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Hello! I am having trouble finding any first hand experience and am hoping someone has dealt with something similar!
background
- Rooney is male , 7 years old, 16lbs indoor cat
- in the house is also a 5 year old cat and 2 year old dog
-Rooney is a mean cat to every other person besides us
in December 2022 we noticed he was peeing outside of the box in small amounts. Didn’t seem to be in pain - at the time we thought he was doing it out of spite.He continued to squat around the house small amounts of pee which we then brought him to the ER and they said he was partially blocked. They expressed him at the vet and we were sent home.
added prescription wet food in addition to his normal dry food (at this time we didn’t know he had to be strictly on the prescription food)
march 2023 we noticed him doing the same thing - small pees around the house outside of the box. Took him to the ER he was fully blocked and had a catheter placed for 3 days
he is secluded in his own room with toys, litter box, water & perches and eating exclusively prescription food.
since December his pee stream has not been back to normal , he will make multiple multiple coin size pees instead of one large pee.
5/11/2023 we noticed he seems to be blocked. He spent 4 days at the er with catheter and fluids.
He is back home now and we have PU surgery scheduled for Monday but I am very anxious over going through with it. I believe he has FIC and the blockages are stress related since there were no crystals found. Will PU surgery help with stress induced flare ups? I would hate for him to go through the surgery if that’s not what he needs. Any advice is appreciated if you have dealt with FIC and PU surgery.
background
- Rooney is male , 7 years old, 16lbs indoor cat
- in the house is also a 5 year old cat and 2 year old dog
-Rooney is a mean cat to every other person besides us
in December 2022 we noticed he was peeing outside of the box in small amounts. Didn’t seem to be in pain - at the time we thought he was doing it out of spite.He continued to squat around the house small amounts of pee which we then brought him to the ER and they said he was partially blocked. They expressed him at the vet and we were sent home.
added prescription wet food in addition to his normal dry food (at this time we didn’t know he had to be strictly on the prescription food)
march 2023 we noticed him doing the same thing - small pees around the house outside of the box. Took him to the ER he was fully blocked and had a catheter placed for 3 days
he is secluded in his own room with toys, litter box, water & perches and eating exclusively prescription food.
since December his pee stream has not been back to normal , he will make multiple multiple coin size pees instead of one large pee.
5/11/2023 we noticed he seems to be blocked. He spent 4 days at the er with catheter and fluids.
He is back home now and we have PU surgery scheduled for Monday but I am very anxious over going through with it. I believe he has FIC and the blockages are stress related since there were no crystals found. Will PU surgery help with stress induced flare ups? I would hate for him to go through the surgery if that’s not what he needs. Any advice is appreciated if you have dealt with FIC and PU surgery.