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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / December 2004Cat cannot wee
My 2 year old cat goes about every 10 mins to his tray to try and wee he squats there for a good 5 mins with no success I noticed this a few days ago. I am about to take him to the vets. Any one know or has experienced this on there cat and what it might be. > My 2 year old cat goes about every 10 mins to his tray to try and wee he > squats there for a good 5 mins with no success I noticed this a few days > ago. I am about to take him to the vets. Any one know or has experienced > this on there cat and what it might be. Urinary tract crystals=>blockage. Get him to the vet pronto, don't wait for the appointment. This can be very quickly fatal. > My 2 year old cat goes about every 10 mins to his tray to try and wee he > squats there for a good 5 mins with no success I noticed this a few days > ago. I am about to take him to the vets. Any one know or has experienced > this on there cat and what it might be. Vet gave tabs and said it was cystites > My 2 year old cat goes about every 10 mins to his tray to try and wee he > squats there for a good 5 mins with no success I noticed this a few days > ago. I am about to take him to the vets. Any one know or has experienced > this on there cat and what it might be. He's apparently blocked. I am very glad you're taking him to the vet, because a cat can easily die - quickly - if not treated for urinary blockage. Cathy > > My 2 year old cat goes about every 10 mins to his tray to try and wee he > > squats there for a good 5 mins with no success I noticed this a few days [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > because a cat can easily die - quickly - if not treated for urinary > blockage. The vet checked his belly and said that he is not blocked as he is passing water as his bladder is empty. But yea a ?44 lighter but hey he's worth it thank god his brothers ok or it would of been double.:-) >From: "shareware_r_us®" shareware_r_us@yahoo.com >The vet checked his belly and said that he is not blocked as he is passing >water as his bladder is empty. But yea a £44 lighter but hey he's worth it >thank god his brothers ok or it would of been double.:-) Glad to hear he's going to be okay :) Did the vet recommend any diet changes? Don't know what you're feeding him, but a tinned food would be much better than a dry kibble. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm > >From: "shareware_r_us?" shareware_r_us@yahoo.com > > >The vet checked his belly and said that he is not blocked as he is passing > >water as his bladder is empty. But yea a ?44 lighter but hey he's worth it > >thank god his brothers ok or it would of been double.:-) > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html > Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm The Mrs feeds him them meat in jelly in a sachet from Sainsburys and also some dry bics. > The Mrs feeds him them meat in jelly in a sachet from Sainsburys and also > some dry bics. He would probably be much better off on a canned diet. The higher moisture content will result in a higher water intake and water turnover. A higher water intake will result in a higher urine volume which will dilute any noxious substances in the urine, and also result in more frequent urination which will decrease bladder contact time with urine. Phil > > The Mrs feeds him them meat in jelly in a sachet from Sainsburys and also > > some dry bics. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > which will decrease bladder contact time with urine. > Phil Thanks Phil we will try the cans but I remember him being a fuzzy cat and turning his nose up at the can foods. I dont seem to see any of my cats drinking water from the bowl but out side dirty rain water yes. >>> The Mrs feeds him them meat in jelly in a sachet from Sainsburys and > also [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > turning his nose up at the can foods. I dont seem to see any of my cats > drinking water from the bowl but out side dirty rain water yes. One thing that really helped us is that I put bowls in every room and in different types of containers. I think it has really helped. Our cat Stinky would not drink out of her water bowl on the floor with her dry food, so we came up with the idea to take a tall flower vase and put it on our kitchen counter, so that it is accessible. We also feed her wet food every day. Glad you got you cat to the Vet. I recently adopted a 2 yr old female and in the first week I noticed she would visit the litter box and sit there for quite a while with very little urine out put. I took her to the Vet right away no appointment just walked in. The Vet kept her there for a few hours to get a urine sample and he did a urine culture, yup it was crystals and some blood in her urine . He gave her a antibiotic for 10 days, and then rechecked a urine sample, no blood but still crystals so he put her on Science Diet prescription food S/D (canned) for 45 days, then another urine culture and still some crystals but much better So another 30 days of the S/D canned and a recheck of the urine and then he said she will have to be on prescription Science Diet C/D canned for the rest of her life. Even though this has been an unexpected expense I'm sure glad we did adopt her because the Vet said that she had had this problem for a while. I let the Shelter know about this and THEN the lady told me "oh that's right I did put Hannah on some antibiotics because I noticed blood in her urine",she never took Hannah to the Vet. After paying $90 for the "donation" I sure would have liked to know at that time of adoption about this problem. The lady told me I could bring Hannah back to the shelter and they would refund my money, I told her "are you crazy" we love Hannah and she has become a big part of our family, we had adopted a 7 week old female at the same time and they have really bonded. Hannha's a sweet girl and we would never think about bringing her back, somehow we'll manage the extra expense. But I was still upset about the shelter not telling me. So all dry cat food in our house was given to the birds and we only use canned food for the baby(Sara) now. Sorry this is long but urinary infections can be deadly in cats. Good luck. Dianne > Glad you got you cat to the Vet. I recently adopted a 2 yr old female and in > the first week I noticed she would visit the litter box and sit there for quite [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > deadly in cats. Good luck. > Dianne Many thanks Dianne I understand truly. It would of been the nice if the shelter would have contributed to the cost. I did say we would not have another cat after losing one after many years. Then all off a sudden the Mrs phones to say can we have "2" as there being ill treated so we took on the boys and there great. |
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