How to Treat a Cat's Bladder Infection

Video Transcript

"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."