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18-11-2009, 04:06 PM
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UTI or a behavioural issue?
Hi,
Myself and my housemate recently took on two Oriental Short Hair female cats, both 2 years old. They had belonged to her brother and lived as indoor cats in a large apartment with their mother and 2 other siblings. 2 weeks into them being with us, one of the cats started urinating on the sofa, on blankets, on our beds etc. As she deficates in the litter tray quite happily, and howls when she urintates, we assumed she had a UTI and took her to the vets. She had a shot of antibiotics and we were given meds to ease her pain whilst weeing and also meds to calm and reassure her. 9 days on and she's still weeing on things. She was spayed 2 days before moving in with us and we thought that that had given her the UTI, but i'm now thinking, what with having the operation, moving home and being taken away from their mother and brothers all in one go, may have caused her more distress than anticipated. She's highly intelligent and sensitive (her sister is dopey and care free!) They're both very nervous cats when they're approached but love cuddles and affection when they come to you. What do you guys think and what do you recommend from experience? Any help would be greately appreciated. Last edited by ambroze; 18-11-2009 at 04:09 PM.. 
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18-11-2009, 07:15 PM
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Re: UTI or a behavioural issue?
It sounds as though she definitely had a UTI, and stress can bring those on. Some cats suffer repeated bouts through out their life time because of it. She could still be weeing else where because she still associates the tray with the pain of weeing. You could try changing the litter tray, change its position and change the litter in it to break her association with the current set up and the pain of weeing.
For litter try Cat Attract. It has a special ingredient that is supposed to encourage the cat to wee on it. Its also very fine peices and soft on paws (not ideal as it is clay based which isn't great but OK in short term to break a habit). http://www.rlpetproducts.co.uk/store...s/cat-attract/ There is also a litter that detects the presence of blood and other things which can give you a heads up on certain problems like UTIs allowing you to get them treatment before symptoms start to develop http://www.crystalclearpet.com/shop/...health_buy.htm To help destress them both then feliway plug ins can help, or zylkene (sp?) supplement. Siamese and orientals are fantastic cats but being highly intelligent are prone to be more sensitive about things some definitely suffer from feline OCD. Congratulations on your two new additions. Its very early days, but I am sure when they are fully settled and have found their feet and are used to their new surroundings and new slaves then you will see a couple of different cats.
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