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Penny - 09 Dec 2003 17:14 GMT

Hi,
My 2 yearold neutered male cat seems to be having problems peeing. He squats
like he is trying to pee but nothing comes out? He is drinking well .Any
suggestions?TIA

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Karen - 09 Dec 2003 17:23 GMT

EMERGENCY TO THE VET!!!!! This is highly dangerous. Male cats can die in 48
to 72 hours if they are not going. It is IMPERATIVE to get him to the vet
NOW!

Karen

> Hi,
> My 2 yearold neutered male cat seems to be having problems peeing. He squats
> like he is trying to pee but nothing comes out? He is drinking well .Any
> suggestions?TIA

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Helen - 09 Dec 2003 17:35 GMT

Karen is right, get him to the vet NOW! Not tomorrow, not in a few hours
time, now, this minute. I got my cat in in time to save his life, but every
minute counts.

Helen

> EMERGENCY TO THE VET!!!!! This is highly dangerous. Male cats can die in 48
> to 72 hours if they are not going. It is IMPERATIVE to get him to the vet
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> > like he is trying to pee but nothing comes out? He is drinking well .Any
> > suggestions?TIA

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kaeli - 09 Dec 2003 18:30 GMT

> Karen is right, get him to the vet NOW! Not tomorrow, not in a few hours
> time, now, this minute. I got my cat in in time to save his life, but every
> minute counts.

Yes, very true - I was too late for my Julian.
Get him in NOW.

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Ginger-lyn Summer - 09 Dec 2003 20:15 GMT

>Karen is right, get him to the vet NOW! Not tomorrow, not in a few hours
>time, now, this minute. I got my cat in in time to save his life, but every
>minute counts.
>
>Helen

Another agreement -- this is NOT something to mess around with. I was
lucky that I got Brando in on time, and it saved his life. I hope you
have already gone to the vet, and your cat is okay.

Ginger-lyn

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zuzu22@webtv.net - 09 Dec 2003 18:02 GMT

Get your cat to a vet NOW!!!!! I'm deadly serious. He is probably
blocked and may die if he is not taken to a vet right away. I just went
through this on Thanksgiving Day with my cat Teddy, and fortunately I
got him to the emergency vet in time before things got too serious. They
catheterized him so that the blockage in his urethra could pass through
and then kept him on fluids. Please go the vet now!

Megan

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Cathy Friedmann - 09 Dec 2003 21:38 GMT

Yes. Bring him to the vet, immediately.

You can call first & tell them what's going on, but bring him right away, on
an emergency basis - which they will probably say to do anyway once they
hear that he's trying to pee, but with no output. This sounds like a
blockage, & it's liable to be fatal - if not treated w/in 24 hours. If
treated right away, he'll be fine; if not - he won't.

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> Hi,
> My 2 yearold neutered male cat seems to be having problems peeing. He squats
> like he is trying to pee but nothing comes out? He is drinking well .Any
> suggestions?TIA

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Dennis Carr - 10 Dec 2003 03:30 GMT

> Hi,
> My 2 yearold neutered male cat seems to be having problems peeing. He squats
> like he is trying to pee but nothing comes out? He is drinking well .Any
> suggestions?TIA

GET THEE TO THE VET NOW!

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Penny - 13 Dec 2003 00:53 GMT

Hello again,
Thank you all for your help! I took him (Watcher is his name) to the vet
right away. They did blood work right away and tried to get a urine sample.
They had to catheterize him. He was very badly blocked! He is still at the
vet's and not sure when he is coming home. He is going to be alright in the
end. Thank God!.
Now that is taken care of I would like to introduce myself to this group. My
name is Penny and I am married with children , a dog , 5 indoor cats , and
taking care of 47 feral cats in my neighbourhood. I have a lot of knowledge
of cats but I had never come across a cat with urine crystals before. Now I
know what is going on with this. Does anyone have any suggestions for
preventative measures to help me make sure this does not happen again to any
of my kitty's? All suggestions will be appreciated. Bye for now. :)

> Hi,
> My 2 yearold neutered male cat seems to be having problems peeing. He squats
> like he is trying to pee but nothing comes out? He is drinking well .Any
> suggestions?TIA

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Cathy Friedmann - 13 Dec 2003 00:59 GMT

Thanks for the update; I'm glad he'll be fine. It's nice to find out that
replies to a poster's question(s) here helped in a very tangible way!
Before starting to read this ng (5+ years ago now), I didn't know how easily
male cats can block, nor how dangerous it is, needing intervention ASAP.

