Home Remedies For Cat's UTI - Effective Treatment Or Hoax?

By Susy Lim

Boy, did I learn a valuable lesson. I used to try inventing home remedies to give to my cat in order to cure his recurrent urinary tract infections. It didn't take me long to realize that a quick home remedy for cat's UTI is simply too good to be true. Home remedies aren't clinically proven to have any effect and by using them, you will only be making your cat a guinea pig for home science experiments. The safety and effectiveness of home remedies are questionable at best.

Rather than trying to concoct your own home treatment to relieve cat's UTI, look for a high quality homeopathic remedy. Homeopathic remedies are known to have dramatic results when used in combination with dietary and lifestyle changes. Furthermore, they are guaranteed to be 100% safe.

Homeopathic remedies for cat's UTI are available over the counter and for an affordable price. There is no need to try making a quick home remedy for cat's UTI when you can get something that is really going to work and for an equally affordable price without having to go to the vet. Homeopathic remedies for cat's UTI are widely available online or from holistic veterinarians.

Home treatment to relieve cat's UTI in the form of a homeopathic remedy is clinically proven to work. There have been numerous studies documenting its effectiveness and safety. There are companies that manufacture homeopathic remedies with the highest standards and practices. They are rigorously tested in laboratories so you are guaranteed a high quality product. You can't get the same results quality assurance by making a product at home.

Unlike a quick home remedy for cat's UTI, homeopathic remedies will do more than just suppress the symptoms. They will get to the root of the problem so the infections stop coming back. Homeopathic remedies for cat's UTI soothe and support the bladder, maintain bladder health, maintain a healthy flow of urine, and support immune system functioning. To put it simply, homeopathic remedies promote permanent recovery and overall health.

Believe me, if you want to see lasting results without putting your cat's health at risk, the use of a high quality homeopathic remedy is the way to go. A quick home remedy for cat's UTI may seem like a cheap, easy way to get rid of symptoms but unless you are an expert herbalist or scientist, your best bet is to avoid trying to make home remedies. There are natural treatments out there that are affordable and proven to work. Try homeopathy so you can help your cat get rid of recurrent urinary tract infections once and for all.

Susy Lim is a pet health enthusiast who has been researching natural remedies to promote pets health. To learn more about her researches, visit her website at http://www.pet-uti-treatments.com

How to Look After Your Cat

By Peter Mac

Domestic cats know how to take care of themselves, but once you decide to keep the creature as a pet, you ought to be familiar with the know-how of how to look after your cat. If you get a domestic cat when it is still a kitten, chances are that the pet gets accustomed to its environment and gets ruled by other pets and this can mean fewer fights in the house, for you. Luckily for you, kittens often sold to keepers, are already litter trained. This leaves you with the chore of tutoring it to find the right area when nature calls. You may be followed wherever you go, as kitties follow their owners all the time, and you might find the cat climbing up the kitchen counter. With food resting on the kitchen worktop, this could be a unfortunate habit, and to deter the domestic cat from doing this, keep some water handy which you may need to sprinkle on its face.

To keep its claws sharp and trim, the cat needs a scratching post, which you need to keep. If you find that they are scratch elsewhere, use the strategy of splashing their face with water. Other than the scratch post, you must also cut and trim their nails so that they do not grow too much, as this can injure a family member or even damage your furniture. Pressing down their claws on the ground can do this, so that the claws are extended which makes cutting easy. You must study the claws as a matter of routine so that they get used to it as they get older. Kitties usually do not shed hair as much as older domestic cats, but keep combing part of their normal grooming habit, so that they are also used to it, be it long or short hair.

Don't just give your domestic cat anything to eat because their food must be of superb quality which can be found in the pet store. If you are unsure about the make of food that has the best quality ingredients, ask you vet for some recommendations. They will also want a clean bowl of water also so they don't get dehydrated. Aside from feeding the kitty, he or she should be brought to the veterinary surgeon for injections and although they ordinarily get a few while they are young they will have to get a regular one yearly as they get bigger. It is a great decision to keep the domestic cat vaccination record handy in case your veterinary surgeon needs it. If you have a big cat, give them room to adjust to the new surroundings on their own. If your pets quarrel, don't worry or get in between them because this is natural but if things are really bad, then you will have to split them by holding both in some other rooms.

