Sasha at the vet's again

Sasha is staying overnight at the vet's again. He was doing so well. He was his normal self the last few days. His litterbox offerings could not have been better. This morning he had a crystal plug.

The vet said he has no infection or inflamation. His bladder has good tone (he was treated for a stretched out bladder two weeks ago). He just couldn't pass a crystal. The vet removed the crystal and cathetered him. He rinsed him out good. But Sasha has to stay the night with the catheter and a lamp shade around his neck. We discussed the diet and decided to give it more time. He said frustrated people might opt for a surgery (PU) that he has success with.

He congratulated me on my vigilance and says we can watch close and give the diet more time. He has been on a urinary health diet only three weeks. Oddly, when Sasha got a quickie urinalysis this past Saturday his ph level was reletively low; 6 compared to 6.7 when he got his first urinalysis back when his troubles began around Christmas.

In other news, when I took Sasha from under the bed to put him in the cat taxi, he howled, cried and clawed. Marlow, who was under the bed with him, yoweled and hissed at me for hurting Sasha. For a moment I thought he would attack me. As he was hissing he was coming toward me. I explained to Sasha after I got him into the taxi that he should ease up on Marlow. Marlow had his back. I swear they remind me of me and my brothers when we were kids.

I went to the vet's and dropped off the t-shirt I had been wearing all day. The lab tech put it in with Sasha. I hope he gets some rest. If I had to bet, I'd bet he'll do well and come home with me tomorrow.

Sasha has been eating a mixture of his old dry recipe and the Wysong Uretic. I had been transitioning him to the wysong before I hooked up with his current vet. This vet said the Wysong was acceptable. When he came home after his hospitalization (1/4-1/7) I rapidly increased the % of the Wysong. Some meals were 100% Wysong Uretic. He was having some diarrhea so I would scale back a little. He has been eating at least 2/3 to 3/4 Uretic this past week.

His urinalysis this past saturday showed a lower ph. I thought his diet was working. It may be.

I was trying to get a prescription for Royal Canin and Hills c/d from the vet. I went in this past week and explained to the staff that I wanted to try ALL different prescription foods that would be acceptable to the doctor just so I could find something, hopefully canned, that he would eat. She made a hassle of it. She had the "why can't you just take what we sell here" attitude.

The vet is supposed to call me today after they close to come get Sasha if all is going well. I will have him all to myself when this happens. We will get to talk without the intermediary.

Do stores sell non prescription grades of these foods?

Both petfooddirect.com and "The Pet Food Center", a local pet mega mart, require a prescription. I just called the local Petsmart and they will not dispense without a prescription either.

I'm almost sure I'll have all the paperwork they require when I leave the vet's office with Sasha. Hopefully today. The vet said he may call for me to come and get Sasha as late as 8PM tonight. Better late than even later.

Sasha did not get to come home last night. I believe he is doing fine and the reason he did not come home is that the vet was at a social function til almost 10PM. He called me and said that Sasha was doing well. He will call me today when he goes to his office around noon. I can hardly wait to see Sasha.

Started a new thread when I brought Sasha home today. Things here are not what I had hoped for.