Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease - Part 1
By: Alfred and Miss Patches Marie Kitty
Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease was known as FUS or
feline urologic syndrome. FLUTD and FUS are the same
disease. The name changed to FLUTD when they learned more
about the disease and decided to change the name to more
accurately reflect the disease.
Symptoms of feline lower urinary tract disease are
inflammation, irritation and/or obstruction of the lower
urinary tract specifically the urinary bladder and urethra.
These symptoms can occur singularly all or some at any given
time.
As of today doctors still are not sure what exactly causes
feline urinary tract disease. There are, however,
contributing factors and suspicions as to what lead to this
particular disease. It has been linked to anything in the
urine capable of causing an obstruction, and most often
strikes male cats.
There isn't any known prevention, just suggestions as to
what to avoid. Treatment varies from controlling the cat's
diet to surgery to remove the obstruction. If the disease is
caught in time most cats go on to live normal, healthy, full
lives. If there are any recurring symptoms the cat should be
taken to the veterinarian immediately to treat the disease
in case there is a reoccurrence.
The symptoms for feline urinary tract disease are as
follows:
In females one of the first symptoms to watch for is
frequent trips to the litter box with little urine voided,
straining to urinate, blood in the urine and urination in
other places besides the litter box.
Males exhibit all the same symptoms as female cats with
FLUTD except that in males the urethra can become completely
blocked off and this is a serious problem that can result in
the death of the cat if action isn't taken quickly enough.
In males this obstruction more often occurs where the
urinary tract narrows at the spot in which the urethra
enters the bulbourethra gland. Particles that can easily be
voided out of the bladder travel the urethra to this
juncture and become lodged at this narrow part of the
urethra, causing complete blockage.
Female cats do not have this problem because at no point
does their urethra narrow, in fact it widens toward the end.
These symptoms are much more severe than simple bladder
inflammation caused by an infection. This is an emergency
that requires immediate steps to relieve the obstruction.
What Should You Feed Your Cat?
By: Alfred
Hey guys, I guess you could say I'm an expert when it comes to eating!
I do it every day, and I know what Tastes Good and what is Good For Me!
You know that cats are carnivores, meaning they are meat eaters. They
don't have the ability to manufacture proteins in their liver as dogs
and humans do, thus they have to get their proteins from food.
Complete proteins come from meat sources. Incomplete proteins come
from grains. Incomplete proteins do not have all the amino acids present
required to form what we call a complete protein.
Also you will want to consider the presence of harsh chemical
preservatives that are in some foods, such as BHA, BHT, and ethoxyquin.
All have been proven to play a role in various degenerative diseases
such as kidney and liver disease, and cancer.
Our suggestion then is to look for a cat food that has at least
2 to 3 meat sources of proteins to every one grain source.
When your kitty goes out for a hunt, does he bring back an ear of corn,
or mice and rodents?
Also look for a food that has all natural preservatives instead
of toxic chemicals.
Our recommended food is
Life's Abundance Premium Health Food For Cats
It is a 100% complete and balanced formula that is safe for your cat
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