Cat Increased Water Intake

Sometimes you will observe that your cat has increased water intake. Cats have the instinctual habit of hiding diseases. If you are a responsible cat owner you are recommended to keep a keep a keen watch on your cat to ensure good health of your pet. The very obvious symptoms of diseases in cats are significant change in their behavior. A cat being attacked by a disease might either turn out to be very docile or aggressive. Apart from behavioral changes there can be many other symptoms of your cat being suffering from disease like increased water intake. The following are the diseases that may make a cat to drink water at an increased rate.

Diseases Leading to Increased Water Intake

• The occurrence of chronic renal failure may cause increased water intake as there will be an increased level of urination of your cat. Your cat would feel thirsty and would like to drink water more often than usual. Under such circumstances take your cat to a vet clinic for treatment immediately.

  The chronic renal failure or CRF brings about a complete change in the cat’s appetite and craving for water. Apart from increased water intake the cat would suffer from decrease in appetite, increased urination along with finicky behavior. You would rather be confused about what your cat exactly wants. Though there would be a significant increase in the rate of urination but the tool of the cat would be rather dry and hard in nature.

• Dehydration might often be the consequence of severe form of chronic renal failure. If the water is not taken in abundance, dehydration may even cause poor quality of the fur. The face of the cat might seem to have a dry look and the temperature of the body can be felt to be quite low than usual. If felt with hand the kidneys of the pet would be quite larger than their normal size.
• The progressive form of chronic renal failure is known as chronic renal insufficiency or CRI. In case of chronic renal insufficiency the kidney gets heavily deteriorated. The symptoms of the disease come up after almost 2 months to 1 year of the development of the disease. This kidney disorder can not be easily cured and its side effects often form the regular health care problems for the cat until its death.
• In case of the condition of chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritis the kidney of the pet would appear to be very small and scarred. This disease is usually the last stage of any kidney disorder. The disease is caused when the nephrons, the principle unit of kidney carrying out basic functions get damaged and are replaced with fibrous tissues.
• The occurrence of Glomerulonephritis may also lead to the increased water intake. The disorder occurs when the glomeruli which helps to filter urine from blood gets damaged.
• The incidence of bacterial infection in kidneys known as the Pyelonephritis may also lead to the increased rate of water in take of your pet.
• Amyloidosis is regarded as a generic disease among Abyssinian cats as it is more common in them. Here, the insoluble protein fibers get deposited in various parts of the body leading to kidney failure or the incidence of the chronic renal failure.

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