Behavioral issue or a medical one? Help!!!

UPDATE:
All of a sudden after taking a long long nap he got up and decided to eat [emoji]128553[/emoji][emoji]128516[/emoji] AND drink some water. That's not all. As I was cleaning the litter box he just ran over and let out a good amount of pee. (Which I haven't seen since this last night!)
Of course I know this is probably not the end of it but hopefully he'll hold on till 31st!
I've been feeding him some wet food. I went out to look for the royal canin urinary SO but apparently they are currently all out of it and don't know when the next shipment will arrive [emoji]128580[/emoji] (Just my luck) and no luck with the strips. I've given him some APC diluted though. Better than doing nothing?¿

That's wonderful news He'll still need to see the vet when he/she gets there, but things sound less grim than they did this morning

Keep on with the ACV for now, and keep a close eye on him - especially the urine output. Make sure he drinks plenty too (even more important if he's eating dry food. Wet is best in these situations ). So glad that he's doing better

That's a relief!  I was reading through your story and starting to get scared for you, but reading that he ate, drank, and finally peed a lot let me exhale.  He's not out of the woods, but that is a very good sign.  You're doing a good job with him until the vet can come.

Oh, I'm glad he's doing a bit better.

It sounds like he has a UTI but not a blockage, which is good. Infections and inflammations make it painful to pee and obviously need medical attention, but a blockage is much more serious. As long as he's still able to pee his condition isn't life threatening.

Fingers crossed that all goes well on the 31st.



Please keep us posted.

Hi guys. Ajay is doing good today I think. He's drinking water and eating normally. He hasn't been peeing as frequently as he was yesterday but still for now his just peeing small amounts. I've noticed something else today though. He never really yowls or cries WHILE he is peeing. Only before does he yowl a bit. Today I noticed that actually while pooping he was yowling and meowing. I'm not sure why [emoji]129300[/emoji] And I just saw him dragging his butt along the floor. Maybe it's itching or something? Any thoughts on that? The vet is coming on 31st. I've already fixed an appointment [emoji]128513[/emoji] Hopefully all goes well.

Butt dragging is usually a sign of worms. How is his stool? Does it seem very hard? I wonder if he has very hard poop and this causes him pain when he tries to use the litter box.

Norachan said:

Butt dragging is usually a sign of worms. How is his stool? Does it seem very hard? I wonder if he has very hard poop and this causes him pain when he tries to use the litter box.

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I gave him a deworming tablet about a week back though. I'm not sure how much of it he was able to swallow he started to lick and drool profusely probably in an attempt to get the tablet out? (I mixed it with water and force fed)
I just got him about two weeks back because his previous owner didn't want him. I don't think she has ever given him any deworming medication and I'm sure he was never even given any wet food. When I tried to give him wet food he flat out rejected it, it was like he'd rather starve than eat the wet food. (Why I wasn't able to mix the tablet into his food)
He was constipated when I got him because he'd only poop every other day. And his poop was so hard even the litter couldn't stick to it. I changed his dry food and he's been pooping at least once a day until the urination problem started. Since then I've been trying to incorporate wet food because he needs moisture in his diet? However I don't think his poop is still as soft as it should be.
Should I give him a deworming tablet again? Or just wait till the vet gets here and see what he says.

It can be really hard getting older cats to switch from dry food to wet - very often they don't even recognise wet food at food! Perseverance and a little trickery is needed to help the transition This article has a ton of ideas [article="31138"][/article]

I wouldn't try worming him again right now - not with everything else that's going on. Wait and see what the vet says. So glad he's doing better He's so lucky to have you :lovegrin2

I think wait and see is probably the best thing to do.

If you need to worm him in future those spot-on wormers that you squirt onto the back of the cats neck are easy to use. I buy mine online. Can you get things like that shipped to The Maldives?

https://www.bayerdvm.com/show.aspx/productdetail/profender

Columbine said:

It can be really hard getting older cats to switch from dry food to wet - very often they don't even recognise wet food at food! Perseverance and a little trickery is needed to help the transition This article has a ton of ideas [article="31138"][/article]

I wouldn't try worming him again right now - not with everything else that's going on. Wait and see what the vet says. So glad he's doing better He's so lucky to have you :lovegrin2

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You are so right! He didn't even know how to eat it at first. He kept licking and didn't know how to take a bite I guess. The first time I thought maybe he didn't like it, but it seems like he really didn't know how to. I think he's getting the hang of it now.
Today has been a somewhat progressive day. He's been peeing more than before. But he still takes frequent trips to the litter box. He's been normal other than that, took a poop that looked good ([emoji]128514[/emoji]) for once. Once I take him to the vet everything should be fine hopefully.

