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Anonymous
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Hah, this is funny.
Cranberries and UTIs: Here's the whole scoop. Cranberries are not a magic UTI medicine. Cranberry juice is quite acidic (and so is grapefruit juice, OJ, Lemon, etc.). Drinking a lot of cranberry juice makes the urine more acidic, and this creates a hostile enviornment for the bacteria there. It does NOT kill the bacteria outright, though it does help the body fight the infection. However, for it to be effective a fairly large amount of the juice must be consumed. Adding a little to your cat's water would be like trying to put out a fire with an eyedropper.
By the way, antibiotics that are effective against UTIs are dirt cheap. A UTI shouldn't result in a high vet bill. If it does, you're getting ripped off one way or another.
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