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One of my cats recently developed crystals in his urine as well as blood. He experienced no behavioral changes, except that he made tiny puddles of red tinted urine outside the litterbox, so of course I rushed him to the vet. The vet prescribed a dietary change as well as Amitriptyline.
I was assured that 10mg was a low dosage, and it helps sooth the bladder and encourage litterbox usage again.
However, he now acts very strangely. Previously, he would act like a giant kitten, always pestering his sister and tossing things around on the floor with his front paws, or standing by the door on his hind legs propped up until you looked at him at which point he would hop like a bunny to get away. When I come home from work, he always meets me at the door, jumps on my right shoulder, and meows loudly until I march to get him some food which he gobbles up. Pretty routine. Now he's... weird. Scary weird.
He'll just stare at me unblinking forever, his eyes are massively dilated (about as far as I've ever seen them), and he leaves his mouth open just a tiny crack. Coming home he wasn't by the door, then looked at me weird, meowed, and went to eat his food. This is only day three of the medication though, and reading online I heard it takes a week to even build up in the system. He's eating and drinking and actually urinating good amounts now. Food transition just now finished, and more odor but no diarrhea or anything. I felt up on his abdomen and what not and he doesn't react as if anything hurts. Eyes seem healthy except the giant pupils. His breath smells OK and I can put my finger in his mouth with no objection.
And he can't be mad at me because I don't pill him, I just put a bit of natural unsalted butter around the pill and toss it in with his dry food and he gobbles it up inadvertently.
Vets of course say, oh just bring him in they can check, but then I have to take another day off and it seems like such a traumatic experience for him in the car, he yowls the whole trip looking as pathetic as possible and then frightened to come out of his carrier on arrival.
Think I should stick in there, or is this too weird? I'm hoping since its an "upper" that he's just feeling a bit high and seeing rainbows, but his expression is so freaky.
I was assured that 10mg was a low dosage, and it helps sooth the bladder and encourage litterbox usage again.
However, he now acts very strangely. Previously, he would act like a giant kitten, always pestering his sister and tossing things around on the floor with his front paws, or standing by the door on his hind legs propped up until you looked at him at which point he would hop like a bunny to get away. When I come home from work, he always meets me at the door, jumps on my right shoulder, and meows loudly until I march to get him some food which he gobbles up. Pretty routine. Now he's... weird. Scary weird.
He'll just stare at me unblinking forever, his eyes are massively dilated (about as far as I've ever seen them), and he leaves his mouth open just a tiny crack. Coming home he wasn't by the door, then looked at me weird, meowed, and went to eat his food. This is only day three of the medication though, and reading online I heard it takes a week to even build up in the system. He's eating and drinking and actually urinating good amounts now. Food transition just now finished, and more odor but no diarrhea or anything. I felt up on his abdomen and what not and he doesn't react as if anything hurts. Eyes seem healthy except the giant pupils. His breath smells OK and I can put my finger in his mouth with no objection.
And he can't be mad at me because I don't pill him, I just put a bit of natural unsalted butter around the pill and toss it in with his dry food and he gobbles it up inadvertently.
Vets of course say, oh just bring him in they can check, but then I have to take another day off and it seems like such a traumatic experience for him in the car, he yowls the whole trip looking as pathetic as possible and then frightened to come out of his carrier on arrival.
Think I should stick in there, or is this too weird? I'm hoping since its an "upper" that he's just feeling a bit high and seeing rainbows, but his expression is so freaky.