How To Finally STOP Reoccurring Cat UTIs
Summary
TLDRThis video script discusses feline interstitial cystitis (FIC), a common urinary condition in cats often linked to stress. It explains the importance of maintaining a cat's bladder lining and offers various home remedies for managing FIC, including pain relief with CBD, anti-spasmodics like valerian root, anxiety reduction with l-theanine, and increasing fluid intake. It also suggests using natural supplements like slippery elm and glucosamine to strengthen the bladder wall and promote healing.
Takeaways
- 🐾 Feline Interstitial Cystitis (FIC) is a common condition in cats, previously known as FLUTD, FUS, or Pandora's syndrome.
- 🔍 The primary cause of FIC is now understood to be stress and anxiety, rather than diet-related factors.
- 💊 Traditional pain management for FIC includes narcotics and Gabapentin, but holistic options like CBD or catnip are also effective for pain relief.
- 🌿 Valerian root extract and catnip are natural anti-spasmodics that can help relax the urethra and reduce spasms.
- 🍵 L-theanine, an amino acid found in green tea, and CBD can be used to decrease a cat's anxiety levels.
- 🌿 Using pheromone products like 'Feliway' can help decrease stress and create a more content environment for cats.
- 💧 Increasing fluid intake is crucial for cats with FIC, as it helps dilute urine and reduce bladder inflammation.
- 🥫 Switching from dry to canned cat food can significantly increase a cat's fluid intake and decrease FIC episodes.
- 🍵 Administering chamomile tea with a syringe can provide additional fluid and act as a natural anti-anxiety agent.
- 🌱 Slippery elm is an herb that can decrease inflammation in the mucous membranes and may help heal the bladder lining.
- 🧪 Supplements containing glucosamine and chondroitin can help rebuild the bladder wall lining and support cats with recurrent FIC.
Q & A
What is FIC (Feline Interstitial Cystitis)?
-FIC stands for Feline Interstitial Cystitis, which is a condition that affects cats' urinary bladders, causing inflammation and symptoms such as straining to urinate and passing bloody urine.
Why has the understanding of FIC changed over time?
-Initially, FIC was thought to be related to diet and the acidity of cat food. However, it is now understood that stress and anxiety are the primary causes of FIC, leading to bladder inflammation.
What is the role of the glycosaminoglycan layer in a cat's urinary bladder?
-The glycosaminoglycan layer acts as a protective lining inside the urinary bladder, preventing urine from coming into direct contact with the bladder wall, which helps avoid inflammation.
What should a cat owner do if their male cat is straining to urinate without passing urine?
-If a male cat is straining to urinate without passing urine, it could indicate a blockage. The owner should take the cat to a veterinarian immediately to ensure there isn't an obstruction.
How can CBD be used to help cats with FIC?
-CBD, or cannabidiol, has been shown to be an effective pain reliever for cats with FIC. It can be given at a dosage of one drop per 10 pounds of the cat's weight, twice a day.
What are some natural anti-spasmodics that can be used for cats with FIC?
-Natural anti-spasmodics for cats with FIC include valerian root extract and catnip, which can help relax the urethra and decrease spasms.
How can l-theanine help cats with anxiety?
-L-theanine is an amino acid found in green tea that has been shown to decrease anxiety levels in cats, with a dosage of one to two milligrams per pound of body weight, twice a day.
What is the purpose of using pheromones like Feel Away for cats with FIC?
-Pheromones like Feel Away mimic the natural hormones cats release when they are happy, which can help decrease stress and anxiety, potentially reducing the frequency of FIC episodes.
How can increasing fluid intake help cats with FIC?
-Increasing fluid intake can help dilute the urine, reducing bladder inflammation and providing natural pain relief by stretching the bladder lining.
What is the role of slippery elm in treating FIC in cats?
-Slippery elm is an herb that can decrease inflammation within the mucous membranes, which may help heal the bladder wall lining in cats with FIC.
How can glucosamine and chondroitin support the bladder wall health in cats with FIC?
-Glucosamine and chondroitin are part of the building blocks of glycosaminoglycans, which make up the bladder wall lining. Supplementing with these can help rebuild and support the bladder lining in cats with FIC.
Outlines
🐾 Feline Interstitial Cystitis (FIC) Awareness and Home Remedies
The first paragraph introduces the signs and potential causes of Feline Interstitial Cystitis (FIC), a common urinary condition in cats. It explains that FIC, previously known as FLUTD or other names, is now understood to be stress-related rather than solely diet-related. The paragraph uses the analogy of a plastic cup lined with a plastic bag to illustrate the bladder's lining and how stress can lead to inflammation. It emphasizes the importance of addressing stress and anxiety in cats to prevent FIC flare-ups and suggests that certain home remedies and natural supplements, such as CBD oil and valerian root extract, can be beneficial. It also mentions the importance of pain relief and anti-spasmodics during an episode.
