Apple Cider Vinegar Treatment for Cats with Cystitis

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Posted by Basia (Vancouver, Canada) on 09/29/2014
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Thank you for posting! ....ACV saved my adult female bengal from so much unnecessary stress and me from some serious vet bills...in combination with a herbal remedy I got over the counter at my local pet store (one of the ingredients of which was Cantahris) her symptoms cleared up in 3-4 days.... <3

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Posted by Jacqueline (New York) on 08/05/2014
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My 3 year old male cat was straining in the litter box all day yesterday and completely unable to produce any urine.

He was also licking his genitals frequently. He is on a diet of canned food with about 15 small pieces of dried food mixed in Morning and night.

I immediately gave him about a 1/2 teaspoon of powdered probiotics which helped him with a mild UTI problem 12 months ago. Unfortunately his condition worsened over the next few hours as he appeared more uncomfortable, bloated and lethargic. I then tried 1/2 teaspoon of D-Mannose mixed with 1 teaspoon of water administered with a dropper in his mouth. When his condition worsened I worried I should have taken him to the vet.

After reading this site I gave him 1/4 teaspoon of ACV with 1 teaspoon water by dropper into his mouth. I did this again 2 hours later. He had difficulty walking was completely lethargic and I started to worry he wouldn't make it thru the night. Thankfully about an hour later he went to the litter box and passed a small amount of urine. Half an hour later he passed more and seemed much less uncomfortable. I breathed a huge sigh of relief.

I finally went to bed at 2am and when I woke in the morning he seemed almost himself. I gave him 1/4 teaspoon each of probiotics, D-Mannose and ACV this morning and will continue to do so periodically over the coming week until I am sure he is fully recovered.

Thank you SO much to all who posted detailed information on how they treated their cats with ACV. You saved my cat a tremendous amount of pain and what would have been very stressful for him and expensive for me if I had to take him to the vets.

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Posted by Jo (Maine, US) on 11/23/2014

One of our cats is having this exact same problem right now. He is a neutered almost 6-year-old Russian Blue/Maine Coon mix and he has been having a very hard time urinating, only going in tiny pea-sized amounts and straining to go all over the house. He is also constantly licking himself "down there" and meowing quite a bit, although the meowing is totally normal for him since he has always been an extremely vocal cat ever since he was a kitten, so I don't know if the meowing is due to pain/discomfort or not. He is eating fine, so I take that as a good sign. He just ate almost an entire can of wet food and I mixed some water in it to give him some extra moisture. We have just started giving him organic apple cider vinegar mixed with a little water with a medicine dropper (he won't eat it if we put it on his food) and we plan to do this about every hour and have our fingers crossed that it will help him. An expensive vet bill really isn't in our budget right now as we are about to have some pretty expensive electrical work done on our house, so we REALLY hope this works!!

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Posted by Kim (Ft. Lauderdale, Fl) on 06/28/2014
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I am totally amazed and delighted! Six days ago I took my big fat Bobby cat to the vet because he kept going in the litter pan without peeing. Long story short, 2 trips to the vet this week, X-rays, unblocking the clog, antibiotics and $800. Now this morning, cat goes into the pan and just dribbles. I read the info on this site and followed instructions to give the big boy ACV. I was so upset because I didn't have another $800 to spend and didn't know what to do. I ran out to do some errands and when I returned a couple hours later, there was a big pee in the pan! He is grooming and purring!

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Posted by Jaw_a (Ca, US) on 04/12/2014
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Please help me ASAP.. My cat is male, 3 years old, he was blocked before 2 months and I went to the vet, and he used catheter for this problem. The vat gave him antibiotic he was better but not totally, so I read this page and I started giving him ACV, he was very good, I gave him maybe 3 ml with his food. He never eat dry food. So then I stop the ACV for 3 weeks. Now, the problem start again from 10 days. I give him ACV again but he is still sick. He pees but little. Now I need to know How millimeter should I give him from ACV daily?? 5 ml once a day? or should I increase it?

the vet give me jedcorene (effervescent granules) but I'm afraid, I gave him this medicine for 2 days and I just have stopped it today.. So please tell me..

