Recent Content by mishyg

Hi, She has been doing well so far. I have cut back on the Hills CD a lot and continue to feed her mostly canned Pro Plan Urinary Tract formula. I add a little water to her canned food and sprinkle a capsule of Cosequin into her food twice per day per vet suggestion. She was previously on an...

Thanks so much! The prescription food is pricey and she doesn't seem thrilled with it anyway. I think I may just have her finish it off and see how she does on a straight diet of the canned she actually prefers with a little water mixed in. I am a little worried that doing that might cause...

Thanks! I have multiple water bowls and a fountain. I also add a little water to the canned food. She actually seems to be drinking less water since she started the canned food diet but like I said, her pees are so much bigger in volume that I have to assume she is getting a ton more water...

Thank you. That is great information!!!

My kitty has Idiopathic cystitis. I was previously feeding her an all dry Hills prescription diet before this started, but have since switched her to all canned diet and she seems to be doing better since switching, at least so far. She is peeing big pees now, much larger than she ever has...

Thanks again for your thoughtful and helpful response! She is 7, not that old but definitely skittish. They ran blood work when they did the culture but not sure exactly what they checked for, I should ask. The vet says she is "giving them a run for their money" in trying to get to the bottom...

Thank you so much for your reply! Yes, this is a recent development. No new furniture, no new pets, no new humans, and I don't think anything extraordinary is going on outside. However, 7 months ago I started working from home and I know that is certainly a big change. But the bladder issues...

So it turns out my cat's very frequent urinary issues (3 episodes in 2 months) are not bacterial (culture done) but likely ideopathic cystitis/FLUTD. She has been on Gabapentin and a diet change to canned since her last episode. We may go the Prozac route next but taking it day to day. In the...

So an update: Brought her to vet this morning. Urine culture done (results in a week - but bloody urine and crystals, white and red blood cells), ultrasound done ( abnormal bladder looked sludge, possible blood clots, definite irritation - kidneys look normal). She was put on an antibiotic...

Nothing was mentioned about her kidneys or urethra. I am annoyed that they did not do a culture while she was already there. She is probably at the tail end of episode 3 right now. Will try to get her in tomorrow for a culture to rule out an infection once and for all so we know what we are...

Hi I have 2 cats, a 12 year old male and 7 year old female. The female has always been a very skittish cat - affectionate but hates being held, and is easily startled and nervous. Over the last 7 weeks she has had 3 episodes of what we think may be ideopathic cystitis - squatting and peeing...