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A day in the life of a troublemaker
Test results are inNovember 19th 2012 7:16 pm[ Leave A Comment | 15 people already have ]
A few days ago Mom noticed I peed on her bed. She thought it was a one time thing cause she was tired the night before and didn't want to clean the litter box. BUT I peed more on her bed!! Mom did serious cleaning of her bed, but we peed on her bed as she was washing the sheets so she had to take the top mattress off too (thin pillow top mattress) covered her bed with a plastic sheet in the meanwhile.
Leave A Comment | 15 people already have So sorry you are going through this. Sweetie we all hope you feel better soon. Mom does not have any advice about which way is best but her first instinct would be to have the culture test done even though more test will be more scary for you maybe you start to heal faster. hugs, purrs and prayers I had a bout of that after coming to my home a few years ago. The special vet diet helped clear it up toot sweet and then, to keep it from coming back mommy makes sure I get plenty of wet food and have water fountains in every room to encourage me to drink more. The trick is lots of water! Lots and lots of water! I have kitty friends that had problems with this. Usually a diet of wet food helps with the prevention of future UTI's and possibly an addiotion of a water fountian. (See if your mum would buy you one.) Antibiotics are best and I hope you get better soon. Love from Freyja the Maine Coon Maurice had a blockage from crystals this spring. An all wet diet is important and try to drink lotsa water. Sending purrs! Hi Blade! The same thing happened to me. Mom had to make an emergency visit to the vet a little over a year ago and at first they diagnosed just the UTI. I got a little better over the next few days with antibiotics and then started straining again in the litter box. Back to the vet I went. This time they diagnosed the crystals and I was put on a special diet and some pain meds. Totally agree with what others have said about the all wet diet and water fountains. Lots of water will keep that nasty crystal chick away. Purrs, purrs, and more purrs! Hopes you feels better soon Blade. We have two cats in our house that we have to watch for that. They both had the test done and both had meds. One had to stay at the vets overnight and get fluids and a catheter. Just like humans they are all different and some things work for one and not the other. They were both suppose to eat special wet food and had special dry . Well we did it for awhile....but they both hated the special wet food and the special dry food and started to refuse it. (Meanwhile most of the other cats in the house loved it.) We do have water fountains and extra bowls of water around the house. Lots of water does help. And cats love running water so they go to most water fountains. They both have been doing well now for about 2 years on just regular wet food and dry. We do watch them for signs of it, in case it comes back. So good luck....and hopes you feels better real soon. That Crystal Chick is not a nice gal. I would definitely introduce wet food to your diet to increase your water intake. A fountain is also a good idea! Get it tested. I don't give Ka - zar dried food and he drinks a fair amount of water. Introducing wet food to Blade's diet will help. If you leave this untreated it can lead to kidney disease and eventually be fatal. Hey Blade, I have had UTI. As you can tell its kind of common in us guy cats. What you don't want which your vet should have noticed right away is a complete blockage due to crystals. Mo has also experienced that with her cat Shadoe ( many moons ago). Everybody has giving you sound advice... The key lots of water! If you don't have a pet water bowl fountain you might thank about that. The babbling brook sound it makes is supposed to promote healthy drinking habits. Also, Mom read an article not long ago leaking the magnesium in fish to crystal formation. So sadly, we don't get fishy wet foodies or dry foodies unless it's a special occasion. That's about all we can tell you that hasn't been mentioned. Oh and Mom says ...if your nervious about skipping the test, then it's best to get it done. Love you guys, miss you guys, tell your mom to pmail us, and kiss Stewie for Diamond. I had crystals and was blocked. Hurts like heck. Getting blocked is VERY expensive to fix says Mom. Like others said, water is the key. I don't get dry food any more. None. I used to eat only dry. If the wet gives you a special food, make sure they give you wet food. The special diet usually comes in wet and dry. Tell your human to take the kibble out of the house, otherwise you'll smell it and beg and beg... Feeding only wet is more expensive but being blocked is very expensive. I'm purring that you get all better fast. P.S. (Because I was a kibble-holic Mom slowly reduced my kibble more and more, and then she was very stern when I begged for it, and she wouldn't give me any :( ) Spelling mistake "If the vet" Vet, like veterinarian. Geesh Timo, pay attention. Aw Blade, sorry you're under the weather, dude. None of us females seem to have experienced this, but all the advice from the guys here sounds like a good idea. Better get the test like Zach says. Feel better soon! Fearless, I don't know how rare or not rare but us girls an get kidney infections too. We knew of a older female here in town that got one. Her name is Muffin and shes a tailless tortie. Thank you everyone for your responses. I am still eating well. Mom thinks I'm peeing normally again but she is still keeping a close eye on me just in case. Last time she collected urine to see the colour (which was like 2 nights ago) probably later on in the night that I posted this in my diary, urine seems to be normal in colour. Before urine was red with blood, now it is yellow, which we think is a good sign. We have not done the urine culture, but we will if I show any signs of difficulty urinating or bloody urine. Shur hope Ur doin' mush better, Blade!~ Dat's nothin' to mess wif dat UTI. Glad Ur mom is watchin' ya close! We don't want Vet visit if we can halpz it but sometimes iz necessary!~ Purrs on to U our pawsome pal!! MILO, SAM, MALLEE 'n furrs |
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November 19th 2012 at 9:39 pm