Cathy

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> Hello again,
> Thank you all for your help! I took him (Watcher is his name) to the vet
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> > like he is trying to pee but nothing comes out? He is drinking well .Any
> > suggestions?TIA

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afr - 13 Dec 2003 02:16 GMT

> Thanks for the update; I'm glad he'll be fine. It's nice to find out that
> replies to a poster's question(s) here helped in a very tangible way!
> Before starting to read this ng (5+ years ago now), I didn't know how easily
> male cats can block, nor how dangerous it is, needing intervention ASAP.
>
> Cathy

What's been interesting and scary to me was how many vets in my part of
town didn't send me home with fluids after george blocked. I had to go to
a vet hospital to be told about home care. (My former vet in Oregon told
me I should be keeping up with fluids at home too.) I called around town
and talked to about 4 clinics, and none of them would have made the call
to teach me to continue fluids. The vet hospital is far away for someone
who uses public transportation, as I do. But I don't feel safe anywhere
else where I live.

ava

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Karen - 13 Dec 2003 03:05 GMT

> Hello again,
> Thank you all for your help! I took him (Watcher is his name) to the vet
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> preventative measures to help me make sure this does not happen again to any
> of my kitty's? All suggestions will be appreciated. Bye for now. :)

I'm so glad you got him in!! With my boy, we have had very good luck being
on an almost all high quality canned diet, with a small amount of low pH dry
available. I do keep Feliway diffusers in the main rooms. It is to help keep
them a bit calmer as stress can cause problems. I'm so glad you posted. I've
wondered how your boy was. Many people do not know of this problem nor how
very serious it is. I didn't know of it myself til reading these groups and
only acted as quickly as I did with my Grant because I recognized right away
he was having the problem because of others posting their experiences here.
I hope he comes home soon and well.

Karen

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Cheryl - 13 Dec 2003 03:33 GMT

> I took him (Watcher is his name) to the vet
> right away. They did blood work right away and tried to get a urine
> sample. They had to catheterize him. He was very badly blocked! He is
> still at the vet's and not sure when he is coming home. He is going to
> be alright in the end. Thank God!.

Great news indeed! Yay for Usenet and finding help! :) I'm very happy for
Watcher and for you.

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Ginger-lyn Summer - 13 Dec 2003 18:23 GMT

>Hello again,
>Thank you all for your help! I took him (Watcher is his name) to the vet
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>preventative measures to help me make sure this does not happen again to any
>of my kitty's? All suggestions will be appreciated. Bye for now. :)

I am so glad to hear Watcher will be fine!

Bless you for taking care of your indoor cats and the feral colony!

In terms of preventing blockages, ask your vet, of course. There are
special diets that can help prevent future problems (Hill's makes
some, c/d-s and w/d being two; I have one cat each on each of these).
Also, preventing a cat from being obese can help, as obese cats can
tend to block due to their weight (my Brando being an example -- he's
the one on the w/d, which is for weight management but also prevents
crystals).

HTH, and so glad to hear everything worked out.

Ginger-lyn

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---MIKE--- - 13 Dec 2003 19:31 GMT

Penny, Try to feed Watcher mostly canned food. This contains about 75%
water which helps keep the urine diluted. Drinking water does not do
this as well.

-MIKE

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Annie Wxill - 13 Dec 2003 19:29 GMT

... Now I

> know what is going on with this. Does anyone have any suggestions for
> preventative measures to help me make sure this does not happen again to any
> of my kitty's? All suggestions will be appreciated. Bye for now. :)

Penny,
It's good to hear that Watcher is on the mend.
One good idea I gleaned from another poster is to make sure that water is
available in several convenient places. It will encourage the cats to take
a sip, even if they don't feel quite thirsty enough to go to the main water
bowl.
A good intake of fluid is very important to preventing any occurrence or
reoccurrence of urinary problems.
Annie

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