I'm waiting for your informative and useful replies.

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Posted by Theresa (Mpls., Mn) on 04/13/2014

Hey Jaw_a! Why are you afraid of giving your cat the Jedcorene? Read up on it: Http://www.medicinep.com/renal-s-effervescent-granules-urinary-antiseptic-and-antispasmodic-7.html It sounds like your cat has a chronic issue. This means you need to treat him properly to get rid of the infection, and then put him on a maintenance regimen to keep the symptoms at bay. If this were my cat I would use the Jedcorene; if you are concerned about long term antibiotic use, if symptoms get better quickly you could stop at day 5 and then get him right away onto the ACV regimen that worked well for you before. The thing is you need to keep him on it - a life long thing, else the problems will persist.

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Posted by Donna (Anniston, Al Usa) on 02/03/2014
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My cat is an 8 year old Himalayan, 15lbs. He started having trouble urinating during a snow storm ( this last week) in which I was stuck for 3 days. I googled the issue and , at first, I freaked out thinking he was going to die. Then I found this site.

I took him off dry food right away and added 1/4 teaspoon of ACV mixed with 1 teaspoon chicken stock to his wet food at each feeding ( he seems ok with that, well at least he's eating it).

It's now day 3 and he is perfectly ok now. He starting going about 2 hours after the first treatment. I finally was able to get out and bought him special canned food for urinary health. Now he's peeing up a storm much to my relief, lol. The plan is to keep him on the canned food and get him a better brand of dry food and give him the ACV once a week. I want to thank everyone who posted about this treatment, I know it saved his life ( and a huge vet bill).

Thanks once again,

Donna and Buddy

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Posted by Jeanieh (Sparks,nevada) on 01/21/2014
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This site is a real Life saver and I am so happy to have found it! My wonderful cat was overweight and started smelling like urine, she was running back and forth to the litter box constantly and trying to lick herself, she was in a bad way , and I was cleaning her daily and nothing helped! She just stunk so bad! I found this site and started the Apple Cider Vinegar right away in wet food, it took about a week but, she is not smelling at all and she has lost weight too! This is truly a miracle! Thank you! Thank you!

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Posted by Deedee (Santa Fe, NM) on 07/17/2013
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Thank you for your experiences - my cat ended up with surgery with this issue about 4 years ago and this morning, he showed the signs again. I sooooo didn't want to go to the vet for many reasons, so I found this site and tried the ACV... Within an hour he had a blow-out all over the dog bed that he was on, but he is so, so much better now. He will continue getting ACV for about 5 days, continues with his Cranberry Relief and I've added Cantharis for 5 days, and that should get him back on track (this is all per my hollistic pet store owner and healer). I keep Peace & Calming (Young Living essential oil) on a cotton ball where he sleeps and that helps with the stress. Whew!

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Posted by Atlcdn (Whiteland, Indiana, Usa) on 03/18/2013
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My male tabby is running to his litter box constantly with very little output. [few days] I started him on organic ACV yesterday.. 3 times and once today, so far. I have a baby medicine dropper that holds 5ml. I use a bit less than 1/2 tsp of Apple Cider Vinegar and the other 1/2 tsp is filtered water. Getting this down a 25 lb cat by yourself is almost impossible so he only gets perhaps half of it. He wheezes afterward [he has asthma that nothing helps] and then he foams at the mouth for a minute. He will not eat canned food and I am at my wits' end trying to figure out if his Blue Buffalo dry food is hurting him now. I can't afford vet fees and don't trust their treatment for this anyway. [from reading other posts] Did anyone find that it took a long time for the ACV to work? There is a tiny bit of urine [which takes forever] in his litter when he goes. Any other ideas? or just wait and give it time... I'll keep trying to get Apple Cider Vinegar down him 3 times in a 24 hour period. [maybe it's too strong]I wish he would eat canned food.. And no, he won't eat tuna, or fish [people food].. no people food at all...

