Hello cat people!
I have two cats at home, both adopted, but one of them started having weird problems - she is peeing in here sleep, without relizing it.
We started visiting vets because of this, but after 2 months, numerous clinics visited, lots of tests, fluids antibiotics, etc. the current vet, who seems experienced, still cannot find out what is wrong with her.
I am starting to get desperate. I will just write with short bullet points most of the important things about the cat and what happened so far:
- cat is around 3-4 years old, female, 3kg.
- she has no teeth because of some previous infection, before I adopted her
- 2 months ago she started peeing in her sleep, like really peeingm not just drops of urine. It definitely seems unintentional
- we started vising vets
- after multiple blood tests and urine tests - vets agreed she has a first stage of renal disease, not too serious at the moment they say
- through the first few vet visits she received antibiotics and fluids under the skin
- she got better, but just temporary - after the effects of the antibiotic (about 2 weeks) wore off, she started peeing in here sleep again
- it got worse - she started peeing while a sleep 2-5 times a day/night
- we did X-ray, another type of test where they check her internal organs, by putting some liquid on her belly and monitoring it with a device for 10-15min. Sorry, but I do not remember the name. They said her kidney's structure/form/shape seems fine.
- I changed the vet, because the old one just gave her the same antibiotic and wanted to continue with the fluids
- the new and current vet, seems more experience, she wants more tests
- we went to a special eye doctor - they discovered some sort of infection with her eyes - her eyes seem to be alway moving slightly and she has reaaaally slowed reactions with her left eye
- we went to a specialzed neurologist, my cat went through anesthesia and they made took spinal fluid for tests and made a FIP test
- so far only the spinal fluid exam results are ready and they show nothing wrong
- we are still waiting for the FIP resuts, but from what I read around the internet and what the doctor told me - there is no certain way to determine FIP. It might be "sleeping for 1-2 years" and develop later or some stuff like that
- meawhile after the anesthesia we have the cat fluids, but this time directly to her veins for 3 days straight
- the first day and a half after the anesthesia she was leaking urine all the time - she sits somewhere and she leaves urine, even without going to sleep
- the urine leaking stopped and now she is not even peeing while sleeping, all probably because of side effect of the anesthesia and/or fluids injected in her veins
- after we get the FIP result, if it doesn't show anything, the vet wants to start either giving the cat steroids and/or aspiring and more fluids every 2-3 days for 4-6 weeks
- vet said we might do another test but I didn't undertand what exactly
- overall, through this whole period and before, the cat has appetite, she is eating, drinking water, purring, cleaning the other cat, seems healthy and seems to be doing her business in the litter box (can't say how often and how much, because of my other cat)
- most of my info is kinda vague, because of language barrier - I am bulgarian, the vets are Polish, but they barely speak English, so it's kinda hard
So yes, long story short - for more than 2 months vets cannot find out why the cat is peeing while sleeping and how and if this is connected to her early stage of renal disease and eye infection. Currently she is not leaking urine, but probably just as a temporary side effect of the anesthesia and fluids directly in her veins for 3 days straight.
Sorry for the tons of info, but I'd rather give all the info I can think of now, so that someone might be able to help. As I already said - I am getting kind of desperate. I guess there is some exams and treatment the current vet wants to do, but I really wanted to ask for some help and suggestions online as well.
If needed, of course, I can upload most of the exams and results we performed so that they can be checked if someone nows how to read them.
I would really, really appreciate any help people can offer.
Thank you all in advance!
I have two cats at home, both adopted, but one of them started having weird problems - she is peeing in here sleep, without relizing it.
We started visiting vets because of this, but after 2 months, numerous clinics visited, lots of tests, fluids antibiotics, etc. the current vet, who seems experienced, still cannot find out what is wrong with her.
I am starting to get desperate. I will just write with short bullet points most of the important things about the cat and what happened so far:
- cat is around 3-4 years old, female, 3kg.
- she has no teeth because of some previous infection, before I adopted her
- 2 months ago she started peeing in her sleep, like really peeingm not just drops of urine. It definitely seems unintentional
- we started vising vets
- after multiple blood tests and urine tests - vets agreed she has a first stage of renal disease, not too serious at the moment they say
- through the first few vet visits she received antibiotics and fluids under the skin
- she got better, but just temporary - after the effects of the antibiotic (about 2 weeks) wore off, she started peeing in here sleep again
- it got worse - she started peeing while a sleep 2-5 times a day/night
- we did X-ray, another type of test where they check her internal organs, by putting some liquid on her belly and monitoring it with a device for 10-15min. Sorry, but I do not remember the name. They said her kidney's structure/form/shape seems fine.
- I changed the vet, because the old one just gave her the same antibiotic and wanted to continue with the fluids
- the new and current vet, seems more experience, she wants more tests
- we went to a special eye doctor - they discovered some sort of infection with her eyes - her eyes seem to be alway moving slightly and she has reaaaally slowed reactions with her left eye
- we went to a specialzed neurologist, my cat went through anesthesia and they made took spinal fluid for tests and made a FIP test
- so far only the spinal fluid exam results are ready and they show nothing wrong
- we are still waiting for the FIP resuts, but from what I read around the internet and what the doctor told me - there is no certain way to determine FIP. It might be "sleeping for 1-2 years" and develop later or some stuff like that
- meawhile after the anesthesia we have the cat fluids, but this time directly to her veins for 3 days straight
- the first day and a half after the anesthesia she was leaking urine all the time - she sits somewhere and she leaves urine, even without going to sleep
- the urine leaking stopped and now she is not even peeing while sleeping, all probably because of side effect of the anesthesia and/or fluids injected in her veins
- after we get the FIP result, if it doesn't show anything, the vet wants to start either giving the cat steroids and/or aspiring and more fluids every 2-3 days for 4-6 weeks
- vet said we might do another test but I didn't undertand what exactly
- overall, through this whole period and before, the cat has appetite, she is eating, drinking water, purring, cleaning the other cat, seems healthy and seems to be doing her business in the litter box (can't say how often and how much, because of my other cat)
- most of my info is kinda vague, because of language barrier - I am bulgarian, the vets are Polish, but they barely speak English, so it's kinda hard
So yes, long story short - for more than 2 months vets cannot find out why the cat is peeing while sleeping and how and if this is connected to her early stage of renal disease and eye infection. Currently she is not leaking urine, but probably just as a temporary side effect of the anesthesia and fluids directly in her veins for 3 days straight.
Sorry for the tons of info, but I'd rather give all the info I can think of now, so that someone might be able to help. As I already said - I am getting kind of desperate. I guess there is some exams and treatment the current vet wants to do, but I really wanted to ask for some help and suggestions online as well.
If needed, of course, I can upload most of the exams and results we performed so that they can be checked if someone nows how to read them.
I would really, really appreciate any help people can offer.
Thank you all in advance!