hi, I'm tara (new) & have two cats. Jak (4 this summer) & prittie (10) and they have both living together since 2008, when Prittie moved to PA with my fiancee, from NY. After adapting, they had no issues, other than Jak wanting to play & prittie firming saying "no thanks". They bath each other, occasionally play, etc. They do not want for toys, chasing laser lites, & attention.
Side note: Jak has never been easily stressed out. He loves car rides, very mellow, easy to get along with etc. EVERY time he's been sick, he's let me know it. And these 'illnesses' are the only times he's ever gone outside the box. IF this is stress induced, I have no idea what it would be. Nothing has changed at home, work schedules the same, no new animals, no baby/pregnancy, no new roommate, no feral cats we know of (had one once cuz she tried to befriend us outside while in the hot tub...but not for over 7 months). Nothing has changed with Prittie, We are both loving towards jak, pet, give affection, he purrs, comes over to us for attention, occasionally gets treats from us both, wet food... Jak LOVES the water fountain & drinks a TON daily. He'll site & drink for 20 minutes straight!
Short/condensed version:
October 2009, Jak becomes blocked (urinary) completely. Our vet said he flushed an extremely LARGE amount of sludge & gunk when placing the catheter. He was hospitalized for two days, returned home on meds (for pain) & urinary SO diet. Re-blocked the next day (after being home one nite) & then had the urinary catheter in place two more nites at home. Does ok.
December 12, 2010- UTI (same symptons, urinating outside box, straining, rarely cries) UA positive for UTI. Antibiotics (orbax) & pain/spasm med (torbutrol).
April 29, 2011- Another UTI. Treated on different antibiotics (zeniquin?) & pain med (acepromizine).
June 6, 2011- ANOTHER UTI? started on 3rd type antibiotic (clavamox), with suspision for interstitial cystitis. Next issue, plan on UA, culture & sensitivity & possible bladder biopsy for official cystitis diagnosis.
June 11, 2011- Now crying when urinating outside litter box. Emergency vet visit. Sent out C&S, started on adequan (usually used for arthritic racing horses, for inflammation) injections every 4 days, as well as continue clavamox & acepromazine (pain/sedative). Jak has STILL being peeing outside box, RITE in front of me & fiancee deliberately. Walks rite up beside you & goes. Got home from shopping today, find urine on the kitchen counter. Plain as day. Penned him in litter room, like usual when urinates.
I've read quite a bit on the topic & tried numerous things. I'm praying it's still inflammation from the cystitis (if that is the issue) and it's not becoming behavioral but I'm beginning to worry. I have used feliway when adapting Jak to prittie's arrival, but it didn't help much for him. Also, he doesn't seem to frequent the same places...ranges from cool linoleum kitchen floor, carpeted dining room, carpeted sitting room, carpeted den, carpeted master bedroom and now the counter??? he would've had to jump up about 4 feet, just onto counter, versus on kitchen floor.
I've always used the natures miracle stuff (red bottle) and it seems to work well, but we're diligent about finding it quickly, as he usually lets us know & goes when we're rite there. We've always had three open litter boxes (only 2 cats) varying from fresh step, arm & hammer & feline pine (clumping). There is always two different kinds, as prittie didnt like the feline pine & prefers regular clay litter. We switched for fragrance issue bothering fiancee, not cat issues. The switching of varieties never seemed to correlate with Jak's issues. We clean boxes twice daily, minimum...
Does anybody have experience with:
1) adequan in cats
2)cystitis
3) kitchen counter urination
Thanks so much just for reading!
Tara
Side note: Jak has never been easily stressed out. He loves car rides, very mellow, easy to get along with etc. EVERY time he's been sick, he's let me know it. And these 'illnesses' are the only times he's ever gone outside the box. IF this is stress induced, I have no idea what it would be. Nothing has changed at home, work schedules the same, no new animals, no baby/pregnancy, no new roommate, no feral cats we know of (had one once cuz she tried to befriend us outside while in the hot tub...but not for over 7 months). Nothing has changed with Prittie, We are both loving towards jak, pet, give affection, he purrs, comes over to us for attention, occasionally gets treats from us both, wet food... Jak LOVES the water fountain & drinks a TON daily. He'll site & drink for 20 minutes straight!
Short/condensed version:
October 2009, Jak becomes blocked (urinary) completely. Our vet said he flushed an extremely LARGE amount of sludge & gunk when placing the catheter. He was hospitalized for two days, returned home on meds (for pain) & urinary SO diet. Re-blocked the next day (after being home one nite) & then had the urinary catheter in place two more nites at home. Does ok.
December 12, 2010- UTI (same symptons, urinating outside box, straining, rarely cries) UA positive for UTI. Antibiotics (orbax) & pain/spasm med (torbutrol).
April 29, 2011- Another UTI. Treated on different antibiotics (zeniquin?) & pain med (acepromizine).
June 6, 2011- ANOTHER UTI? started on 3rd type antibiotic (clavamox), with suspision for interstitial cystitis. Next issue, plan on UA, culture & sensitivity & possible bladder biopsy for official cystitis diagnosis.
June 11, 2011- Now crying when urinating outside litter box. Emergency vet visit. Sent out C&S, started on adequan (usually used for arthritic racing horses, for inflammation) injections every 4 days, as well as continue clavamox & acepromazine (pain/sedative). Jak has STILL being peeing outside box, RITE in front of me & fiancee deliberately. Walks rite up beside you & goes. Got home from shopping today, find urine on the kitchen counter. Plain as day. Penned him in litter room, like usual when urinates.
I've read quite a bit on the topic & tried numerous things. I'm praying it's still inflammation from the cystitis (if that is the issue) and it's not becoming behavioral but I'm beginning to worry. I have used feliway when adapting Jak to prittie's arrival, but it didn't help much for him. Also, he doesn't seem to frequent the same places...ranges from cool linoleum kitchen floor, carpeted dining room, carpeted sitting room, carpeted den, carpeted master bedroom and now the counter??? he would've had to jump up about 4 feet, just onto counter, versus on kitchen floor.
I've always used the natures miracle stuff (red bottle) and it seems to work well, but we're diligent about finding it quickly, as he usually lets us know & goes when we're rite there. We've always had three open litter boxes (only 2 cats) varying from fresh step, arm & hammer & feline pine (clumping). There is always two different kinds, as prittie didnt like the feline pine & prefers regular clay litter. We switched for fragrance issue bothering fiancee, not cat issues. The switching of varieties never seemed to correlate with Jak's issues. We clean boxes twice daily, minimum...
Does anybody have experience with:
1) adequan in cats
2)cystitis
3) kitchen counter urination
Thanks so much just for reading!
Tara