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Posted by Sue (Austin, Tx, Usa) on 03/22/2013

Hi! You should definitely dilute the Apple Cider Vinegar more. I usually do 1/4 teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar to 3 tablespoons filtered water.

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Posted by Adora Libertad (Carolina, Puerto Rico) on 03/10/2013
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Like many of you I'm trully gratefull I found this site. My 8 year old neutered male cat, Otis has been sufering from UTI since june 2012. I started noticing he was urinating in certain places around the house. He had never done this before. At that time we saw it as a behavior problem since another cat had hepatic lipidosis (fatty liver) and was getting extra atention with forced feeding, and a lot of tlc. If you have ever had a cat with fatty liver you now how time consuming it is. If not I hope you never have to deal with this. It is horrible. Sadlly, we lost our beloved Tashy after a 4 month battle. We are still recuperating. So you can imagine how I felt when a few weeks after Tashy passed away I found bloody urine on my floor. I can't loose Otis too. After all we went through for Tashy, I lost my faith in vets. If I would have had internet at the time I would have probably started alternative remedies on time. But the vets didn't give us much hope. Anyway...

In October Otis went through numerous test and left the vets with antibiotics and a large bill. The bloody urine happend off and on until last tuesday, march 5, I noticed him in pain and picked up more anibiotics. But on wednesday he was totally blocked, he was straining with no urine passing, he would cry and go to every corner to try to urinate. I had to find some remedy because I wasn't going to submit him to more test that lead to nothing. Found this site and quickly went to pick up a bottle of ACV and a couple of cans of friskies special diet for urinary track heath. Not my food of choice but it was the best available. Honestly I was a bit scared cause I read that male cats can die from a blockage within hours, but with vets letting my Tashy to die I wasn't going to give them one more cent. Started at about 11 am with half a can mixed with water and 1/2 tsp of acv. He ate it all up. In two hours he passed urine aparently in a burst because it was all over the place and he was all wet. After that he rested for a couple of hours then gave him more food. The next morning he was totally blocked again. Repeated the Apple Cider Vinegar for another day and went to buy cranberry juice and Cantaris on friday. Followed the recipe for cranberry, lemon and water mix I found from a reply on this site. Otis didn't like it at all but after giving him some water with a syringe to wash the juice down he seemed to be ok. I gave him the juice every 3 hours and the cantharis avery 1/2hour until he was unblocked. Today, sunday, is day three of the combination of the 3 remedies and for the first time in a while Otis asked to go outside to the balcony. He went to his litter no problem and seems to be happy and comfortable. I'm happy to see results but I know we are not in the clear just yet. I know this is a lot to read but I wanted to share my story and wanted to that all of you people that told yours. I can see how much you all love your cats. Just because we look for alternatives doesn't mean we are irresponsible or are not willing to spend the money on our cats. But as I lost my faith in doctors and pediatritians I found options for my family and we are healthier than ever and my daughters havent had to visit the pediatritian in over a year. I hope I can provide my pets with the same healthy lifestyle. Good day to all!

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Posted by Kerri (Darwin, Nt, Australia) on 03/01/2013
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Excellent advice regarding ACV for UTI in cats. My cat was distressed, running about scratching the floor & peeing in the bathtub. I put half a teaspoon of ACV, mixed with water with her canned food & the vey next morning she was back to normal!! I continued adding AVC to her canned food morning & night just to be sure & cut out all dry food. Worked an absolute treat!

Thank you! Love, love, love this site!!

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Posted by Karen (Key Largo, Florida) on 02/23/2013
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I am very happy to have found this site and all the posts about cats that have been helped (very sorry to hear about the one that was too sick to be helped). Matter cleaning the litter boxes after work , like most every night I realized Sassy Ass'es box was dryer than normal. Watched her for a bit & she was straining to do "nothing" . I have had many many cats over the years and knew it was a cystitis or infection. Vets closed so I start doing Internet search and end up here. The lack of fluids & ACV made sense to me. After an entire night mostly sleepless and the better part of the day, Sassy Ass is again peeing extremely well. I was jumping up and down like a cheerleader moments ago!!!!

