The life of your cat can be enhanced in many ways; you can make choices in her lifestyle that can have positive effects on her life and health. If you are looking to buy one of our kittens, perhaps a tortie point himalyan, you should think about how you intend to give her the best life possible.
Most cats are pretty healthy animals most of the time. They're so healthy and so low maintenance it's easy to forget they are at any risk at all. But there are some areas of preventive care that matter enormously. Taking care of cat bladder health is a primary way of looking after the wide-eyed fuzzy who greets you each day.
In terms of cat health bladder problems, they are among the most potentially deadly, the most likely to strike suddenly and move very fast, and, yet also among the easiest to guard against. Cat bladder health is most often threatened by some combination of crystal growth in urine, and bacterial urinary tract infection (UTI). The two are so closely associated that cause and effect can blur. What is totally clear, though, is that acting to prevent crystal formation and to ward off bacterial UTIs provides powerful protection in terms of cat bladder health.
There are three primary ways to protect against crystal formation in the urine and to hold bacteria away: adjust your cat's diet, do everything you can to increase his water intake, and supplement his diet with natural products that serve as antibacterial agents, mild diuretics, and that sooth irritated or inflamed tissue. Each of these works with the other to create a very unwelcoming environment for bacteria, and to reduce the formation of crystals in cat bladder. Health is improved by using all three together, along with certain common elements of cat care.
Discuss optimal diet with your vet. If your cat has already suffered a UTI outbreak, or been diagnosed with urinary crystals, your vet may already have put your cat on a highly restrictive diet (wet or dry) intended to alter the chemical nature of the urine to discourage crystal growth, discourage bacterial growth, and encourage frequent urination. If your cat is currently free of such a diagnosis you can still ask your vet to recommend good brands of food that perform similarly to prescription diets.
Make sure your cat always has access to plentiful fresh, clean water. Ask your vet if you should add slight amounts of salt to the water to encourage drinking. He or she will know best the most current findings on this method. As well as providing plenty of water, make sure your cat has full time access to a clean and pleasant litter box. Cats, like humans, are fastidious and will "hold their water" for hours to avoid using a stinky, dirty box.
Unfortunately for cat bladder health this means more time for crystals to form, more condensed urine to encourage those crystals, and more stress on the bladder. It is better for a cat to urinate often and in large volumes. When it comes to cat health bladder evacuation is a prime element: bacteria are flushed out regularly, before they can gain a serious foothold, crystals never form or are washed away! Clean water, clean litter box: cat bladder health improves!
A final methods of ensuring cat bladder health is to provide natural supplements. Many formula have been developed, many as suitable for human use as for cats. A safe blend of berberis, cantharis and staphysagris can help destroy bacteria, promote urination, sooth sore, irritated tissue, and promote cat health. Bladder tone is improved, and crystal formation is reduced. There are even formulas using the familiar cranberry and blueberry to wipe out bacteria and sweep them from the system before trouble can really start.
When it comes to cat health bladder issues are some of the most common issues to arise. But providing protection for that area is simple and easily done. Don't put your pet at risk: be proactive and defend your friend today, so you won't have to deal with a catastrophe in cat health tomorrow.