At home treatment for UTI in cats

My male cat is 2 he has a possible uti and I was wondering if there’s anything I can do at home before bringing him to vets. I don’t have much money as I just got my female cat spayed. My vets office does not offer monthly plans nor do any other offices and clinics near me which is ridiculous but it is what it is. So in the meantime while I gather the money what can I do for my male cat to somehow ease the infection?

Hello - I think the first thing you can do, is to open your mind to the idea that this might not be an infection.  You don't mention what symptoms you are seeing so it is very difficult for me to comment, but it is now known (new science, emerging over the 20 year span of my career) that straining / spotting / blood in urine / vocalising when urinating etc are usually not caused by infection in the cat. Even when bacteria are found in the urine, one has to think carefully about the sterility of the urine stream outside the cat.  Rather, these are signs of cystitis and cystitis (inflammation of the bladder) can most commonly be linked to stress, social stress, pain (thereby the physical illnesses that cause pain) and the presence or absense of crystals as influenced by the diet.   Perhaps search for 'cystitis' in our blog articles, and also check out leading expert Sarah Caney's website .....  (I will check the name)....

The website is called Vet Professionals.  If your cat has cystitis, looking at your provision of litter trays (lots, more than there are cats, spaced around the house so that your cat can always access one easily), 'safe' spaces from people an animals, water provision etc can sometimes make a huge difference.  Lowering stress and providing lots of water-drinking opportunities might be helpful.

HOWEVER, make sure that you have read about blocked cats.  If a cat becomes blocked ie unable to urinate, they can sustain kidney failure or even die surprisingly quickly.  A cat that cannot urinate is ALWAYS an emergency and needs to be taken straight to a vet.   Unfortunately, a cat showing signs of cystitis is more likely to become an emergecy if, for instance, they cannot obtain suitable pain releif (beware! Pain-killers are prescription only for cats because some common ones can be fatal at very low doses) and if household stress is not resolved.  Therefore, in balance, if your cat has cystitis then it is important to chat to your vets office about it in the short term and they should help you to ascertain what needs to be done for your cat, and how urgent it is that they are seen.

It is always worth mentioning that lots of things that look like cystitis could be emergencies, eg kidney failure, diabetes etc.   For this reason - and because I dont know what signs your cat is showing - I would be foolish to advise you to do anything than have yiur cats' vet assess this situation.