My senior cat (15 years old) was having mucus in one eye. I also noticed that he was drinking quite a bit of water. That really red flagged me, since he eats exclusively canned/wet food. My other kitty who is also on wet food only, hardly ever shows interest in the water bowl.
I got him checked out at the vet. They recommended Lysine for the eye. The vet did bloodwork and ruled out hyperthyroidism and diabetes. My cat's kidney values were slightly out of the normal range however. The vet wants to do a urinalysis to 100% know for sure, but he's leaning toward a diagnosis of kidney disease.
Less than 6 months ago, my cat's bloodwork was totally fine. I did pre-anesthesia bloodwork before putting him under anesthesia and everything was fine. He did great with the anesthesia and the dental cleaning went really well.
So, if he does have kidney disease it has developed very recently. The vet says that the plan of action if he has kidney disease is to give weekly subcutaneous fluids.
Just posting here basically for the support and encouragement. Feel free to share any experiences with kidney cats.
We'll know for sure exactly what's going on, after I get the urine sample and get it analyzed.
I got him checked out at the vet. They recommended Lysine for the eye. The vet did bloodwork and ruled out hyperthyroidism and diabetes. My cat's kidney values were slightly out of the normal range however. The vet wants to do a urinalysis to 100% know for sure, but he's leaning toward a diagnosis of kidney disease.
Less than 6 months ago, my cat's bloodwork was totally fine. I did pre-anesthesia bloodwork before putting him under anesthesia and everything was fine. He did great with the anesthesia and the dental cleaning went really well.
So, if he does have kidney disease it has developed very recently. The vet says that the plan of action if he has kidney disease is to give weekly subcutaneous fluids.
Just posting here basically for the support and encouragement. Feel free to share any experiences with kidney cats.
We'll know for sure exactly what's going on, after I get the urine sample and get it analyzed.
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