How much does it cost to get your cat treated for a urinary tract infection ?

will my cat be okay if i cant get him treated if i just give him lots of water to flush it out ?

Your cat could die without treatment. You need to see a vet asap!

Been there, done this. :o( I have 2 males who I almost lost to FLUTD, struvite crystals, bladder and kidney stones. I managed to cure both of them naturally (with the help of my vet) by feeding a species appropriate Raw food diet and adding in a regimen of natural supplements.

My biggest piece of advice is if your vet advises you to use a 鈥減rescription diet鈥?food鈥?choose to skip that route and go for a strictly wet food diet, canned or raw, instead. Vets that prescribe dry prescription foods and even canned prescription diets as the cure to Urinary Tract problems obviously know nothing about feline nutrition and are only bandaiding the problem instead of preventing it in the first place. Sadly, most vets never learn anything about feline nutrition except what the cat food companies teach them. *roll eyes here* Any vet that would tell you to put your already sick cat on a garbage food made with cheap fillers like Hills Science Diet, Royal Canin, or Purina Prescription clearly knows NOTHING about cats nutritional needs

Cats were never designed to eat dry food. NEVER. They eat their prey whole and wet. Cats do not have a thirst mechanism. So because of all that鈥?cats are designed to eat only wet food. We idiot humans feed dry only for our convenience. Shows how much we used to know, huh?

Because of all the above, we, by feeding dry, are usually the cause of all UTI issues in cats. They do not take in enough water on a dry diet and so their systems do not fully flush out so they get UTI issues.

What you need to do is unconcentrate the urine. To do that you need to stop feeding all dry foods and switch to an all wet diet. Either a canned diet or Raw. Did your vet recommend that? Wet food will help flush the system faster so that crystals and bacteria can not form.

Get your kitty on a STRICKTLY wet food diet. Either high quality canned, or a raw diet. It鈥檚 not cheap but it will cost you less in the long run than the vet. You can learn about raw food at www.catinfo.org and www.catnutrition.org or canned鈥?choose Wellness, Merrick, Drs Foster and Smith or something with those matching ingredients.

No matter which you choose鈥?no more dry food for your cat ever. Wet food only!

I鈥檝e also had success using Glucosomine and Chrondriton for preventing inflammation in the urethra. Discuss this with your vet and ask them to look into it. There are some major feline studies being done on this that are VERY promising!

If your kittys urine needs more acidity because of struvite Crystals you can also add dry cranberry extract, just a pinch 2X a day on wet food. And you can try a pinch of Vitamin C sprinkled on as well.

Give your kitty distilled water to drink only. Both my vet and I are convinced after speaking with vets all over the county that the hardness and mineral content in water in different areas contributes to the # of cases of UTI鈥檚 in those areas. From here on out鈥?distilled water only. Another suggestion鈥?is to get kitty a water fountain. I bought the Bigdog Drinkwell for my cats and keep it filled with distilled water and they love it. It鈥檚 a great way to encourage their water consumption.

Lastly, get yourself a bag of scientific litter so you can keep track of kittys PH levels at home. You won鈥檛 be able to detect the crystals at home that cause blockages, but if the ph was off鈥?you could get kitty in for a urine analysis right away and possibly head off a blockage.

Good luck!

you can't flush it out yourself. it's an infection, which means that there are bacteria growing in there that can't just be washed away. the bacteria have to be killed by medication, which only your vet can prescribe.

every vet is different, so it's hard to say how much your vet will charge. vets charge different amounts for office visits, and for the cost of the pills and anything else he/she might need to do.

Not much at all. They just give you antibiotics, which works pretty quickly too. I think around $25.00. Not sure what the office visit would cost though.....

Buy fish antibiotics, look for the kind that say tetracycline only. Cost = $5.00 a treatment. What makes you think that is the problem though?

UTI'S require medical intervention ,a Vet can charge up to 拢50 for treatment. My cats both required treatment, I had tried giving them water but they were given antibiotic therapy and recovered well. Pet insurance helps with the Vet bills.

20 bucks usualy for my cat

The fact that he is a boy you CANNOT LEAVE IT

Male cats can DIE from a UTI in less than 24hrs .......YOU MUST GET HIM SEEN BY A VET ASAP

20-30 bucks

If your cat has a urinary tract infection, no amount of water will fix the problem. Bacterial infections must be treated with antibiotics. Just as with humans, nothing else will cause the infection to go away. Another thing to consider is that if your cat hasn't been diagnosed by a vet with a UTI, you could be treating the wrong problem. There could be something completely different going on. If it is a UTI, the antibiotics are not very expensive. The checkup and meds will probably cost somewhere between $25-$50 depending on the area you're in and the vet you see. If there is a significant problem, such as cystitis, the cost can sometimes run into the hundreds if surgery is required. Bottom line... you need to get your cat to the vet for an accurate diagnosis and treatment.

Just as heads up, it's not as simple as giving him plenty of water to flush...the cost for my cat was 300CAD that was just to diagnose and unblock and an overnight.
The cost to stick a cathidar to unblock him from time to time gets expensive and rather painful and is 100CAD (unblock his crystals) approx.
My cat had an operation that removed his Penis leaving him with just have a hole to pee, it was some time ago so I'm unsure what the surgery is called but that cost was Little over a 1000CAD.
I hope that you may not need this surgery but my cat's life depended on it.

It all depends on where you go. If you have a regular vet, it probably won't cost as much, I definately wouldn't just try flushing it out with water. He is going to need some antibiotics. If you don't have a regular vet, you might call around to some of them and find out how much their office visit is, or try asking some of them if there is anything else they can suggest to do if you can't afford to bring him in, cause sometimes you can get lucky and find a vet that will answer some questions over the phone if they understand your situation, but not very often. I know sometimes, depending on where you live, it can be just the office visit alone-(walking through the doors, period), that can be the most expensive part. At least try calling around to find out something, don't just let it go or just flush it with water. Their bodies are not built like humans. Good luck.

You can't just flush it out. This is very painful and can lead to a deadly kidney infection if not treated. Contact low cost clinics in your area. The visit and medications will be cheaper. If you have an ASPCA clinic or similar the charges are very reasonable. You have no choice but to get this cat treated.