share as possible cures and methods to ameliorate the situation. One certainly doesn’t want to let a continuing pattern of destructive behavior to go on and cause problems both for your animal and you.
Dog Separation Anxiety
Separation anxiety for canines tends to be quite a troubling issue. Canines are very social animals and lean heavily on the theory of a pack for all social relationships. As pet owners, humans are the lead dogs in the pack and will thus be as the leader. But in today’s busy existence, those pack heads go away and abandon the dogs separated by themselves for long times of the day. Pet separation anxiety manifests itself by means of some well apparent and increasingly traumatic symptoms. Beginning with barking, over-salivating, and hyperventilating, they will quickly progress into further stages of inappropriate defecation or urination, eating furnishings, and attempts at escape so as to find the pack on their own. This will of course not be successful and lead to even more stress for the poor animal.
Obsessive Compulsive Grooming Disorder
Anxiety issues in felines are of a different nature. Cats are generally independent of their owners, though social relationship problems can still happen. Felines are very territorial and aggressive, so cats can have issues both during moving out of a familiar home to a different, unfamiliar place, or anxiousness due to aggressive felines either in the area or the home. Cat anxiety will show up as obsessive compulsive grooming behaviors, where the cat over cleans themselves and actually turns out to lose patches of their own fur!
Clomipramine
Clomipramine is a promising cure to just these sorts of problems. The same way with people and their anxiety disorders, pets can now be treated medically for the exact kinds of conditions. In simple terms, we’re talking about pet prozac. Medications such as Clomipramine are designed to help take the edge off from the animal’s stress, giving you time and breathing room to deal with the actual underlying problems. Clomipramine side effects may include drowsiness, vertigo, dehydration, weakness, constipation and loss of appetite, therefore you should to be careful that your animal gets lots to drink and you watch them closely for a bit. They obviously can’t tell you in words if they’re not feeling good. Clomipramine canine are happy and healthy animals!
