Thread: Poor Monty... peeing probs / cystitis

Originally Posted by candes

No suggestions. But I hope Monty gets better soon! The poor baby! You know come to think of it, I did read that kitties don't drink enough water when eating dry food. That is why drinking fountains are suggested. And the new thinking about leaning towards more canned food in their diets. And less dependance on dry.

We used to have a fountain earlier on. But we had to clean the pump almost daily because it got awfully slimy… some kind of algae presumably. And when Monty developed nasty diarrhoea we decided to bin the fountain … just to rule out possible causes.

I also got a tip from the vet’s assistant to get them to drink more. Defrost some frozen fish or prawns in the drinking bowl. Which I am doing right now. As soon as the temperature is right I’ll put that bowl out (with the prawns still in it, of course).

BTW, how is your cold? Better, I hope.