Hi,
My year and a half old male cat, Shambles, just got back from the emerg. vet. I noticed yesterday afternoon he went to the bathroom quite a few times but I thought nothing of it as he was acting his normal, crazy self. Then I went to a movie and got back around 10:30 and I noticed he went to the bathroom twice withing the first ten minutes of me getting home so I thought I'd investigate. I looked in the litter box and there was some blood. I immediately freaked out and called my boyfriend to come back over. He started looking up on the internet what it may be and he kept coming across that if it's a male cat then you must take to a vet immediately.
The vet kept him over night and said that after an ultrasound there are no blockages but would like to keep him b/c his bladder is empty and they need a urine sample. I picked Shambles up this morning and they think he has FLUTD and that changing food for sure is a necessity. But they have now sent his urine to the lab because it was full of blood and bacteria, which is rare to have because they took the urine directly from his bladder. They have left me with two weeks of antibiotics for him to help kill the bacteria, a week worth of a liquid pain killer and a liquid that helps relax his urethra so it is not being strained all the time.
Other than the bloody urine and him going to the litter box a lot more, he seems to be showing no other signs of an illness. He's still active and eating.
Any idea as to the blood and bacteria in the bladder?
My year and a half old male cat, Shambles, just got back from the emerg. vet. I noticed yesterday afternoon he went to the bathroom quite a few times but I thought nothing of it as he was acting his normal, crazy self. Then I went to a movie and got back around 10:30 and I noticed he went to the bathroom twice withing the first ten minutes of me getting home so I thought I'd investigate. I looked in the litter box and there was some blood. I immediately freaked out and called my boyfriend to come back over. He started looking up on the internet what it may be and he kept coming across that if it's a male cat then you must take to a vet immediately.
The vet kept him over night and said that after an ultrasound there are no blockages but would like to keep him b/c his bladder is empty and they need a urine sample. I picked Shambles up this morning and they think he has FLUTD and that changing food for sure is a necessity. But they have now sent his urine to the lab because it was full of blood and bacteria, which is rare to have because they took the urine directly from his bladder. They have left me with two weeks of antibiotics for him to help kill the bacteria, a week worth of a liquid pain killer and a liquid that helps relax his urethra so it is not being strained all the time.
Other than the bloody urine and him going to the litter box a lot more, he seems to be showing no other signs of an illness. He's still active and eating.
Any idea as to the blood and bacteria in the bladder?
