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Let's talk about managing your cat's bladder infection. A bladder infection is diagnosed
at your veterinary clinic. Once they've seen a urinalysis and can determine if there's
an infection present, then generally antibiotics are going to be needed to treat them. There
are a couple of important things to think about when we are dealing with infections
in cats, especially. When we are dealing with males. Male cats have a very small urethral
orifice that they urinate from and males can actually block if they have an infection or
inflammation of the bladder. Blocking means they can not urinate, that is an absolute
emergency. If they are squatting and yelling at the litter box and not able to produce
any urine they need to see a veterinarian right away, because that's an emergency situation.
At home essentially it comes down to using antibiotics for bladder infections. There
are some other things that you will use occasionally for pain because bladder infections are obviously
very inflamed very irritating and painful. And most cats will do quite well. Medicating
cats can be challenging, but talk to your veterinary office about how to do that and
also look for a recurrence of bladder infections in the future.