Urinary tract disease in cats has similarity to human illness

There is a growing amount of research indicating that lower urinary tract disease in cats and cystitis in people have very similar triggers.

This isn’t really surprising (we are all animals after all!) but the research is interesting.

Stress can be a big trigger ~ a move to a different location, a death in the family, even recent weather changes will create a situation which makes both people and dogs and cats more vulnerable to urinary tract infecions.