u/nomoreofanime

Hello!

My kitty is stage 2 CKD. And I've noticed about a month ago that she stopped drinking from her fountain that she'd been drinking from for two years. I do of course clean it and use new filters, but still she stopped using it.

Now I put a plate with water in every room near her sleeping places. This was ok for a while, but now I don't know why she drinks less from these plates too! Maybe because I've started adding some water into her wet food and now give her more wet and less dry food (to encourage her drink more as she has urinary tract infection). She pees 2-3 times a day still. She sniffs water in plates (which I also clean and put fresh water regularly) and goes to her feeding place to have wet food leftovers. I have no idea what this behavior is 😐

Maybe you had something similar happen to your kitty?

Hello!

My cat was diagnosed with 2 stage of CKD in April. Then was the first time she was diagnosed with urinary tract infection. Vet said that it's likely for renal cats (especially female because of physiology) to have such problems.

So since April this will be the fifth time we'll be doing cystocentesis for bacterial analysis and third time taking course of antibiotics.

So the question is:

1. How often you and your cat is facing urinary tract infection?

2. Do you usually give your cat gabapentin when doing cystocentesis?

Thanks!