Vet appointment for Tippy tomorrow

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Spoke to the vet's office this morning about Tippy's peeing problem. She has a 9:30 appt tomorrow. I have to separate her from the other cats tonight, in a bathroom, with a litter box with shredded newspaper. Have to "try' to get a urine sample. They said to leave her in the room with the litter box, food and water, and hopefully she'll pee in the box and I can get a urine sample and put it in a zip-lock bag. With the paper the urine should be there, not like the clumping litter. Not sure how this will work but I'll try. Has anyone had to do this?

The girl said that the peeing problem is prevalent in female cats and if it is a urinary infection it can be treated with antibiotics.

Tippy is not going to be a happy camper tonight -- and I know I'll hear her yelling all night!
 

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I have never used paper...paper is absorbent so that does not make sense to me.

Go get some tidy cats breeze pellets or gravel for fish tank.  Rinse them well and then dry best you can.
 

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I didn't have to do this with my male cat they put a CAT in his male part to get a urine sample and they also did it with my male dog I don't know how they do it for females but that what they did with my males ,maybe that what your vet should do with Tippy I don't think the sample will come out good if done with paper etc.
 
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I have Tippy in the bathroom with the litter box, food, water, toys, etc. She is screaming her head off and isn't happy at all.

The vet's office did say something about another way of getting a urine sample, but we'll see what happens.

I just want her to stop yelling --- it just breaks my heart to leave her in there like that.
 

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If this is going to be too stressful for your cat, I would ask the vet now if they can get a sample using cystocentesis (needle in blader) tomorrow. This is a better way to get a non-contaminated sample anyway.
 

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My vet will do a needle right into bladder.  I helped as my cat behaves great for me but gets a bit harder for the techs.  It was FAST and he didn't seem to notice much at all.  He was calm the entire time even though he was held down with his tummy in air.

Stress could make her worse if she is really that upset I would just tell them you tried and could not get sample and let them figure out what way they will obtain it. 

Could try to give her some food/water with you in room and hope she will eat and pee soon after.
 
 
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If this is going to be too stressful for your cat, I would ask the vet now if they can get a sample using cystocentesis (needle in blader) tomorrow. This is a better way to get a non-contaminated sample anyway.
I think this is what the girl at the dr's office mentioned. Poor baby cried and yelled for hours but now she has quieted down. Tippy has some siamese in her, so you know what their voice is like. Poor Tony is just lost, pacing around the house like a poor little lost soul and just looking at me with his big plaintive eyes. He loves Tippy. Angel has not even noticed that Tippy isn't around! So much for sisterly love.
 

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I had a siamese mix for a week or so.  Oh my.  He was wild and did not stop carrying on for the first day. He went on into the night and think he only stopped as he got tired or gave himself a headache. 

Good luck at the vets.
 
 
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Saw the vet this morning. Could not get a urine sample from the box, and she didn't have enough in her bladder for him to do the needle procedure. From what I told him he feels it is more than likely a urinary infection. Gave us Clavamax (sp?) antibiotic. He gave her the first dose today and she gets two a day. Let's hope this helps. Will put her in the office with the litter box at night when we go to sleep.
 

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Argh, I'm not a fan of using antibiotics without knowing or at least strongly suspecting that there's a bacterial infection. However, this seems to happen a lot. Even though an actual infection is not very common (like 2% of all FLUTD cases), your vet prescribed a broad spectrum antibiotic. So if your cat has one of the bacteria that Clavamox covers, it will work. If she has a different bacteria, it will not. Clavamox also has some anti-inflammatory properties so if she has sterile cystitis usually caused by bladder inflammation, it will also help some. If your cat has crystals or stones, Clavamox will not help at all. So, you will need to continue to watch her, and if symptoms don't improve, she will need an urinalysis. Also Clavamox more so than other antibiotics, can cause vomiting and/or diarrhea, so that's also something to watch for. You may want to give her probiotics (good human grade one) 2 hours away from the antibiotics to help the gut flora.
 
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She's been on the Clavamox since Tuesday morning and - so far - no improper peeing. Of course I've been watching her closely --- we put her and one of the other cats in the office/computer room at night, and if we're going to be out of the house for more than a few hours. Our biggest figtht is giving her the medicine twice a day. That 8 lb. little girl can sure twist herself inside out and upside down to avoid the meds. But I've managed to get her the proper dosage twice a day and I guess it's been working! Let's hope it continues. She gets very mad at me when I give her the meds, but fortunately she forgives and forgets very quickly.
 
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Argh, I'm not a fan of using antibiotics without knowing or at least strongly suspecting that there's a bacterial infection. However, this seems to happen a lot. Even though an actual infection is not very common (like 2% of all FLUTD cases), your vet prescribed a broad spectrum antibiotic. So if your cat has one of the bacteria that Clavamox covers, it will work. If she has a different bacteria, it will not. Clavamox also has some anti-inflammatory properties so if she has sterile cystitis usually caused by bladder inflammation, it will also help some. If your cat has crystals or stones, Clavamox will not help at all. So, you will need to continue to watch her, and if symptoms don't improve, she will need an urinalysis. Also Clavamox more so than other antibiotics, can cause vomiting and/or diarrhea, so that's also something to watch for. You may want to give her probiotics (good human grade one) 2 hours away from the antibiotics to help the gut flora.
My vet said the same thing. He wanted to do an x-ray immediately when they couldn't collect a big enough sample with a needle. Watch her and take her in for a urinalysis when she is done with antibiotics. My vet wants me to bring Calvin in for a urinalysis in two weeks and then every 6 months indefinitely to monitor for crystals.

Best of luck for you and Tippy.
 
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