I was thinking of switching his food to home made. We get a lot of tuna here. Raw tuna, smoked tuna, tuna in oil and tuna in brine. You name it. We don't get fresh chicken though we almost always buy it frozen. (Fishing is a primary source of income here. Poultry farming isn't really that broad) I was thinking of making mixing boiled tuna with rice and add some suplimenfs to the mix? And change it up sometimes with chicken. What do you think? What else can I make at home that'll give him complete nutrition. I'm trying to do this because the wet food is really expensive to buy here.

It's funny because I read a lot of articles that makes me really confused [emoji]129300[/emoji] Some say not to give cats tuna that often, or things like they need a low carb diet? I don't know.

This is actually not my first time with a cat. I am from an atoll that's really far from the capital (Addu Atoll) . Sort of a rural island. I just moved to the city after I got married five years back. I grew up there.
Anyhow me and my family we adopted a female kitten called Buss. She lived to be 14 years old. And we fed her all kinds of stuff. My mother would boil left over tuna (the dark meat mostly) and the bones too, often times mix it with rice or chapati (a round bread) and she had a weird thing for all things sweet. Her most favorite thing in the world was chocolate. When my mum would be cooking the tuna she would come and beg for food and mum would call me give me some money to go and buy a small chocolate for her because food wasn't ready yet. We fed her raw eggs too. She drank milk, ate cheese, biscuits, potatoe chips, we'd even feed her left over chicken bones from chicken curry. When ever she hears the crinkling sound of any food packaging she'd run to us and beg for it.
The only time she got sick my mother and grandmother gave her paracetamol syrup.Yup, and not even once, they kept at it daily until she became well again. That's the only time I remember her getting sick.
As you can imagine we didn't have any kind of pet care information at our disposal so these things we thought were totally normal. She was mostly an indoor cat but she liked to roam around outside too. I don't think we've ever had a medical issue with her. She got into a fight with feral cat and got injured badly. And she never recovered from it. She was such a good kitty and everyone in my family treated her like family aswell. We all miss her dearly.
So you see how all these articles on the internet might confuse me [emoji]128514[/emoji] But of course I'd always want what's best for my pets. We didn't know any better back then and somehow it worked out. I'm aware that not all cats are going to be like her, so I proceed with caution.

Norachan said:

I think wait and see is probably the best thing to do.

If you need to worm him in future those spot-on wormers that you squirt onto the back of the cats neck are easy to use. I buy mine online. Can you get things like that shipped to The Maldives?

https://www.bayerdvm.com/show.aspx/productdetail/profender

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We can get things shipped here but often times the shipping fees tend to get expensive. I'm going on a vacation to Thailand maybe I'll be able to get those there for less. If not will get it shipped definitely. Syringe feeding him anything is a pain [emoji]128580[/emoji]

Tuna really isn't a wonderful idea as a primary food source. It contains an enzyme that breaks down vitamin B1, which can lead to dangerous deficiencies and resulting illnesses. It's fine for a treat - just not as the mainstay of the diet [article="31650"][/article]

It is amazing what some cats were able to survive before we knew better, but that doesn't mean its a wonderful idea to repeat old mistakes I think sometimes we just get lucky!

Making your own cat food does make a lot of sense, especially given your location. Ideally, though, you want to be looking at meats rather than fishes. In general, if you're going to feed significant quantities of fish, go for the smaller types rather than the larger ones (so mackerel, sardines, anchovies, sprats etc). Remember, too, that any homemafe diet will need supplementation, and that is is especially crucial when feeding fish. A fish heavy diet will likely be lower in calories too - meaning you'll need to feed more of it. There is also a school of thought that feeding fish can increase the risk of urinary problems too, as it's much higher in phosphorus than meat.

Basically, go for meat wherever possible, and follow a balanced recipe. These threads are a great resource:- [thread="263751"][/thread][thread="272287"][/thread] These articles explain more about making your own food (theyre mostly focused on raw feeding, but a lot of the same principle apply for cooked diets too ). [article="31801"][/article][article="31714"][/article][article="31796"][/article][article="31673"][/article][article="32321"][/article][article="32194"][/article][article="32339"][/article]