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My poor boy, Charlie, about 2 weeks ago had to take an emergency trip to the vet due to a urinary obstruction caused by crystals in his urine/bladder. He was there for 2 nights, and was treated with a catheter, IV fluids, and had his bladder flushed a few times. $1500 later, he came home with Prazosin (7 days) for genital spasms, Meticam (5 days), and an antibiotic (7 days). He got home about a week and a half ago, so he was finished all of his prescribed meds by this past Tuesday morning. He seemed perfectly fine all day Tuesday, all day Wednesday, and up until about 11pm on Thursday. Was his old self, cuddling, playing, eating, drinking, everything. But then all of a sudden last night, he starts frantically running around trying to pee on everything he possibly can, my laundry, in flower pots, on my bed, and there is blood in his urine. A pink tinge to the colour, and he was also passing small clots as well. I immediately called the vet and they prescribed more Prazosin, and a different pain medication for the next 4 days. When i gave both prescriptions to him last night at around midnight, he fell asleep right away, and woke up around 6 this morning, went straight to the litterbox and had what I would call a normal pee (about the size of a deck of cards), and then another one the same size about 2-3 hours later. I gave him a normal meal of the Royal Canin Urinary SO (pate mixed with extra water) this morning, and then another smaller meal at around 2 today. He seemed to be doing a bit better, not as uncomfortable, but just within the past two hours he has been in and out of the litterbox, and only peeing small amounts, about the size of half a golf ball or smaller each time. Will be keeping a very close eye on him tonight, but in the mean time I just wanted to ask this community a few questions...
If your cat has experienced urinary blockage due to crystals before, did they have any reoccurrence within the 2 weeks of coming home from the vet? What was their healing process like?
What kind of diet did you switch them too after the first occurrence of crystals/obstruction? Raw? Canned? Vet prescribed?
Any tips on making my apartment as stress free as possible, as I'm told this problem is greatly linked to stress?
Anyone out there have any happy endings after dealing with this problem with their cats? How did you treat it in the long term? Could definitely use some reassurance at this point
Thank you so much in advance for any responses! Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!!!
My poor boy, Charlie, about 2 weeks ago had to take an emergency trip to the vet due to a urinary obstruction caused by crystals in his urine/bladder. He was there for 2 nights, and was treated with a catheter, IV fluids, and had his bladder flushed a few times. $1500 later, he came home with Prazosin (7 days) for genital spasms, Meticam (5 days), and an antibiotic (7 days). He got home about a week and a half ago, so he was finished all of his prescribed meds by this past Tuesday morning. He seemed perfectly fine all day Tuesday, all day Wednesday, and up until about 11pm on Thursday. Was his old self, cuddling, playing, eating, drinking, everything. But then all of a sudden last night, he starts frantically running around trying to pee on everything he possibly can, my laundry, in flower pots, on my bed, and there is blood in his urine. A pink tinge to the colour, and he was also passing small clots as well. I immediately called the vet and they prescribed more Prazosin, and a different pain medication for the next 4 days. When i gave both prescriptions to him last night at around midnight, he fell asleep right away, and woke up around 6 this morning, went straight to the litterbox and had what I would call a normal pee (about the size of a deck of cards), and then another one the same size about 2-3 hours later. I gave him a normal meal of the Royal Canin Urinary SO (pate mixed with extra water) this morning, and then another smaller meal at around 2 today. He seemed to be doing a bit better, not as uncomfortable, but just within the past two hours he has been in and out of the litterbox, and only peeing small amounts, about the size of half a golf ball or smaller each time. Will be keeping a very close eye on him tonight, but in the mean time I just wanted to ask this community a few questions...
If your cat has experienced urinary blockage due to crystals before, did they have any reoccurrence within the 2 weeks of coming home from the vet? What was their healing process like?
What kind of diet did you switch them too after the first occurrence of crystals/obstruction? Raw? Canned? Vet prescribed?
Any tips on making my apartment as stress free as possible, as I'm told this problem is greatly linked to stress?
Anyone out there have any happy endings after dealing with this problem with their cats? How did you treat it in the long term? Could definitely use some reassurance at this point
Thank you so much in advance for any responses! Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!!!