I could give you guys a long story about this (which I probably will later if anyone wants it, but I recently saw my cat not being able to pee, I brought him in, his bladder was only 1/3 full, but he had just blocked that morning (Wednesday). They sedated him, put a catheder in overnight, took it out in the morning, it re-blocked, they tried it again, it stayed open. He's not been home about 36 hours, and due to the urine tract infection, he feels the constant need to urinate...on anything and everything. Usually he just squats and nothing, or just a couple drops comes out, but I still don't want him to get any areas smelling like urine at all, so I have him in my bathroom with nothing but tile floor, his litter box, 2 (prescription) food bowls, and 2 water bowls (I have 2 of each to try and get him to eat and drink more.)
The prescription food is to dissolve the current "crystals" which block his tract, and I also am giving him anti-biotic pills which are for the infection and inflamed tract I would assume. I called the vet soon after I brought him about Friday evening, and he said the constant attempts to urinate are normal. He had peed a pretty good amount like 2-3 times a day...not normal big amounts, but if you put all the pee he drips out each day, it'd equal at least a day's worth of normal urination I'd say.
My question for this forum is this though:
Has anyone else brought home a male cat after having his urine tract unblocked, and did he have these symptoms (constant attempts to urinate due to the urine tract infection making him feel like he always needs to), and how long did this effects stay after being on anti-biotics, etc.
I'm concerned he'll block up again, and I'm also concerned this will keep going on for days and days and days, but I hope not...I'd like to let him out of the bathroom, and I'd also like things to return to normal. Thanks for any help.
Also, if anyone wants to see him, his name is Oreo, and he's the bigger one.
http://community.webshots.com/album/137610717fHoduD
The prescription food is to dissolve the current "crystals" which block his tract, and I also am giving him anti-biotic pills which are for the infection and inflamed tract I would assume. I called the vet soon after I brought him about Friday evening, and he said the constant attempts to urinate are normal. He had peed a pretty good amount like 2-3 times a day...not normal big amounts, but if you put all the pee he drips out each day, it'd equal at least a day's worth of normal urination I'd say.
My question for this forum is this though:
Has anyone else brought home a male cat after having his urine tract unblocked, and did he have these symptoms (constant attempts to urinate due to the urine tract infection making him feel like he always needs to), and how long did this effects stay after being on anti-biotics, etc.
I'm concerned he'll block up again, and I'm also concerned this will keep going on for days and days and days, but I hope not...I'd like to let him out of the bathroom, and I'd also like things to return to normal. Thanks for any help.
Also, if anyone wants to see him, his name is Oreo, and he's the bigger one.
http://community.webshots.com/album/137610717fHoduD