Hi all,
I'm back again with a health issue. Anyways, my cat Kattie has been diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. We got a puppy 3 and a half weeks ago and I am wondering if stress has anything to do with it. We have been giving everyone equal attention and preventing the puppy from traumatizing her as much as possible, though he did want to play with her but we told him no.
She has been eating, drinking peeing and pooping fine until yesterday morning when I noticed her go to the litter box 5 times in the span of a half hour. She had eaten her breakfast fine, but I took her to the E vet as I suspected a UTI when I noticed red spots on her bed. They did a UA and found blood, protein, and bacteria. She was prescribed clavamox and buprenex for pain. She was sedated there as she was fractious for the UA. Anyways, she was a little bent out of shape last night and groggy but ate dinner fine. I gave her the clavamox and towards later evening she was hiding and licking her lips which she does when nauseous. ( I have experience with that when she gets constipated) she didn't want her evening treats either.
She did drink from her fountain and peed 2 good puddles, but this morning she refused breakfast but did eat a treat.
I called the e vet again and they wanted to switch her off clavamox and just do amoxicillian and also prescribed cerenia for nausea. I gave her the cerenia when I got home but will wait until dinner for the amoxicillian. Hopefully she will have a better appetite then. We are also going to my parents for Easter so the puppy will be gone and she will have some peace and quiet. Should I be concerned or am I right thinking the clavamox made her nauseous? She was eating before the clavamox despite the UTI. She has never had a UTI in her almost 10 years so I am surprised. She also sets mostly canned with added water because of her chronic constipation. She gets a tablespoon of natural balance dry because she was a kibble junky most of her life. I'd say she eats 90 percent wet 10 percent dry now. I really hope this doesn't become a chronic thing. I've tried feliway which is expensive and didn't change anything. I probably won't refill it when it runs out.
Any ideas and comments are welcome. I just want her to eat again as when she eats, I know she is feeling better. She will refuse food when ever she doesn't feel well. Another thing is she is on 2.5 mg prednisilone for springtime allergies, but it is given every three days.
Man with the new puppy, an ailing rabbit and now poor Kattie, I am going to have a nervous breakdown:-(
I'm back again with a health issue. Anyways, my cat Kattie has been diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. We got a puppy 3 and a half weeks ago and I am wondering if stress has anything to do with it. We have been giving everyone equal attention and preventing the puppy from traumatizing her as much as possible, though he did want to play with her but we told him no.
She has been eating, drinking peeing and pooping fine until yesterday morning when I noticed her go to the litter box 5 times in the span of a half hour. She had eaten her breakfast fine, but I took her to the E vet as I suspected a UTI when I noticed red spots on her bed. They did a UA and found blood, protein, and bacteria. She was prescribed clavamox and buprenex for pain. She was sedated there as she was fractious for the UA. Anyways, she was a little bent out of shape last night and groggy but ate dinner fine. I gave her the clavamox and towards later evening she was hiding and licking her lips which she does when nauseous. ( I have experience with that when she gets constipated) she didn't want her evening treats either.
She did drink from her fountain and peed 2 good puddles, but this morning she refused breakfast but did eat a treat.
I called the e vet again and they wanted to switch her off clavamox and just do amoxicillian and also prescribed cerenia for nausea. I gave her the cerenia when I got home but will wait until dinner for the amoxicillian. Hopefully she will have a better appetite then. We are also going to my parents for Easter so the puppy will be gone and she will have some peace and quiet. Should I be concerned or am I right thinking the clavamox made her nauseous? She was eating before the clavamox despite the UTI. She has never had a UTI in her almost 10 years so I am surprised. She also sets mostly canned with added water because of her chronic constipation. She gets a tablespoon of natural balance dry because she was a kibble junky most of her life. I'd say she eats 90 percent wet 10 percent dry now. I really hope this doesn't become a chronic thing. I've tried feliway which is expensive and didn't change anything. I probably won't refill it when it runs out.
Any ideas and comments are welcome. I just want her to eat again as when she eats, I know she is feeling better. She will refuse food when ever she doesn't feel well. Another thing is she is on 2.5 mg prednisilone for springtime allergies, but it is given every three days.
Man with the new puppy, an ailing rabbit and now poor Kattie, I am going to have a nervous breakdown:-(