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Then potassium is 4.1 (range 3.7 to 5.8) and sodium is 153 (range 142 to 164). At least these were normal even though the cre and bun were very high. Thanks Chris

Hi, just to say, we are going through the same thing at the moment, I am trying to get Dillon to go to the loo properly every day. If its any consulation he has had trouble going for 3 years now (no sign of any cancer), this is just an ongoing problem because of his kidney trouble. I have spent...

I dont know, I have a list of stuff they tested for, what would be the wording for the potassium. The creatine was 522 (ref 27 to 186) and the bun was 40 (ref 4 to 11) but the phos was normal at 2.08 (ref 1.09 to 2.74). Would the pottasium be the NA or K?, theres a lot on the vetscan, then...

He is urinating normally. I have asked my vet several times about his constipation and they just say "it is his kidneys" and leave me to it. I have tried the lactulose, pumpkin, oatbran, wheatbran etc. I am back giving him the phsyllium husk power mixed with water and a couple of tiny drops...

Been feeding him wet pouches waltham which he likes, but there is no fibre in it, in between I give him other stuff, I eased off the liquid paraffin, but today he needed to go and we had the usual howling and straining even though the motion is not hard like before, I dont know whether to give...

Dillon is doing OK since his time in the vet two weeks ago, apart from the clearout to make him go to the loo, he is not too bad. His blood test numbers were high but the blood pressure is down and the istin tablets are keeping him stable. The problem I still have is making sure he has bowel...

Well since the enema, not a lot! He has been eating quite well lately, we have had him on the walthams moist chicken pouches for kidney problems for 7 years and he has done well on it (but no fibre in it), anyway he wont touch it since they gave him it in the vets over easter. But after...

We took Dillon in for an emema. Oh dear, it was traumatic. He pood all the way home in the car for 6 miles then carried on in the kitchen and the living room. I have just settled him down after cleaning up and giving him a wash. The vet suggested I take him for another one tomorrow morning...

When Dillon comes out of the vets, he sulks! When he was in a few years ago, after breaking a leg (another story!) he refused to eat for 5 days, I tried to tempt him with everything in the shop plus all the baby food. I noticed that when I wiped the baby food around his mouth, he licked it, but...

I dont know but when Dillon was in the vet, after he had his funny turn, this is one of the things the vet said, his back paws were colder than his front ones, she thought it important. His blood pressure was sky high and they worried about thrombosis. They put him on two days of heparin and a...

Thanks for the advice. He didnt go till day 6 when he came out of the stay in the vets and then it was 2 little bumbles, since then he is eating OK but I added 1 tsp liquid paraffin 24 hrs ago, half tsp physillium husks and half tsp liquid paraffin yesterday and pumkin. It is now day 4 since...

I am hoping to get some advice to help Dillon with chronic constipation. He has had this for a while, but usually with half tsp physillium husks and half tsp liquid paraffin he does a little poo (2 or 3 bumbles) every 2nd day. Since he has been in the vets he did not poo for 5 days (but he...

My other cat Toby died of FIP, the vet said that Dillon probably carries the corona virus too but it has to change to the lethal form to do the damage. They were together for 15 years, but Dillon is 19 now and has other issues instead. The vet said that stress can make it change to the bad form...

Forgive me if I am answering these in the wrong places, I am just pressing the quick reply as I am not used to the board. I did manage to get a tin of pumpkin from waitrose the other day would half a tsp a day be enough, or is it half a tsp in two meals a day? He had a bad morning with the...

I had to do this for my other cat Toby, when he went towards the litter tray or out into the garden I would grab anything, usually a mug (its ok we didnt use them again!) and push it under his bum as he weed.