Question:
I am writing in response to the person who has cats with frequent urinary infections.I have an 8-year-old female cat that was experiencing bladder infections. I tried diet changes and litter-brand changes. I then tried bottled spring water. Our city water is high in phosphorus, chlorine, fluoride and lime.My cat has had only one bladder infection since then and that was due to my husband's forgetfulness -- he gave her tap water.I have four cats, and one bottle of spring water per day hydrates them well. It's a small price to pay for the health of my cats.
D.C., Maple Grove, MN Aug 03, 2008
Answer:
Thanks for confirming what I have long advocated, especially for cats: pure water."The alternative is to install a reverse-osmosis water-purification system. Bottled "spring" water is not always what it's cracked up to be, plus plastic bottles leach toxic chemicals (like bisphenols) into the water."Good-quality water is especially important for cats since, being originally desert-dwelling animals, they concentrate their urine to conserve water and do not have a well-developed thirst mechanism. This can mean that if they do not drink much to flush out their systems, harmful chemicals may accumulate in body tissues and also cause chronic-bladder inflammation (all aggravated when cats are fed dry cat food exclusively).Pure water is now hard to find on this beleaguered planet. Deep-water aquifer reserves are being rapidly depleted and polluted; agricultural pesticides and industrial pollutants contaminate rainwater; and all kinds of pharmaceutical products that sewage treatments do not get rid of are being found
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