You also need to properly guide and train an older cat, so that it shows disciplined behavior. You can always teach them good behavior with sprinkling them with water and this is why water is so important while schooling a cat. Domestic cats should be confined indoors as research reveals that this can help them live longer, since they have less chance of getting involved in traffic accidents or even contracting a viral transmission from other animals. This is the reason why stray cats, living out-of-doors have a lifespan of only a few years. To take care of our domestic cat does not require a great amount of time or effort, and there are several aspects to it, which can be learnt from Internet research, which would permit you and your pet domestic cat to live happily for a long time.

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7 Natural Ways to Get Rid of Urinary Tract Infections

By Mark Lunardi

You might disagree with me but hear me out on this. Conventional treatment methods for cat urinary infection only treat the symptoms and not the cause. Anyone with a cat that suffers from recurrent infections knows that it's the truth. Urinary problems can't be resolved by medication alone. Lifestyle changes and home treatments need to be used and followed on a regular basis in order for you to see improvement and correct the imbalance that causes the infections in the first place. Here are 7 ways to safely treat and prevent cat urinary tract infection at home.

1. Giving your cat tap water can lead to cat urinary problems. Tap water is contaminated with chemicals like chlorine so many cats avoid drinking it. This in turn leads to a thickening of urine and a hindered ability to empty the bladder. Give your cat filtered water instead.

2. Feed your cat home cooked food. The harmful chemical additives, preservatives, and coloring in commercial cat food can lead to a heightened risk of cat urinary infection.

3. You need to make sure that your cat consumes a sufficient amount of fluids in order to flush out the bacteria that cause urinary tract

infection. Since it¹s not possible to force your cat to drink water, try soaking food in water or broth before feeding him.

4. In order to relieve the pain associated with cat urinary problems, give your cat cantharis pellets. Cantharis pellets are a 100% safe,

homeopathic remedy that is useful for pain relief and helpful for cats that are straining to urinate.

5. To control a cat urinary infection, pure cranberry juice can be helpful. Look for 100% cranberry juice, not the mainstream cranberry juice

that contains sugar and other additives. Cranberry juice helps because it acidifies urine and flushes out bacteria.

6. Give your cat vitamin C in order to strengthen the lining of the bladder. Vitamin C is a natural anti-inflammatory that can be given in

doses of 250mg to 500g twice a day. Do keep in mind however that vitamin C can cause diarrhea. Figure out what the correct dosage is for your cat by trial and error.

7. Homeopathic remedies that are formulated specifically to treat cat urinary problems can be highly effective. Look for a formula that can help your cat maintain a healthy bladder, a healthy flow of urine, and a strong immune system.

Put this to the test right away. Most cats respond well to these gentle, natural treatments. There is no need to give your cat strong medication every time he gets a urinary tract infection. In fact, medication just treats the symptoms. Cat urinary infection will just keep recurring if you don't treat the underlying cause of the problem. These simple changes in diet and lifestyle may be just what your cat needs in order to get rid of urinary tract infection once and for all and achieve permanent recovery.

Mark Lunardi is a pet health enthusiast who has been researching natural remedies to promote pets health. To learn more about his researches, visit his website at http://www.pet-uti-treatments.com/ .

Why Does a Cat Purr?

By Lamar Dean

The answer seems obvious enough. A purring cat is a contented cat. This surely must be true. But it is not. Repeated observation has revealed that cats in great pain, injured, in labor and even dying often purr loud and long. These can hardly be called contented cats. It is true, of course, that contented cats do also purr, but contentment is by no means the sole condition for purring. A more precise explanation, which fits all cases, is that purring signals a friendly social mood, and it can be given as a signal to, say, a vet from an injured cat indicating the need for friendship, or as a signal to an owner, saying thank you for friendship given.

Purring first occurs when kittens are only a week old and its primary use is when they are being suckled by their mother. It acts then as a signal to her that all is well and that the milk supply is successfully reaching its destination. She can lie there, listening to the grateful purrs, and know without looking up that nothing has gone amiss. She in turn purrs to her kittens as they feed, telling them that she too is in a relaxed, co-operative mood. The use of purring among adult cats (and between adult cats and humans) is almost certainly secondary and is derived from this primal parent-offspring context.

