You can still give her chicken broth before the vet visit, then the don't have to fill your kitty up with a syringe before taking the sample....that's what I did.
Don't worry about how you sound...you are hiring them, and they should take your concerns and requests seriously. Tell them the history - symptoms she had last time before she was treated with clavamox, tell them how that urine sample was obtained, and if there were a culture and sensitivity done on that one or not, was there any blood with that previous test, etc. If you have a copy of that urinalysis test results, take a copy of it with you.Originally Posted by Jen
Thanks everyone. I found a vet that we actually went to awhile back and they charge 29.00 for the visit and then whatever the urine tests and meds are gonna cost. The appointment is on sat at 4pm so hopefully all goes well.
Do I need to ask them to do a culture or whatever its called or should they just do that automatically if I say we want her tested for a UTI? I don't want to go in sounding like a know-it-all telling them what to do. But I want to make sure we know exactly for sure what is causing her to pee everywhere. Thanks.
Jen,Originally Posted by Jen
Ok so we just got back from the vet. I took both female cats in since lately we have had doubts as to which one has been peeing. The vet could not get a urine sample because he felt and their bladders were completely empty. So next time they pee I am going to soak it up in a syringe and bring the sample in and have it tested, the urinalysis and culture and all that.
He basically said he doesn't believe she has a UTI since both their bladders were empty and the peeing all over the basement is an ongoing thing. He gave us a Feliway diffuser and plug in and 5 days worth of amoxi just for now incase she does have an infection. He thinks its just stress though, but he will do they urinalysis and culture if we want it.
Do you think I should take in the sample to be tested as soon as I get it just to be safe? Or should I wait and see if the amoxi pills and feliway work?
Excellent point, it makes it pointless to do a u/a c& s this week. You'd have to wait 2-3 weeks. I think that's the time frame after stopping meds before repeating a u/a.Originally Posted by CTCat
Another thing...I think the antibiotics can affect the culture so if you have already started them, you'll have to wait anyway.
You do what you can...but yes, I still think switching to a wet food diet would be better for the long run...though I do like Nutro's dry and do use their natural choice complete care weight management currently, as I slim down my guys (except my cats I have on a special diet). Those ingredients are awful, but I do like nutro's natural choice line better. If you go to the nutro site, you can find all the stats for each dry food, including the guaranteed analysis with ash and magnesium content.Originally Posted by Jen
This all sounds good so should I still switch over to wet food? Are there a lot of carbs in this food? I am just a little unsure and I want to do the right thing, but every reason I have been given about switching to wet, this food I already feed them seems to contradict.
The first ingredients are chicken meal, corn gluten meal, wheat flour, ground rice, poultry fat (preserved with vitamin E, ground whole wheat and natural flavors. That seems like too many non-meat products. Is that ok if the other things are all good? Where do the carbs come in to the picture?