Hello!
I have a two and a half year old male ragdoll named Milo and he was recently diagnosed with Feline Idopathic Cystitis (FIC). He's a big boy - 15 lbs - and a huge fluffy lump. I love him to death. We had an issue about a year ago where I went away for a weekend and a friend came to look after him. Upon my return I noticed very frequent trips to the litterbox with very small urine puddles.
Fast forward to three weeks ago. We moved to a new city in June and Milo spent June, July, and August adjusting to the new place. He seemed to be very comfortable there, lots of windows and high perches for him. We decided it was time to add a new addition to the family so we adopted a 9 week old male kitten. We took the process relatively slow for introductions, and in about a week and a half they were playing and napping together. Everything seemed to be going great.
Then all of a sudden Milo was making those frequent trips to the litterbox again. We took him to the vet and they prescribed pain medicines and muscle relaxants as well as suggested increasing his water intake. He's a stubborn boy who doesn't like to drink much so I'm struggling in figuring out how to make this easier for him.
We've placed water bowls throughout the house, and are in the process of switching him to a wet food diet. I've ordered some Ceva Feliway plug ins to place throughout the apartment as well. I'm just worried that the stress is being caused by the addition of the kitten. The kitten is still too young to be neutered (in about 4 more weeks we'll take him in) so I'm wondering if the un-neutered kitten is stressing out my neutered Milo? It's been 3 weeks and the FIC symptoms have waxed and waned. I feel so bad for my boy and I was wondering if anyone on this site had any suggestions to reduce his stress and increase his water intake?
Thanks so much.
I have a two and a half year old male ragdoll named Milo and he was recently diagnosed with Feline Idopathic Cystitis (FIC). He's a big boy - 15 lbs - and a huge fluffy lump. I love him to death. We had an issue about a year ago where I went away for a weekend and a friend came to look after him. Upon my return I noticed very frequent trips to the litterbox with very small urine puddles.
Fast forward to three weeks ago. We moved to a new city in June and Milo spent June, July, and August adjusting to the new place. He seemed to be very comfortable there, lots of windows and high perches for him. We decided it was time to add a new addition to the family so we adopted a 9 week old male kitten. We took the process relatively slow for introductions, and in about a week and a half they were playing and napping together. Everything seemed to be going great.
Then all of a sudden Milo was making those frequent trips to the litterbox again. We took him to the vet and they prescribed pain medicines and muscle relaxants as well as suggested increasing his water intake. He's a stubborn boy who doesn't like to drink much so I'm struggling in figuring out how to make this easier for him.
We've placed water bowls throughout the house, and are in the process of switching him to a wet food diet. I've ordered some Ceva Feliway plug ins to place throughout the apartment as well. I'm just worried that the stress is being caused by the addition of the kitten. The kitten is still too young to be neutered (in about 4 more weeks we'll take him in) so I'm wondering if the un-neutered kitten is stressing out my neutered Milo? It's been 3 weeks and the FIC symptoms have waxed and waned. I feel so bad for my boy and I was wondering if anyone on this site had any suggestions to reduce his stress and increase his water intake?
Thanks so much.