An important distinction between small cats, like our domestic species, and the big cats, like lions and tigers, is that the latter cannot purr properly. The tiger will greet you with a friendly 'one-way purr'...a sort of juddering splutter...but it cannot produce the two-way purr of the domestic cat, which makes its whirring noise not only with each outward breath (like a tiger) but also with each inward breath. The exhalation/inhalation rythm of feline purring can be performed with the mouth firmly shut and may be continued for hours on end. In this respect small cats are one up on their giant relatives, but big cats have another feature which compensates for it. They can roar, which is something small cats can never do.

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Cat Furniture - A New Product

By Joseph Starr

I moved into the house where I currently live almost 50 years ago and planted a 7-foot Pin Oak. Over the years it has grown and is now very, very, very tall and since it's located on top of a hill it is a bird-magnet. Birds come in mega-droves to nestle into its branches. Being a city boy, I thought they did that so they could aim their poop better onto my neighbor's cars, but an outdoorsman told be that birds like heights so they can see all around them. Whether they are being territorial or simply keeping track of possible predators in the area, he wasn't sure.

Cats are the same way. They like to get on top of things. Lacking furniture to climb onto and survey their domain, many cats snuggle onto a window sill and spend hours there. So there is justification for seriously considering buying cat furniture so they can be happy and contented. And look at the human furniture you probably own. What did you spend on that sofa you love to couch-potato on? How about the recliner? Does it have a built in massager, too? You don't have a strong argument for not spending about $300 for furniture on that love of your life, your cat. And, would you rather the cat climb on your furniture or on his/her furniture?

I searched the net for appropriate furniture to buy and came across a few items that looked promising and one that looked outstanding. Since cats like altitude, let's consider a cat climber or cat tree. My number one choice would be the Catvantage product. See it at catvantage.net. The product has won two editor choice awards in 2007, from Pet Product News International, and Cat Fancy. In 2008 it won 2nd place for best-in-show at the Global Pet Expo. It's a pole from floor to ceiling - kinda like a pole lamp - with steps for the cat to climb up to a big-enough-for-a-cat perch at the top. (For you Greenies out there, the pole is made out of recycled polyvinychloride, and most of the other parts are from recycled materials also.) I really like the clean, sharp, modern, design. It's not intrusive and will fit seamlessly into your existing habitat.

In fairness take a look at some of the competition. On the internet look up the Jungle Club House and draw your own conclusion. Notice especially the design, the height, and the price. At the Sitting Pretty website check out the CozyCat Furniture. They offer a pretty elaborate Tree Mansion for $1895. The same website has lower cost cat furniture, but for my money they look pretty ugly from a design standpoint. At Kittykornercatfurniture you can see a cat climber which is similar to the Catvantage product. I've found that the products that are lower in price than Catvantage typically don't give you the up-to-the ceiling perch for your cat and the designs are blah.

There are many climbers and trees to look at. So take your time. But please buy your pet some furniture of his/her very own that s/he will enjoy for many hours.

Joseph Starr writes on a variety of articles to keep his brain from fogging over. For more stuff about cats see his blog at http://joescattalk.blogspot.com/

Your Cat's Health and Well Being

By Rebeca Rambal

If you haven't had the pleasure of owning a pet cat before, you may not know that you can run into some cat health problems. Some can be prevented easily, while others begin genetically.

One of the most common problems with your cat's health and well being is the terrible hairball. Cats keep themselves clean by cleaning their fur with their tongues. Loose hair is removed and swallowed. Sometimes, instead of passing through the cat's digestive tract, the hair forms into a ball in the cat's stomach. Cats with hairballs develop a hacking cough, gradually expelling the hairball. Hairball prevention is easy: groom your cat daily to help remove the loose hair. You can also get cat food that helps prevent hairballs. If you look at your local stores, you may also find cat treats that can help with this problem.

Urinary tract infections are another feline health problem. This infection happens more frequently in un-neutered male cats, though it is seen occasionally in females as well. If your cat has suddenly developed an aversion to his litter box, it could be due to a urinary tract infection. Another clue is that your cat's urine will smell unusually strong if he has an infection. A trip to the veterinarian is the cure. He will also recommend cat foods that may help prevent the infection from coming back.

