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you really are a soppy lovely lot!!

Glad Caddy is ok now, and hope you have his company for many more years.
Lizx

Hi Ann

I was wondering last night how Caddy was getting on - so pleased to hear that things have improved :O)) x

thanks so much Jean - such lovely caring people on these boards

Ann XX

glad to hear caddy o.k and the problem has been sorted.

jean
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how nice of you to ask Jean. He is fine thank you. To begin with I immediately stopped giving him tuna in brine and replaced it with Whiskas pouches - he loves it and is asking for it all the time!!! I bought a spray from Pets at Home and sprayed everywhere he had been that he shouldn't have been. I am a coward at taking him to the vet [he is insured by the way!] so I left it a day or two to see how things went and hey ho, he has been a good boy ever since! I am so very grateful to you all for caring so much and for helping me. Caddy sends his thanks as well!!

Ann XX

Ann, how did you get on regarding your cat.?

jean

thank you all so very much for all your replies and advice which I can assure you I have taken on board - will be taking a trip to the vets as soon as I can. Grateful thanks to you all, Love Ann XX

Ann

My cats(3) are on dry food( Hills Science Diet) and tinned food.Always have a dog dish of water filled 2x a day so there is no problems.

Vet recommended Hills.

I had to stop giving my cats Tuna in brine as it can give them Kidney infections it is too salty for them.

Vet told me to stop giving the cats tuna.

Good Luck with Caddy.

Sue

ps I only fill the water dish 2x day cos they get loads of cat hairs in it.

Usually when cats who are normally clean start doing this it is because of a urine infection (as already said)...
Sometimes, if it's painful for the cat to go it can start to associate pain with that particular place, for example a cat who normally goes on a litter tray may go everywhere but in the litter tray as it thinks thats why it hurts....

I think a trip to the vets should get to the heart of the problem....

God bless the little one, hope it's something and nothing..

LOU XXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxx

These days the dried foods that are available, even the cheaper ones are fine so long as your cat drinks water. Its hard to guage if you have a cat that goes outside as some cats prefer rain water.

Ann, In these circumstances I would say its some kind of psychological issue. Shut the spare room door if you can and dont let him/her in there. Problem solved!

love theresa

Are there any new cats in the area Ann ?
I have four cats and they go in and out of the cat flap whenever they want/need to
they have never been "dirty"in the house.....until recently.New neighbours moved next door in April.To my horror I believe they have at least 9 cats.None of them have been "done".
To cut the story short.......one of them is a NASTY tom.......now my little cat is frightened to out side and my old boy of 17 got badly beaten .....my big ginger and white has a good go back but he is causing trouble every day.
Regarding possiale cystitis....try and watch when Caddy is outside...if a cat keeps digging holes one after another
but not doing it's buisness,there is probably a problem.
Amanda

So he is Prince Caddy, really then Ann? lol
Don't they do one in something else other than brine or oil or could you drain the oil away and give him some then, I just wonder if it is a bit salty for him, but maybe you don't give it to him very often?

enjoying reading all your lovely replies, thank you so much - will take him to the vet tomorrow or Saturday. By the way Liz he only likes tuna in brine - won't eat it in oil!! John Wests usually - he's proper spoilt.

My cats were on a mix of Iams and tinned food, also titbits and the last one still had kidney problems at the end, bless her. She drank water and was fine until very shortly before she had to be put to sleep, so I think the Iams is ok, just the way cats are. One neighbour did give her treats of raw and cooked liver and I had to ask her to stop as apparently that isn't good for them.
Do you get tuna in brine, as it might be too salty for your cat Ann and causing problems.
I would just keep the bedroom door shut and have the cat checked over too.
Good luck with solving the problem.
Lizx

Marion pmsl :-))))))))))))

Posh cat or misspell? ;-)

My three yr old female is on i*ms and at tea time she gets a bit of whatever I have, chicken, fish ham etc lol
She is due her jag soon so will ask at vets what he thinks of dried food.

Marion

Anne sounds familiar but was 4/5 yrs ago now lol

I've fed mine on dry food for up to 10 years now (depending on cat) and they're all fine. They've rarely had any illness, Mynx as mentioned above and Coco had a couple of years where she had a couple of eye infections and Phoenix hurt her paw but that was due to her love of jumping from (to her) great heights. I provide plenty of water for them.

Edit: they're not continually thirsty either.

My oh already had 3 cats, all fed on that well known i**ms, i have a cat when i moved in with him and started them on tinned. But it was too late for two of them! Kidney failure, high blood preassure, went blind, horrible, i've banned him from getting dry food, they are continuously thirsty it cant be good!

My last cat was a very clean cat too, but then he started peeing on the carpet. just as well he did, cause there was blood in it. It was cystitis. Got tablets from vets and he was fine.

He was on tinned food, the odd bit of dry food.
He eventually had kidney trouble and was (sob sob)put to sleep age 15.

I thought dry food was good for them as long as it good quality and they drink water.

Marion