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Thanks again everyone, now I need a little advice again -.-"
Since my cat's been home for about a week I've been feeding him nothing but wet food with just a few little crunchy treats a day. He was eating the food eagerly when i was feeding it to him earlier in the week but now he's slowing down. I believe it's because before, he got dry food at least once a day. He goes after the little crunchy treats like crazy, so I think he misses his dry food. He still eats it, but it takes him all day to do it (I feed him twice a day, once when I get up, about 7 - 9 am {depending on weekday or weekend} and then again at around 5:30 pm. He gets a can all together a day) I was just wondering if that's normal.
Ok, now here the thing that's really worrying me. He's still got a little blood in his urine, and I can tell because he keeps peeing in the tub for some reason. The vet said that would be normal for a while, but is a week a little too long for it to be happening? His litterbox is in the bathroom at night though because I have birds and if I leave him in the living room he tries to attack them at night.So he pees right outside the litterbox when that happens. But no worries about him being in there at night, because he's seen the bathroom as 'his room' ever since he was a kitten! He goes in there to go to sleep all by himself. I just close the door at around 11 pm and open it around 6-7, when I always get up to...go pee.
Anyways, he also seems to be taking a lot more trips and peeing a little each time, instead of when we first brought him home and he was just plain peeing a LOT. He seems fine in every other aspect. He runs, plays, sleeps in his normal spots and in the same amounts. The only other thing is I picked him up yesterday and he meowed at me. Which is normal for him. He usually meows like once and then starts to purr when he gets comfortable. (He is QUITE the vocal kitty) But this time he meowed a few more times and then peed on me. I'm not mad at all, I'm just glad he's still peeing! I clean his litterbox like 3-4 times a day, because I'm trying to track his litter usage, but it doesn't seem like he's using it a lot. And when he does, it's all against the wall where he just jumps in, like he's barely holding it and he's jumping in, peeing in like 2 seconds and then jumping out.
The thing is, yesterday I took him outside on his little harness. He's a primarily indoor cat and he gets scared of the outdoors, but I just take him outside and let him wander around. He's been getting braver every time. Plus I don't let him go outdoors on his own because there are a huge amount of stray and outdoor cats especially around my house, and I don't want him getting into a fight and hurt.
The point is, when I took him out, he squatted and peed a decent amount. Is he just having a hard time controlling his bladder because of the catheter? Because like I said, he didn't really have that problem when I first brought him home. Now because of the numerous small amounts of urine he keeps producing, I'm worried. Is it just an aversion to his litterbox? Because like I said, he didn't have that when he first came home either.
Also, I keep feeling his belly periodically throughout the day, and he's never bloated except after he just eats. Also, it seems like he producing less feces, but I have changed his diet to only wet food, is this normal as well?
Sorry about the long message, i just like to get all the info I can out at first so you guys know what going on and don't have to ask too many questions so I can get an answer faster
Any info would be appreciated!
Since my cat's been home for about a week I've been feeding him nothing but wet food with just a few little crunchy treats a day. He was eating the food eagerly when i was feeding it to him earlier in the week but now he's slowing down. I believe it's because before, he got dry food at least once a day. He goes after the little crunchy treats like crazy, so I think he misses his dry food. He still eats it, but it takes him all day to do it (I feed him twice a day, once when I get up, about 7 - 9 am {depending on weekday or weekend} and then again at around 5:30 pm. He gets a can all together a day) I was just wondering if that's normal.
Ok, now here the thing that's really worrying me. He's still got a little blood in his urine, and I can tell because he keeps peeing in the tub for some reason. The vet said that would be normal for a while, but is a week a little too long for it to be happening? His litterbox is in the bathroom at night though because I have birds and if I leave him in the living room he tries to attack them at night.So he pees right outside the litterbox when that happens. But no worries about him being in there at night, because he's seen the bathroom as 'his room' ever since he was a kitten! He goes in there to go to sleep all by himself. I just close the door at around 11 pm and open it around 6-7, when I always get up to...go pee.
Anyways, he also seems to be taking a lot more trips and peeing a little each time, instead of when we first brought him home and he was just plain peeing a LOT. He seems fine in every other aspect. He runs, plays, sleeps in his normal spots and in the same amounts. The only other thing is I picked him up yesterday and he meowed at me. Which is normal for him. He usually meows like once and then starts to purr when he gets comfortable. (He is QUITE the vocal kitty) But this time he meowed a few more times and then peed on me. I'm not mad at all, I'm just glad he's still peeing! I clean his litterbox like 3-4 times a day, because I'm trying to track his litter usage, but it doesn't seem like he's using it a lot. And when he does, it's all against the wall where he just jumps in, like he's barely holding it and he's jumping in, peeing in like 2 seconds and then jumping out.
The thing is, yesterday I took him outside on his little harness. He's a primarily indoor cat and he gets scared of the outdoors, but I just take him outside and let him wander around. He's been getting braver every time. Plus I don't let him go outdoors on his own because there are a huge amount of stray and outdoor cats especially around my house, and I don't want him getting into a fight and hurt.
The point is, when I took him out, he squatted and peed a decent amount. Is he just having a hard time controlling his bladder because of the catheter? Because like I said, he didn't really have that problem when I first brought him home. Now because of the numerous small amounts of urine he keeps producing, I'm worried. Is it just an aversion to his litterbox? Because like I said, he didn't have that when he first came home either.
Also, I keep feeling his belly periodically throughout the day, and he's never bloated except after he just eats. Also, it seems like he producing less feces, but I have changed his diet to only wet food, is this normal as well?
Sorry about the long message, i just like to get all the info I can out at first so you guys know what going on and don't have to ask too many questions so I can get an answer faster
Any info would be appreciated!