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He won't go near a water fountain, he seems to think they are evil! Believe me, we've tried. I would not and did not say that Orijen is a bad food, just that in my cat's case I have no reason to think it wasn't the cause of his crystals since it was what he was eating for 3 months before he got...

Our 3 year old male cat was eating Orijen 6 Fish as the major part of his diet when he got a urinary blockage. He was loaded with crystals and bacteria. He had a damaged bladder muscle following the blockage and was hospitalized for two weeks. It was incredibly stressful and although he...

Thank you for the info. The problem currently is not that he's blocked -- if he had been blocked a second or third time we would almost definitely go with the p.u. surgery -- it's that his bladder's muscular function has been damaged. I'm wondering if anyone had a cat with the same issue...

Our 2 year old male cat had a urinary blockage last week. The vet was able to clear it and he stayed at the vet hospital for several days on a catheter waiting for his bladder to recover. It got better and he came home for one night, after which he stopped being able to pee. We took him to a...

Our cat who just came home yesterday after being unblocked is blocked again. The emergency vet is recommending a Perineal Urethostomy and we are tempted to go for it. Any thoughts?

Thank you, Melanie! I've tried feeling for his bladder but he's not thrilled about it and I can't feel anything I can identify. (The night we took him in to the vet hospital, he cried pitifully when I touched his belly; when I do it now he's resigned but he doesn't seem uncomfortable, just...

My kitty is going through this now and I'm having an anxious morning. He just came yesterday afternoon and he is definitely peeing, but it's frequent and in small amounts. (The pee looks okay, it's not bloody or anything.) I'm such a wreck.