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Tessy  Wigfield - 12 Mar 2005 00:14 GMT
Hello all. I have a 10 year old cat Zoey that when she gets in her litter
box she squawks down to urinate and then while urinating she lifts her
bottom up and her tail goes straight up in the air twitching and her back
paws in the litter she is sort of shuffles her weight back and forth. Our
vet ran all the test you can think of. Finally she suggest us taking her to
the U of M Veterinary Hospital. We filmed 3 recordings of her doing the
same thing consistently. The absolutely are positive it is not behavioral.
Why, she is not peeing anywhere else in the house except in her litter box.
But when she lifts of her bottom her urine now ends up a on puppy training
pad. The U of M checked out her urine track and there were no crystals,
stones, and her bladder was fine. Urine test came out fine. They (8 Ph Vets
are just beside themselves. They feel that she is not in any pain what so
ever. So they sent Zoey's take to 4 other University's. We are still
waiting to hear back..... Does anyone out there have a cat doing the same
thing? This has been happening for 9 months. We feel helpless!
Karen - 12 Mar 2005 01:40 GMT
> Hello all. I have a 10 year old cat Zoey that when she gets in her litter
> box she squawks down to urinate and then while urinating she lifts her
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> waiting to hear back..... Does anyone out there have a cat doing the same
> thing? This has been happening for 9 months. We feel helpless!

And she doesn't show any hip dispalasia or luxation that might make normal
squatting hard for her?
sriddles@aol.com - 12 Mar 2005 15:01 GMT
We are still
> > waiting to hear back..... Does anyone out there have a cat doing the same
> > thing? This has been happening for 9 months. We feel helpless!
>
> And she doesn't show any hip dispalasia or luxation that might make normal
> squatting hard for her?

That's what I wondered. Or arthritis. Or nerve damage; something that
would make normal squatting uncomfortable. But if that's true, she'd be
displaying the same behavior when she poops. Does she?

Sherry
Tessy  Wigfield - 14 Mar 2005 15:11 GMT
Hello Sherry,

She does have a little arthritis and a little nerver damage at the base of
her tail. But the U of M ruled that out as being the problem. They told me
that when cats poop and pee they are using differnt muscles. She poops just
fine. Thanks so much Sherry for your time. Tessy

That's what I wondered. Or arthritis. Or nerve damage; something that
would make normal squatting uncomfortable. But if that's true, she'd be
displaying the same behavior when she poops. Does she?

Sherry
Tessy  Wigfield - 14 Mar 2005 14:52 GMT
Oh thank you for getting back to me. This means the world to me.
She does have a little of hip dispalasia but not enough for her not to
squat. What is luxation?

Thank you so much for your time!
T.W.
Monique Y. Mudama - 15 Mar 2005 02:29 GMT
> Hello all. I have a 10 year old cat Zoey that when she gets in her litter
> box she squawks down to urinate and then while urinating she lifts her
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> back..... Does anyone out there have a cat doing the same thing? This has
> been happening for 9 months. We feel helpless!

A friend of mine says her cat "sprays" -- she knows that the urine ends up on
the side of the box.  But the box has a lid (fortunately, or the walls would
be soaked), so I know she's not actually watching the behavior.

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Tessy  Wigfield - 15 Mar 2005 14:41 GMT
Thank you so much for letting me know. Her cat might have crystals in her
bladder, stone, or infection in the urinary track. I would have her take
her to the vet right away. Please let me know what they find out.
Thanks so much for your time. It is nice to know that there are some cat
lovers to share their experinces. I am determinded to get down to the
bottom of this. T.W.
 
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