To treat cat cystitis, you should first take medication to relieve pain, and then increase the intake of water in canned food; reduce the cat's stress; find ways to make the cat drink more water, such as changing to a mobile water dispenser, or feeding flavored water, such as tuna water , chicken soup or beef soup, cat milk, etc.

Feline cystitis symptoms

Cystitis, also called interstitial cystitis, is inflammation of the bladder wall that causes frequent and infrequent urination. That’s why clumping cat litter is used. For clumping cat litter, the size and number of urine clumps can be observed, so that the cat's urine volume and frequency can be judged, and based on this, a preliminary assessment can be made of whether the cat's urinary system is normal. If the cystitis is particularly severe, there will be blood in the urine, but it won't look that obvious once the urine is in the litter box.

Cats with cystitis often have many small pellets (small litter clumps) in the litter box.

Treatment of feline aseptic cystitis

1. Give medication to relieve pain;

2. Use canned food, etc. to increase water intake;

3. Reduce the stress of sick cats. But it's not easy, because most cats remain silent when they're stressed, and we don't know exactly what makes them so stressed.

4. Glucosamine/chondroitin sulfate/hyaluronic acid products such as Cosquin or Trixsyn may be helpful, but studies have not confirmed they are beneficial. Nonetheless, they do not appear to be harmful in any way and may be worth a try.

Cats with cystitis need to increase water intake

1. Water dispenser;

2. Flavored water, such as tuna water, chicken or beef broth, clam juice, lactose-free cat milk (CatSip), etc.;

3. Add water to the canned food - 1 pound per meal - or any amount your cat can tolerate.

You can also make your own tuna water by adding three cups of water to a box of canned tuna. Soak for 15 minutes, then strain out the tuna. Can be refrigerated or frozen. 3 cups of water fill two 16-square ice cube trays.

After heating the flavored ice cubes to between 37 and 39 degrees, add it to canned food, or give it to the cat to drink directly.

To increase urine output, fluids may also be injected under the skin. However, doing so may create additional stress. Usually suitable for dry food addicts transitioning to canned food (usually these catsI have severe cystitis)

Repeat a very important point: Bladder infection is not a common cause of cystitis.

Sadly, the overuse of antibiotics when treating urinary tract problems in cats shows that this fact is being ignored; the most important treatments are: increasing water intake and reducing stress.