Urinary Care

No ash in his dry food btw!

He has also never had an incident of not using his litterbox as I knew that was a warning sign, I volunteer at a shelter and people bring their cats in cuz they keep peeing on things they shouldn't so the shelter takes them to the vet and 9 times out of 10 its a urinary problem that's easy to fix....

I just put my Oliver on Purina Urinary Kibble but since Allie doesnt like it I just ordered a bag of Iams Urinary kibble. I also give Oliver Uromaxx daily..

Oliver was on Royal Canin Urinary So but he recently developed a bad reaction to it after 18 months on it.

Went to see Wilbur today he was doing well. I am buying different foods for him to try with no ash in them.

I wish Wilbur and you all the best, I hope he gets a full recovery

He got to come home today but if he hasn't peed by 8am tomorrow he has to go back. The vet said his blockage was gone, but he had his catheter removed yesterday to see if he would pee on his own and he didn't even try. His bladder filled and it got back to his kidney's again... sigh... So he had to be re-catheterized and they're hoping being at home will get him to pee on his own. So far he has been here for 3 hours with no luck. He has nothing wrong they can't find any cause. He is on pain meds, anti-inflammatories, and antibiotics. He is very sad and more upset and scared than I have ever seen him and is sleeping/hiding in his litter box and gets very angry when moved as he's in pain from having a catheter inserted and removed so much. I ordered tinkle tonic which was recommended on here for him and bought 13 different ash free foods for him to try, mostly different varieties of weruva, instinct, and koha. I also am ordering him some Miko to try as well, and got him some raw food to try again in hopes maybe something will work for him. Really hoping he feels better soon and pees... or eats, or drinks or just stops sleeping in the litterbox...

Any update on if he's peed or eaten/drank anything yet?
One thing to consider is that pain meds can cause the groggy, cranky behavior as well as lack of appetite. Maybe your vet would be willing to prescribe mirtazapine to help his appetite?

He never peed so he is back at the vet being re-catheterized he apparently reblocked as soon as he was blocked. Now he has the options to have a surgery, be put down, or to see if he stops blocking, but they believe that since he never peed or really unblocked it is unlikely that he will stop being blocked without the surgery.

Did he re-block due to inflammation and muscle spasms? Or did they find more crystals or a mucus plug?

They don't know why he is on anti inflammatories so it shouldn't be that and he doesn't have any crystals or stones. It may have been another mucus plug but they honestly don't know.

My kitty had to be catheterized for 5 days straight, then he was monitored for a full day after removing the catheter at the vet before they would discharge him. It took over a month before he fully recovered and with him, it was a sever bout of stress induced cystitis. Your kitty may be on an anti-inflammatory, but that does not mean there isn't still quite a bit of inflammation present and not to mention the spasms, which would need a different medication to control.
From some of your other posts, it seems your poor kitty is VERY stressed which would continue the inflammatory cycle. Maybe some anxiety medication would help get his stress under control?

The vet doesn't seem to believe its stress or inflammation that's causing this, as he seems happier at the vet and more relaxed than most cats and the ultra sound doesn't show signs of inflamation. They believe since he was already catheterized had fluids everything and reblocked so quickly this will continuously happen to him, so I've decided to move forward with getting him the surgery that prevents blockages.

Well, I'm sending you positive thoughts and wishes that the surgery goes well and he recovers without incident!!!!
You both deserve a win!

Please continue to keep us updated.

Jem said:

Well, I'm sending you positive thoughts and wishes that the surgery goes well and he recovers without incident!!!!
You both deserve a win!

Please continue to keep us updated.

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Thank you so much! I just want him to feel his best again!

Update? I had a similar situation with my male cat last couple of weeks. Bloodwork normal, no crystals or stones. No known cause of the mucous plug. Did you switch to urinary food? They had my kitty on RC urinary mod cal SO. I have mixed that with Purina urinary tract and giving wet. I'm curious if I can just up the wet food and he will be fine. Although male cats arw prone to urinary issues, I just hate there are limited options for special diets and so many fillers. Now I realize why I'm having to change the litter box more than usual is because of the crap food lol.

Hey therr0789 said:

Update? I had a similar situation with my male cat last couple of weeks. Bloodwork normal, no crystals or stones. No known cause of the mucous plug. Did you switch to urinary food? They had my kitty on RC urinary mod cal SO. I have mixed that with Purina urinary tract and giving wet. I'm curious if I can just up the wet food and he will be fine. Although male cats arw prone to urinary issues, I just hate there are limited options for special diets and so many fillers. Now I realize why I'm having to change the litter box more than usual is because of the crap food lol.

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The wet food on it's own was good, he was diagnosed with Kidney disease and then developed scar tissue from his PU surgery that caused him to reblock and he needed to be put down about 3 weeks after this was posted. I was recommended several things in other threads to prevent future blockages and they were effective to the best of my knowledge until the scar tissue was a problem. Sorry I don't have more insight here as it didn't end up working out for me. I hope your cat has better luck. I did not switch to urinary food, just gave straight wet and some other things. The vet recommended cranadin and then tinkle tonic was recommended by this group. The cranadin was recommended after the kidney disease and arrived after he had to be put down so I don't know how well it would have worked. The tinkle tonic seemed like it worked well.

Aw. I'm sorry to hear that. How old was your boy? Pictures?

Hey therr0789 said:

Aw. I'm sorry to hear that. How old was your boy? Pictures?

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He was about 12, I adopted him so it's a best guess. First 2 are of him post PU surgery one with the shaved stomach and no cone was during some supervised cone free time, notice the shaved tum and tail. Bottom 2 are pre-surgery Wilbur when he was healthy.