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Hello, me again. We have been injecting Metacam into Sophie every few days because it is the only thing that helps the cystitis but I have noticed her food intake has decreased rapidly. She has hardly eaten anything this weekend but seems alert and bright. It does not make sense. One of the side eff...

We took Sophie to the vets last night as I thought maybe her diabetes has become uncontrolled and she is not getting enough insulin which is making her urinate more and she has hardly eaten anything. I put the cystease equivilent, Yureleave, into the lick a lix chicken yogurt which she does have and...

Hello again, if you cat has daily periods of squatting around the house, what do you do when this happens? Do you leave them to get on with it or try and stop them? Sophie does this often more so when the metacam wheres off but I do not know what to do to stop it. Sophie is not interested in any foo...

Thanks for this, i will not be getting one

How do these work? Would they help for stress cystitis?

Has anyone tried Onisor for cats which is similar to Metacam, any side effects, they do not seem to help. What can help Sophie to stop squatting every few minutes? Sophie does not always seem stressed when she is doing it she settles down, gets up squats then settles back down again. Will more water...

Well, i have not had chance for the hot water to cool down and Sophie has licked up most of the gravy. Does having more liquid reduce the peeing on bed and squatting everywhere are this is why she is on the anti depressants that do not seem to be doing anything.

Inhave just boiled the kettle and will wait for it too cool to warm. I have squeezed out the whiskers gravy and will do another bowl with two cystaid pills in. Trouble is when she is having a day like today it is hard to her to eat.

We already had the ultrasound a few months back, they have checked the urine for infection but nothing

Yes we use these, two pills on the food but when she is having a flare up she goes off her food but what she does eat has to be food without anything on it.

It is so frustrating watching poor Sophie constantly peeing on my bed and outside leaving little drops sometimes. I wish I could give her metacam more often than once in 24 hours as she flares up so quickly and it lasts all day. There does not seem any solution to help her when it is happening. It i...

Our Sophie has been on Metacam solution since March and we now have some pills called Robenacoxib. Does anyone have any experience of these? Are they are strong as the solution? Sophie needs this to help with her stress cystitis condition as well as the amitripyline pills. Thanks

Also need to ask for anyones experience of using this anti-depressent, how long does it take to take effect? Will it stop the weeing around the house in time and the crying at random times. I have noticed Sophie will have a long nap after having the pill and thankfully does eat more. I have read on ...

Thank you for your reply, i spoke to the vets earlier and it seems the easiest way is to open her mouth, it did seem a lot easier tonight with 3 of us doing it.

Hello, does anyone else have their cat on amitripyline to treat depression, stress, anxiety and behaviour problems? We are have stressful times trying to get the pill down Sophie's mouth everyday and cannot find a way to get her to eat with food due to the bitter taste tried tuna, salmon etc but she...

Thanks for the advice. I just want the tiny bits of blood to clear. It happens in the morning or overnight at the moment so far less than the last few weeks. Both Saturday and Sunday morning at around 5am she came in crying and peed on my bed but this morning there was nothing thankfully. Hopefully ...

Thank you for your reply, I use these every day too not sure if they make any difference just hope they help her bladder lining.

Does anyone use this product to help with their cats cystitis? My Sophie has ongoing stress related cystitis and in the last week we have started to use Hills C\D dry food with stress relief. My query is is it designed to increase cats thirst to make her urinate more often? Thanks, anyone with any a...

Thank you i will check with the vet. Take care

Hello, if i think the cystitis is clearing up when do i know to stop giving metacam? I presume we carrying on giving Yurelieve

Thank you, you have been very helpful. It does make sense more, also thinking the metacam will start to wear off before the next dose so i thought this may be the reason she pees more in the afternoon as we give it to her at 6pm.

Thank you for your reply. The vet always said she is likely to drink more being diabetic. Ive just noticed she is peeing more often but not like straining. I don't want to sound a bit dim but is the reason the vets want her to drink more is so she can pee more to flush out the bladder or do they wan...

Thank you for your reply and the link. I see that Yurelieve helps with the lining of the bladder wall so is it meant to help her pee or make her pee more often? It does say on a website they need to drink more which in turn would make them pee more and the bladder does need flushing so I am hoping t...

Hello, my cat in the last few weeks has had her 3rd bowt of cystitis since 2012. She is also been diabetic for 3 and half years. The vet carried out a full bladder examination and xray and thankfully no growth or stones. He said her kidneys were fine and ran a urine test and has said she has sterile...