How To Take Care of Urinary Stone in Your Cat | Cat Treatment And Care

MASSAPEDIA NEWS - "Are you one of the keepers of the cat that always delivers a fast food / dry food to your cat? Is your a male cat and have difficulties when urinating? If so be careful with the incidence of urolithiasis, or stones in the urinary tract, your cat has the potential to urolithiasis / Urinary Stone "

The Cause of Urinary Stones in Cats

The increasing standards of living affect the lifestyle of society. One of them is the growing owners of cats as pets, which is often the cat is regarded as a part of their family. The love of excess pet to cause the owners give the same food as the food they consume, in addition to the pet food sold in the market with various brands. Many keepers do not take into account the nutrients contained in the food given to the cat, on the other hand of course the cat digestive unlike humans, as well as the type of food that should be given.

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One feed is often given to the pet cat is in the form of dry food. Feeding dry food could lead to changes in pH in the urine, but it can cause excessive concentration of minerals in the urine. Feeding being offset by the provision of adequate drinking will lead to mineral deposits in the urinary tract which over time will form stones that can clog the urinary tract. The process is chronic and a new look at a cat in a long time.

Process and Type Urinary Stones in Cats

The incidence rate was more frequent in male cats than female cats, because the male cat has a urinary tract anatomy that is longer than that of females, thus causing mineral deposition more quickly piled on urinary tract male cats.

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This type of stone found in cats urinary tract can vary, can be formed from a combination of minerals or mineral degan others. Type of stone that formed them are struvite and oxalate stones, initially these minerals will precipitate and form the core, the core will gradually set up layers and layers and will continue to thicken into the sand to stone formation in the urinary tract.

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Cats who have kidney stone can be seen from the stool frequency more frequently than usual, feeling restless (always to the litter box), the amount of urine is passed only a little and sometimes with bloody urine, there is pain when it is held in the abdomen, and if the symptoms long enough, it will cause the cat to experience vomiting, lethargy, and would not eat. If your cat is experiencing these things immediately consult a veterinarian to get further treatment.

Tips to Reduce The Risk of Urinary Stones in Cats

The incidence of urolithiasis will recur if we apply the incorrect feeding management, are some tips that can reduce the risk of urolithiasis are as follows:

If your cat fed dry food, please always provide drinking ad libitum (unlimited) so that minerals do not accumulate in the urinary tract
Choosing the low mineral feed, some animal feed products provide a low specific feed minerals to prevent urolithiasis
Give variation wet feed on cats
Always control the health of our loved cat to the vet every 6 months.