Goes to show, if you are aware of your pets actions and catch an issue quickly there can be a positive outcome. Minus my own lack of sleep all as well.

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Posted by Madi (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) on 02/22/2013
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About: Apple Cider Vinegar for bladder problems, male cat. After repeated visits to a Vet over a period of three years, and many hundreds of dollars in cost, I finally realized there had to be a better way. My six year old male cat Peppi had another flare-up only two weeks after the previous, and it became obvious that the anti-inflammatory injections and pain medication the Vet was prescribing was not a solution. I have two cats in the house, the other is a female rescue cat, she's been with us for three years and they tolerate each other.

I separated them, gave the male two litter boxes of his own, and watched his movements. Three days ago he urinated at least a dozen times, some quite normal in quantity, others just a few drops, and towards the end of the day, although his urine was still clear and he was using the litter-box, he was in pain and began to howl.

I had stopped giving him any dry food even in the small quantities he was being given as a treat, and was on the verge of taking him to the Vet again when he started to howl, as I had been told he would need various blood tests and an Xray or MRI.

That very same day, we had taken him to the Vet who did a quick in-house blood test for diabetes - using the same little meter I use at home, because I have recently been diagnosed with Type 2. For that test, which took all of three minutes in and out, we paid over $90.

I came across this website feeling somewhat desperate, it was either find something natural rather quick (like a miracle?) or deliver him to the Vet next morning, and leave him there for tests and a cost of at least $500/$600. (And no guarantee that any further procedure would be effective! )

There was bottle of organic (with the mother) apple cider vinegar in my kitchen... I had bought it for myself, and had not yet started using it...

After reading page after page of the comments here on this website about ACV, I mixed about a half-teaspoon of it into some canned wet cat food, and he ate it with enjoyment. A couple of hours later, I gave him some more with another dash of ACV.

He spend the night on the bed, and in the morning, urinated quite normally - his morning feed again included a dash of ACV and by the middle of the day, I knew we were on top of it. He was comfortable, obviously had no more urinary arritation, and I am so happy to say that the Vet missed out on his fat fee, because Peppi is now totally back to normal. How long will it last? I don't know, but he's going to be getting his little dose of ACV at least once a day from now on.

PEPPI AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW RELIEVED AND HAPPY WE ARE!

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Posted by Tracie (Williamsport, Pa) on 11/05/2012
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About a month ago, the vet me my male cat (Grecco, 3 yr) had cystitis. He was peeing blood (little spots) in the bathtub and sink and not at all in the litter box. The first time I took him to the vet he was blocked... Hello $500 vet bill. The next time (about a week later) he was peeing blood again so back to the vets he went and they just flushed him out... $230. Each time they gave me antibiotics and pain meds, clearly that wasn't helping. I asked if anything would help and the Dr said no, and then I asked about switching to wet food and he said it was better for them but wouldn't necessarily help. Then this past weekend it happened again, this is all within less than a month! I can't afford another vet bill and I feel like taking to the vet isn't even helping anyway.

So off to the internet I went and found this site. Last night I started the ACV giving it to him in his dinner, he wasn't having that so then I had to do it with a syringe (2ml Apple Cider Vinegar 5ml water), nothing changed between last night and this morning. I gave it to him again this morning before I fed him (wet food with a little water to make it like a gravy, I no longer use dry food because it seems to make the cystitis act up). I went home on my lunch break and saw a nice spot in the litter box ( by the size and way it looked I am pretty sure it was his and not my female kitten) and then when I went to pick him up and take him into the kitchen to do another dose an awesome thing happened, he peed all over me and the kitchen floor! Sounds weird but I was so happy! There wasn't any blood at all! I am going to keep giving the ACV and probably continue even after it has cleared, just use a smaller dosage like 1/2 tsp instead of a little over 1 tsp. Not sure if that will hurt the stomach with all that acid. Hopefully it continues to work.

