Hi there guys!
I’ve been feeding my cats raw food since June ‘22. They eat home cooked raw food (already full of moisture + mixed with additional water) and then I add water to their bowls every time they eat to make it soupy and be sure they get all the moisture they need. That’s why my cats don’t drink from their water bowls at all. They receive plenty of water from their food.
But I don’t know how many times they should pee now!
My cats have litter boxes, of course, but they don’t actually use them very often, because I allow them outside in our garden, so they pee and poo there or somewhere else in the yard. So I can’t actually control it
The problem there is that one of my cats, Simba, beautiful almost 6 year old neutered boy had his glucose levels elevated when we saw the vet last time. It was 13.9 mmol/l or ~250 mg/dl. Like, it’s high but not high enough to be sure it’s diabetes right away. Our vet recommended to do urinalysis and check for the symptoms of the illness — increased water intake, increased urination, weight loss and always being hungry. None of this were noticed. I’m still struggling to collect his urine and actually get urinalysis but I hope I will be able to collect it soon enough. But for now I don’t know what is going on there. If there any glucose in his urine, he is for sure diabetic. If it’s not, glucose was elevated due to stress then
Because I can’t know if he has glucose in his urine or not for now, I’m trying to watch him closely for any even minor signs
I know for sure that he was peeing once in 24 hours last spring. I know it cause we run away to Poland because of full scale russian invasion in Ukraine where I live. So I was pretty depressed back then and was watching my kitties extra and also walked them on a leash so I saw everything what was going on with their toilet habits. But he was eating dry food at that time. So it explains why he peed only once every 24 hours
Now we’re home and safe (for now) and I always control their time outside here. I allow them outside 3-4 times a day every time for like 20 minutes or smth. And I think he pees 2-3 times in 24 hours. But I don’t know it for sure. Simba definitely doesn’t pee inside, so it always happens when he has his little outside times. I think I’m pretty sure he doesn’t pee more than 3 times in 24 hours. But I don’t really know it. Is that normal or too many? I’m just anxious and worried. I personally think that this may be normal, considering his high moisture diet but Idk for sure
Your thoughts will be much appreciated! Hope that you’re doing fine
Here’s a photo of my boy, peacefully sleeping right next to me on my own pillow!!
Have a great day
I’ve been feeding my cats raw food since June ‘22. They eat home cooked raw food (already full of moisture + mixed with additional water) and then I add water to their bowls every time they eat to make it soupy and be sure they get all the moisture they need. That’s why my cats don’t drink from their water bowls at all. They receive plenty of water from their food.
But I don’t know how many times they should pee now!
My cats have litter boxes, of course, but they don’t actually use them very often, because I allow them outside in our garden, so they pee and poo there or somewhere else in the yard. So I can’t actually control it
The problem there is that one of my cats, Simba, beautiful almost 6 year old neutered boy had his glucose levels elevated when we saw the vet last time. It was 13.9 mmol/l or ~250 mg/dl. Like, it’s high but not high enough to be sure it’s diabetes right away. Our vet recommended to do urinalysis and check for the symptoms of the illness — increased water intake, increased urination, weight loss and always being hungry. None of this were noticed. I’m still struggling to collect his urine and actually get urinalysis but I hope I will be able to collect it soon enough. But for now I don’t know what is going on there. If there any glucose in his urine, he is for sure diabetic. If it’s not, glucose was elevated due to stress then
Because I can’t know if he has glucose in his urine or not for now, I’m trying to watch him closely for any even minor signs
I know for sure that he was peeing once in 24 hours last spring. I know it cause we run away to Poland because of full scale russian invasion in Ukraine where I live. So I was pretty depressed back then and was watching my kitties extra and also walked them on a leash so I saw everything what was going on with their toilet habits. But he was eating dry food at that time. So it explains why he peed only once every 24 hours
Now we’re home and safe (for now) and I always control their time outside here. I allow them outside 3-4 times a day every time for like 20 minutes or smth. And I think he pees 2-3 times in 24 hours. But I don’t know it for sure. Simba definitely doesn’t pee inside, so it always happens when he has his little outside times. I think I’m pretty sure he doesn’t pee more than 3 times in 24 hours. But I don’t really know it. Is that normal or too many? I’m just anxious and worried. I personally think that this may be normal, considering his high moisture diet but Idk for sure
Your thoughts will be much appreciated! Hope that you’re doing fine
Here’s a photo of my boy, peacefully sleeping right next to me on my own pillow!!
Have a great day
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