Cats are prone to several viruses as well that can be very dangerous to their health and well being: Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) and Feline Leukemia Virus (FLV) are the most common.

FIP is a cousin to the Corona virus, and is a very serious condition as there is no known treatment. The problem lies in the test. Cats that test positive for FIP may not have it, since Corona virus gives the same result on the test. A vaccine for FIP does exist, but many veterinarians do not believe it is very effective. Fortunately, this disease is not as simple to contract as some of the others.

FIV, also known as cat AIDS, isn't necessarily fatal. Some pet owners are afraid that they can catch HIV from an FIV-positive cat, but it is not possible.

FLV is easily preventable through vaccination if the cat has not been exposed to the virus yet. While FLV is not always immediately fatal, once this disease has been contracted, the cat usually does not live for long. If you have a pet with FLV, do not bring other cats into your household. It is contagious.

Many cats also become a host for worms. Hookworms, tapeworms and roundworms are the most common parasites that infect pet cats. Sometimes, they can also get heart worms. Symptoms that may indicate worms is weight loss, with the inability to gain it back; flea infestation; or white specks in the stool that looks like rice. If you notice any of these signs, take your cat to the vet for a test. Worms are easily gotten rid of with a few doses of worm medication. If left untreated, the cat can waste away and die.

If your cat likes to play outdoors, examine him frequently for ticks. If you find one on your cat and he has been moving more slowly than usual or acting lethargic or as if he is in pain, he may need to be tested for Lyme Disease. Your veterinarian can take care of this test and the treatment. Lyme Disease is given to both people and animals by ticks.

Your cat's health and well being is very important if you want to have many happy years with him or her. Caring for your cat properly is easy with a few regular trips to the vet.

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The Truth About Conventional Treatments For Cat Urinary Infections

By Laura Ramirez

It never fails. Mainstream veterinarians are quick to prescribe antibiotics for cat urinary infection but the infections just keep coming back. Antibiotics may get rid of the immediate symptoms of urinary tract infection in your cat but beyond that are they effective? Many pet owners are turning to safer, natural solutions and it's easy to understand why.

I don't doubt the fact that cat urinary problems must first and foremost be diagnosed by a veterinarian. If you notice any changes in your cat's behavior, such as if he is drinking more water than usual, he seems to be in pain when urinating, or he is urinating more frequently, go to a veterinarian immediately to rule out any serious causes.

A tumor, bladder stones, struvite crystals, or serious disease can cause a cat urinary infection. Your veterinarian may have to perform a surgical procedure in order to cure the problem. Otherwise, a special diet may be necessary in order to dissolve the crystals or stones.

Antibiotics may be prescribed in order to get rid of your cat's infection. Not only are antibiotics difficult to administer, they also have dangerous side effects. Not to mention the high doses required to treat cat urinary problems may actually aggravate the infection.

Another reason why pet owners should start straying away from antibiotics for treatment of cat urinary infection is that their overuse has led to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Over time bacteria are going to evolve to the point that we won't even be able to get rid of it anymore if we keep using antibiotics anytime our cats have an infection!

The best way to take care of cat urinary problems before they spiral out of control is with natural treatment. A healthy diet and lifestyle and avoiding exposure to toxins and chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides can go a long way in helping your cat reach an optimum state of health so urinary tract infections don't become a problem in the first place. Along with these lifestyle changes, administering a homeopathic remedy can be very helpful in maintaining optimum bladder functioning and overall good health. Homeopathic remedies come in granule form so they are easy to give your cat.

Now it's time to start putting these tips to use. Conventional treatment with antibiotics may be a quick fix for cat urinary infection but they are only a temporary solution. Furthermore, the dangerous side effects of conventional treatment can actually put your cat's health at risk. If you want your cat to be healthy and infection free without putting his health in danger, make lifestyle changes and give him a homeopathic remedy. By doing so, you will help your cat recover permanently so he can stay healthy for years to come.

Laura Ramirez is a passionate researcher of natural remedies which heal disorders and keep pets vibrant and healthy. To learn more about her findings, go to http://www.pet-ut-health.com.