Help needed with cat with UTI
Well, I need some cat advice.
46 years of dog knowledge...cat's not so much!
I have a 20 year old Siamese never been sick in his life.
After full timing with him we are now in our winter house in Florida. I have NO tolerance for a MH or house even having a hint of the fact that a cat lives there. And I am very proud that it does not!
So you can understand why I freaked out when I walked into my house and the smell of cat urine almost made me pass out!
I cleaned the cat litter box. I scubbed and cleaned the area it's in. There all done. Went out and came back later and the same thing. :(
Long story short I 'finally' found out he was going on the floor in a corner under a table .:E And the smell was not right.
Took him to vet. Diagnosis UTI. Interestingly they gave him a shot of long acting antibiotics. Never heard of such a thing.
1.First of all does Anyone have any feed back on using that type of antibiotics instead of pills?
I have him contained in a big soft side crate so I can watch him and chart how much water he drinks and how often he goes. All looks good.
2. How long should I wait before I spring him from his crate to make sure the UTI is cleared up?
3. After the UTI is cleared up will he still be drawn to doing it on the floor again? What makes them not use the litter box when they have a UTI?
Thanks for any help with Sam the Siamese.
46 years of dog knowledge...cat's not so much!
I have a 20 year old Siamese never been sick in his life.
After full timing with him we are now in our winter house in Florida. I have NO tolerance for a MH or house even having a hint of the fact that a cat lives there. And I am very proud that it does not!
So you can understand why I freaked out when I walked into my house and the smell of cat urine almost made me pass out!
I cleaned the cat litter box. I scubbed and cleaned the area it's in. There all done. Went out and came back later and the same thing. :(
Long story short I 'finally' found out he was going on the floor in a corner under a table .:E And the smell was not right.
Took him to vet. Diagnosis UTI. Interestingly they gave him a shot of long acting antibiotics. Never heard of such a thing.
1.First of all does Anyone have any feed back on using that type of antibiotics instead of pills?
I have him contained in a big soft side crate so I can watch him and chart how much water he drinks and how often he goes. All looks good.
2. How long should I wait before I spring him from his crate to make sure the UTI is cleared up?
3. After the UTI is cleared up will he still be drawn to doing it on the floor again? What makes them not use the litter box when they have a UTI?
Thanks for any help with Sam the Siamese.
