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Hello! My cat Baloo, male age 8, has been experiencing FLUTD for the last 2.5 months. Blood in the urine. We tried gabapentin & prazosin first along with prescription urinary food (calm care from royal canine). But as soon as he would be off the gabapentin the blood in the urine and straining would return. Throughout testing we’ve only found crystals once and that’s make my vet believe this is FLUTD caused by anxiety.
I started him on liquid Prozac (fluoxetine) five days ago. He was prescribed 1mL/day. And at night I’m weaning him off gabapentin (50mg at night from 200mg a day prior). It seemed like 1mL was a lot so I cut the dose in half a couple days ago.
The blood in the urine has not returned. His behavior seems calm after he gets over the initial anxiety from the medication being administered via syringe.
However, he’s only been peeing once a day since starting the Prozac. It’s a very large amount of urine at a time. He seems to understand he wants to pee (walks over to the litter box) but isn’t straining to go in the litter box.
It hasn’t been 24 hours yet since the last time he’s gone but it’s getting close. Any advice? Is this normal in the beginning of him adjusting to the prozac? Should I lower the dose again?
Mostly worried about potentially blocking or holding to long causes liver issue. Thank you in advanc!
I started him on liquid Prozac (fluoxetine) five days ago. He was prescribed 1mL/day. And at night I’m weaning him off gabapentin (50mg at night from 200mg a day prior). It seemed like 1mL was a lot so I cut the dose in half a couple days ago.
The blood in the urine has not returned. His behavior seems calm after he gets over the initial anxiety from the medication being administered via syringe.
However, he’s only been peeing once a day since starting the Prozac. It’s a very large amount of urine at a time. He seems to understand he wants to pee (walks over to the litter box) but isn’t straining to go in the litter box.
It hasn’t been 24 hours yet since the last time he’s gone but it’s getting close. Any advice? Is this normal in the beginning of him adjusting to the prozac? Should I lower the dose again?
Mostly worried about potentially blocking or holding to long causes liver issue. Thank you in advanc!