🌿 Holistic Approaches to Managing FIC in Cats
The second paragraph delves into various holistic approaches to managing FIC in cats. It discusses the use of L-theanine from green tea to reduce anxiety, the potential benefits of CBD oil for both anxiety and pain relief, and the calming effects of natural pheromones like 'Feliway'. The paragraph also highlights the importance of increasing fluid intake in cats to reduce bladder inflammation, suggesting a switch from dry to canned food and the use of chamomile tea as a natural anti-anxiety and anti-inflammatory agent. It introduces slippery elm as a natural remedy to decrease inflammation in the mucous membranes and suggests supplements containing glucosamine and chondroitin to help rebuild the bladder wall lining. The paragraph concludes with a reminder of the importance of these natural remedies in supporting the overall health of cats with FIC.
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Keywords
💡FIC
💡Stress
💡Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)
💡Pain Relievers
💡Anti-spasmodics
💡Anxiety
💡Fluid Intake
💡Slippery Elm
💡Glucosamine and Chondroitin
💡Catnip
💡Home Remedies
Highlights
Feline Interstitial Cystitis (FIC) is a common condition in cats with symptoms including straining to urinate, urinating in different places, and passing bloody urine.
FIC was previously thought to be related to diet, but it is now understood to be primarily caused by stress in cats.
Stress can lead to bladder inflammation in cats due to a breakdown of the bladder wall lining, similar to a plastic bag allowing urine to touch the bladder wall.
In male cats, straining to urinate without passing urine could indicate a blockage, requiring immediate veterinary attention.
For female cats, intermittent bloody urine is unlikely to be due to obstruction and can often be managed with home remedies.
Traditional pain management for FIC includes narcotics and Gabapentin, but holistic options like CBD have shown effectiveness.
CBD dosage for cats is one drop per 10 pounds of body weight, twice a day, and can be an effective pain reliever.
Anti-spasmodics are used to relax the urethra wall, with natural options including valerian root extract and catnip.
L-theanine, an amino acid found in green tea, can help decrease a cat's anxiety levels.
Natural pheromones like 'Feliway' can mimic the hormones cats release when happy, helping to decrease stress and FIC episodes.
Increasing fluid intake in cats can help dilute urine and reduce bladder inflammation.
Transitioning cats from dry kibble to high-quality canned food can significantly increase their fluid intake.
Administering chamomile tea with a syringe can provide additional fluid and act as a natural anti-anxiety agent.
Slippery elm can decrease inflammation within mucous membranes and may help heal the bladder wall lining.
Supplementing with glucosamine and chondroitin can help rebuild the bladder wall lining in cats with FIC.
The 'Ultimate Feline Health Formula' supplement contains additional glucosamine and chondroitin that may benefit cats with FIC.
A webinar on cat health and nutrition will cover what to feed your cat, what to avoid, and natural remedies for home treatment.
Transcripts
is your cat straining to urinate
urinating in different places passing
bloody urine he or she could have fic
feline Interstitial cystitis in this
video pixie and I are going to show you
what you can do about it at home we're
having a brand new webinar in cats what
to feed your cat what not to feed your
cat plus the most important natural
remedies you can use to treat your cat
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one of the most common conditions our
cats can get used to be called flutd
feline lower urinary tract disease
f-o-u-td the name has since been changed
a number of times some people used to
call it Fus some people used to call it
Pandora's syndrome now we know it as fic
or feline Interstitial cystitis we used
to think that fic was specifically
related to diet so years ago
veterinarians formulated specific types
of food to make the cat food more acidic
the thought was if you made the cat more
acidic you have less type of crystals
there's less crystals you have less
bladder inflammation since turns out
that's all wrong we now know that the
most important cause of fic in our cats
it is related to stress so cats can have
increased amounts of stress increase
amounts of anxiety the result with them
is they actually have bladder
inflammation so think of this plastic
cup here this is the urinary bladder
there's a lining in every cat's urinary
bladder and it looks kind of like this
plastic bag it's known as the tag glycos
aminoglycan so pixie's bladder kind of
like this plastic cup there's an inside
lining to our bladder wall kind of like
this plastic bag the glycosamineal
glycans and her urine is supposed to be
kept inside that plastic bag not
touching the lining of her bladder wall
so you get repeated boats of stressful
events you get a breakdown in the
Plastic Bag the lining of the bladder
wall then you have urine touching our
plastic cup touching the lining of the
bladder and guess what then you get
bladder inflammation and that's what's
causing the repeated boats a bloody
urine the straining to urinate all the
other clinical signs you're seeing with
fic here's the anxiety or stress it's
the knife
it affects the lining of the bladder the
plastic bag urine is leaking out is now
in contact with the bladder so if pixie
were a male cat and she was straining to
urinate not passing an urine that's the
cats are worried about being completely
obstructed then you need to get into
your veterinarian as soon as possible
you have to ensure that there isn't a
blockage preventing her from urinating
but fortunately no because pixie is a
female if she had a boat of intermittent
bloody urine it's very unlikely she's
obstructed more likely she just has Fus
and this is something which can be
amenable to a bunch of these different
