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Sex: Male
Age: 2 yrs
Neutered: Yes
Diet: Wellness Core dry in the mornings / Wellness Core wet in the evenings
My kitty was taken to the vet last Friday for a blockage. He was drained and flushed with a catheter and the culprit was struvite crystals. I have just finished giving him his prescribed bupremex, cerenia, and prazosin, I have a few days left of the Amoxi-drops. I will try my best to keep this as brief and detailed as possible.
FRI: Taken to vet after noticing straining and producing no urine and yowls of pain. He was drained and flushed with a catheter and given fluids. The culprit was struvite crystals and mucous at his penis tip.
SAT: After being able to urinate on his own a few times he was discharged at 3PM. He went straight for the water bowl upon arrival and drank heaps of water. He was refusing to eat the prescribed Hills C/D food so I blended the canned food with water and syringe fed him. At about 9PM I noticed that he hasn't used the litter box once, I was getting worried. At 1AM he was leaking pink tinted (bloody?) urine in random areas throughout the house in small puddles so I assumed he wasn't blocked but he was still attempting to squat around the house.
SUN: I took him to a different vet (vet#1 was closed) he made a mess of his carrier with urine before I even got to the vets!. They expressed his bladder and got a significant amount of urine out of him. The said that he's not blocked but he's refusing to be expressed. There was tiny visible amounts of blood and mucous. After a urine culture test he had said there was not any crystals or bacteria but there seems to be some sort of debris in his urine but he could not tell what they were or where they were coming from. The vet had prescribed more bupremex to help with the pain and I was told to keep an eye on him.
MON/TUES: He was a bit lethargic from the meds I'm guessing. I've been syringe feeding him on both days. He does go to the litter box frequently but they are quarter sized wet spots. He was also attempting to squat again in different areas of the house.
WED/THURS: He seems like his old self now. He has energy to play, he is starting to eat the prescription canned food on his own (not so much, but it's an improvement) and is drinking water again. He is also not squatting anymore in other places. What concerns me is that when I check his litter box he is still only urinating in quarter to 2x2 inches wet spots in the litter. I observed him urinating (good thing he's not shy) and I see droplets to tiny streams back to drops again.
I attempted to express him myself but I have no idea where the bladder is or what it feels like, I also don't want to squeeze it too hard either.
I'm not sure if this means he is on the road to recovery or if I should still sleep close to him (I miss my bed). I also switched his litter to Worlds Best Cat Litter over the traditional clay litter to see if it might help with this "mystery debris" in his urine.
Any advice or suggestions would be immensely appreciated. Due to a crazy time at work for me I'm unable to watch him 24/7 like I'd like to and I've spent nearly all of my rainy day funds on this and other previous accidents the last few months.
Thank you!
Sex: Male
Age: 2 yrs
Neutered: Yes
Diet: Wellness Core dry in the mornings / Wellness Core wet in the evenings
My kitty was taken to the vet last Friday for a blockage. He was drained and flushed with a catheter and the culprit was struvite crystals. I have just finished giving him his prescribed bupremex, cerenia, and prazosin, I have a few days left of the Amoxi-drops. I will try my best to keep this as brief and detailed as possible.
FRI: Taken to vet after noticing straining and producing no urine and yowls of pain. He was drained and flushed with a catheter and given fluids. The culprit was struvite crystals and mucous at his penis tip.
SAT: After being able to urinate on his own a few times he was discharged at 3PM. He went straight for the water bowl upon arrival and drank heaps of water. He was refusing to eat the prescribed Hills C/D food so I blended the canned food with water and syringe fed him. At about 9PM I noticed that he hasn't used the litter box once, I was getting worried. At 1AM he was leaking pink tinted (bloody?) urine in random areas throughout the house in small puddles so I assumed he wasn't blocked but he was still attempting to squat around the house.
SUN: I took him to a different vet (vet#1 was closed) he made a mess of his carrier with urine before I even got to the vets!. They expressed his bladder and got a significant amount of urine out of him. The said that he's not blocked but he's refusing to be expressed. There was tiny visible amounts of blood and mucous. After a urine culture test he had said there was not any crystals or bacteria but there seems to be some sort of debris in his urine but he could not tell what they were or where they were coming from. The vet had prescribed more bupremex to help with the pain and I was told to keep an eye on him.
MON/TUES: He was a bit lethargic from the meds I'm guessing. I've been syringe feeding him on both days. He does go to the litter box frequently but they are quarter sized wet spots. He was also attempting to squat again in different areas of the house.
WED/THURS: He seems like his old self now. He has energy to play, he is starting to eat the prescription canned food on his own (not so much, but it's an improvement) and is drinking water again. He is also not squatting anymore in other places. What concerns me is that when I check his litter box he is still only urinating in quarter to 2x2 inches wet spots in the litter. I observed him urinating (good thing he's not shy) and I see droplets to tiny streams back to drops again.
I attempted to express him myself but I have no idea where the bladder is or what it feels like, I also don't want to squeeze it too hard either.
I'm not sure if this means he is on the road to recovery or if I should still sleep close to him (I miss my bed). I also switched his litter to Worlds Best Cat Litter over the traditional clay litter to see if it might help with this "mystery debris" in his urine.
Any advice or suggestions would be immensely appreciated. Due to a crazy time at work for me I'm unable to watch him 24/7 like I'd like to and I've spent nearly all of my rainy day funds on this and other previous accidents the last few months.
Thank you!