My cat is around 5 years old, a male. He's been my best buddy for over 4 years and it just the greatest little guy you could want. the vet estimated him at 8-9 months when I got him adn had him neutured, etc. I got him right as I graduated college, adopted him 4.5 years ago.
this is goign to be long, so please hang in there. right from the start he had a problem with lifting his butt out of his box and finishing his pee outside the box. I found small ways to combat this early on without knowing much about it. after 2 years in an apartment I moved back home with my mom to pay off debt and put money away. the problem persisted for the most part. then 12 months ago one day I woke up and he was crying in pain and hadn't peed in 24 hrs. I took him in and sure enough he was blocked up. I had taken him to a vet earlier that summer to see if he was sick and they said nothing about the crystals that were in his urine, they totally screwed up.
after 3 overnite stays for blockages, i conceded to the surgery where they open up the pathway to stop the blockages. he's also been on the right uninary food both wet and dry since the first blockage. the surgery appeared to be well worth the money for awhile, he was totally using his box with no problems everything was great. then the infections started. every couple months he'd get one, pee on everythign to let me know he was sick, and go on antibiotics to clear it up.
furthermore..my mom is an acupunturist/herbalists, etc. she's been working with him since day one of the urinary problems and things always seem to help. This latest round of infection she put him on some strong herbal supplements and flower essences on the ears, etc. now we have him to the point where his urine is 100% scent free, she's cleaned the bateria out of him to that point. I'm serious, you wouldn't even know he peed if you didn't see it. he eats a scoop of wet food with natural supplements in it with alot of water mixed in twice a day and his normal ration of dry food. she felt this last time he actually had a staph infection going..
after this latest round of trouble he hasnt' gone back to the box like normal, he's not peeing on anything away from his box because he's not physically sick, but he persists on starting to pee in the box and the lifting his butt and spraying all around the box.
My fiance and i bought a house we are moving into next week, and we are expecting a baby this coming March. The sheer amount of time and effort that I have put into this problem, especially in the last year has just totally exhausted me, and I just don't see how I'm going to do this and have a wife, newborn, and 6 year old step son to take care of,too.
He can stay at my mom's until Sept 9th, although I think me leavign will make it worse, he's so attatched to me I cannot describe it. My mom feels he's picking up my stress from all that is going on. I'm pulling my hair out lately with taking on a large mortgage, a baby, a step son, and a soon to be wife at 27 years old. I've heard of cats doing this before, but there isn't much i can do about it. If we can't get this under control finally by that date, he may have to go away, and just the thought of that brings tears to my eyes. But I know in my heart I cannot have a cat in my new house that pees on stuff with a new born, my fiance will lose it.
Ok, so things I've done to exhaustion:
Vet treatments including the surgery. different types of litter boxes(just bought a high sided one the other day, that's the latest), fine grit unscented litter which he seems to like best, the special food, filtered water,all my mom's natural treatments which seem to be getting him very healthy, you name it.
things i'm seeing on here I haven't tried yet is that plug in that puts a scent in the room and what not. basically haven't tried anything man made/chemical yet..
its been 4 years of effort and he just won't seem to shape up and until now it was maddening but manageable. the changes in my life now mean I just can't do it anymore, it won't be possible, i have one more shot to fix this now or he's gonna have to go..
please help..
this is goign to be long, so please hang in there. right from the start he had a problem with lifting his butt out of his box and finishing his pee outside the box. I found small ways to combat this early on without knowing much about it. after 2 years in an apartment I moved back home with my mom to pay off debt and put money away. the problem persisted for the most part. then 12 months ago one day I woke up and he was crying in pain and hadn't peed in 24 hrs. I took him in and sure enough he was blocked up. I had taken him to a vet earlier that summer to see if he was sick and they said nothing about the crystals that were in his urine, they totally screwed up.
after 3 overnite stays for blockages, i conceded to the surgery where they open up the pathway to stop the blockages. he's also been on the right uninary food both wet and dry since the first blockage. the surgery appeared to be well worth the money for awhile, he was totally using his box with no problems everything was great. then the infections started. every couple months he'd get one, pee on everythign to let me know he was sick, and go on antibiotics to clear it up.
furthermore..my mom is an acupunturist/herbalists, etc. she's been working with him since day one of the urinary problems and things always seem to help. This latest round of infection she put him on some strong herbal supplements and flower essences on the ears, etc. now we have him to the point where his urine is 100% scent free, she's cleaned the bateria out of him to that point. I'm serious, you wouldn't even know he peed if you didn't see it. he eats a scoop of wet food with natural supplements in it with alot of water mixed in twice a day and his normal ration of dry food. she felt this last time he actually had a staph infection going..
after this latest round of trouble he hasnt' gone back to the box like normal, he's not peeing on anything away from his box because he's not physically sick, but he persists on starting to pee in the box and the lifting his butt and spraying all around the box.
My fiance and i bought a house we are moving into next week, and we are expecting a baby this coming March. The sheer amount of time and effort that I have put into this problem, especially in the last year has just totally exhausted me, and I just don't see how I'm going to do this and have a wife, newborn, and 6 year old step son to take care of,too.
He can stay at my mom's until Sept 9th, although I think me leavign will make it worse, he's so attatched to me I cannot describe it. My mom feels he's picking up my stress from all that is going on. I'm pulling my hair out lately with taking on a large mortgage, a baby, a step son, and a soon to be wife at 27 years old. I've heard of cats doing this before, but there isn't much i can do about it. If we can't get this under control finally by that date, he may have to go away, and just the thought of that brings tears to my eyes. But I know in my heart I cannot have a cat in my new house that pees on stuff with a new born, my fiance will lose it.
Ok, so things I've done to exhaustion:
Vet treatments including the surgery. different types of litter boxes(just bought a high sided one the other day, that's the latest), fine grit unscented litter which he seems to like best, the special food, filtered water,all my mom's natural treatments which seem to be getting him very healthy, you name it.
things i'm seeing on here I haven't tried yet is that plug in that puts a scent in the room and what not. basically haven't tried anything man made/chemical yet..
its been 4 years of effort and he just won't seem to shape up and until now it was maddening but manageable. the changes in my life now mean I just can't do it anymore, it won't be possible, i have one more shot to fix this now or he's gonna have to go..
please help..