home remedies so if she had a big
flare-up of the fic where she straining
urinate passing a bit of bloody urine
while that happens there aren't a number
of Veterinary things that are really
specifically helpful more than anything
it seems to be that time is more
important than anything else each
episode can last somewhere between one
to two weeks but there's two things in
particular you can focus on number one a
painkiller so traditionally inventor
practice we're looking at pain
medications that can be the narcotics
such as butorphinol and or something
like this drug Gabapentin generally
they're pretty effective if we're
looking at a holistic option the most
important thing you want to consider
would be this CBD or cambodile the CBD
it's shown to Be an Effective pain
reliever for our cats we're looking
doses of one drop per 10 pounds which is
three milligrams for 10 pounds of our
supplement and that could be given twice
a day to your cat that has an outbreak
of fic
the second medication that is often
given are anti-spasmodics because here
what we're trying to do is relax the
wall of the urethra that's where all the
urine is passing through so
traditionally Veterinary practice we'd
be looking at something like diazepam
which is Valium but there are a couple
other natural anti-spasmodics number one
is this valerian root extract we're
looking at cat doses of a quarter of a
meal of the tincture which is about a
quarter full of a dropper full here
just edit it out it's about there and
that could be given two to three times a
day during an episode pixie's not super
crazy of being up here but turns out if
she gets some catnip that makes her feel
a little bit more happy about it turns
out the catnip it's also got properties
that make it a natural anti-spasmodic so
we have a cat that has an outbreak of
fic also break out the catnip that may
help decrease the spasms make them feel
a lot better the third big principle
here is we need to decrease anxiety so a
couple options number one you can look
at Naturally decreasing levels of your
cat's anxiety there's an amino acid
found in green tea it's called
l-theanine and it's been shown to be
beneficial for many of these cats which
have anxiety
pretty typical cat throws we're looking
at one to two milligrams per pound for
10 pounds of body weight twice a day
another holistic option which may be
beneficial for a cat with anxiety is CBD
chemodile we're looking at doses of
three milligrams per 10 pounds of body
weight once to twice daily and another
natural option could be the natural
pheromone there's a product called feel
away which you can plug it in as a
diffuser it mimics sort of the natural
hormones that cats release when they're
happy many of these cats seem to be more
content when they have feel away
diffusing through the hose and that can
also help decrease their level of stress
and then you can have less episodes of
repeated boats of these UTIs or have IC
next the big thing is you're thinking
about it is fluid we want to get more
fluid into your cat's diet when there's
more fluid going into the urinary
bladder it can be more diluted it's
going to decrease levels of inflammation
secondarily we can also add things into
the fluid such as certain teas which can
also help decrease your cat's anxiety
may also decrease levels of bladder
inflammation
so number one if your cat is on a dry
cat kibble get her on a good quality
canned cat food is Pixie is eating here
then the most important thing is there's
so much more additional moisture in that
canned food additional moisture we see
far decreased incidents of fic next you
can also look at adding in additional
moisture and when I had clients in the
past had cats for this conditions I
would actually get them to get a syringe
such as this 20cc syringe here I would
actually get them to make up some
chamomile tea which I've got made up
here and I'd have them treating their
cat two or three times a day 20 CC's
about a couple tablespoons two to three
times a day this way you're providing
the additional fluid that your cat needs
you're giving them chamomile which is a
great natural anti-anxiety tea and
thirdly you're actually going to speed
up resolution of those clinical signs
the act of putting more fluid within the
bladder stretches the lining of the
bladder and that actually provides
natural pain relief you mentioned this
one herb called slippery elm that's been
used for people that have interstitial
cystitis which is very similar to are
cats that have fic so what they're
finding with slippery elm is that it
works by decreasing inflammation within
the mucous membranes just so happens
that the inside lining of that bladder
wall is very much related to the mucous
membranes that are in your mouth that
are going down their throat slip around
that's also used in our cats that have
kidney failure so cats tolerate it
really well it's very safe may also help
decrease that inflammation naturally
healing your cat that has fic at a
pretty standard cat slip around dose is
one four milligram capsule daily and our
half of those capsules twice a day you
can break it open Sprinkle it into your
cat's food and then the last part of you
helping your cat naturally at home is by
supplementing with something that's
going to help build up that bladder wall
lining so what you're wanting to do is
supplement your cat's dye with something
that's going to help rebuild this
plastic bag the lining of the bladder
wall the bladder wall lining is made up
of something called the gag or
glycosaminoglycans and it just turns out
that glucosamine and chondroitin those
are part of the building blocks of the
gag the glycosaminoglycans
and our supplement ultimate feline
Health formula has additional
glucosamine it has additional
chondroitin that very well may help your
cat that has repeated boats of fic so
pixie as you can see she's not crazy
about being filmed
but I think she likes her ultimate
feline
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