Thank you everyone for posting, I believe that this may save his life.

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Posted by Ellie (Stga Spgs, Ny) on 11/13/2012

So impressive if ACV really worked for cat with serious bladder problem. I adopted a new cat from someone that wouldn't keep him. He had just been treated with a flee product. He had a soft stool and he had a serious bladder infection. He was scratching infected my other cat with flees and was so on the move or irratable that I was almost on my wits end and considering giving him away; exept not to the former owner. After ten days of an anti-biotic and a shampoo he is so calm and so other than he was when he had his problems. (Including avoiding the litterbox for no. 1and no. 2). Please, be careful with any products, cats have a very sensitive bladder and the first thing they will do is avoid the (pain) litterbox. Ellie

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Posted by Heidi (Basel, Switzerland) on 03/13/2012
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So, sooo impressed with ACV... Here's what happened:

I noticed one morning my Somalian cat had difficulty urinating and would try to go several times with traces of blood increasing as she kept trying. I then noticed there were droplets of blood on the floor as she walked around the house though no signs of her peeing outside her litter tray. I tried the following steps:

- Wet food only (in this case, she eats canned tuna)

- 1 teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar spread over the day mixed well into her meals (and a little in her water on day 1 & 2)...

(Note. After getting the ACV I tried the dropper approach others have used and as I suspected, she hated it and is now afraid of the dropper and the noise it makes when it releases liquid...)

Day 1 when I noticed the blood she had 1/4 teaspoon in 4 different mini meals (she usually eats twice per day so fed her early and more frequently to get the ACV working and ensure she ate it).

Day 2 (i. E. About 18 hours later) she was able to pee fully in one go. I couldn't see any blood (so there might have been a little) though there definitely wasn't any blood on the floor again.

Day 3 again she was able to pee fully though I noticed she had constipation from the meat only diet so in the evening I gave her dry food.

Day 4 she was able to pee fully and the constipation had gone and I'd returned to 2 normal sized meals with the 1/2 a teaspoon of ACV in each meal mixed in well.

On about day 6 I started to reduce the dosage of ACV to 1 teaspoon one day, 1/2 teaspoon the following day. It's now day 8 and I'm still giving her 1/2 teaspoon per day and I'll do this for perhaps 2 or 3 more days. I'm so pleased - My cat Lily & I thank everyone who posted!

Note of caution: A few times I didn't mix the ACV in well enough to her food and she had a coughing fit as she inhaled the smell or couldn't handle the flavour. Thankfully when it was mixed in well, she ate all her food like normal.

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Posted by Nora (Jamaica Plain, Ma) on 02/17/2012
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My male cat has gotten cystitis a few times. ACV didn't help. I found that while he is suffering from cystitis, just putting a small amount of CranActin Syrup, made by Solaray, on his lips eased the condition--I purchased the CranActin Syrup via Amazon.com. I think I only had to apply this to him lips once--he licks it and ingests it. Then feeding him nutritious canned cat food that has liquid gravy twice a day has kept him well for the past year. I feed him Nature's Variety's Homestyle by Prairie, Duck Chicken Stew or Turkey Liver Stew (I put a few drops of cold pressed olive oil in that food) mornings and then in the evening, I give him Weruva Chicken in Gravy. I get both brands via Amazon.com. I think that he gets enough liquid that way plus the distilled water I give him in his water bowl. I have found that I can then give him a small amount of dry food, about 1/16 of a cup as a snack daily--I give him Taste of the Wild, Canyon River Feline Formula with Trout & Smoked Salmon flavor. I buy this at a small supermarket, Pemberton Farms, in Cambridge, MA. It is processed with purified water. So far he is doing well. I also give him four vitamins daily--Nu-Cat Multi-Vitamin/Mineral Supplement. I buy this via Amazon.com.