Hi, I just got back from the E-Vet because my cat has is blocked urinary tract.
Thank god yesterday I was home all day and I noticed he was cleaning his genitals more than normal.
Because of that I followed him to the litter box this morning. He climbed in the litter box and it LOOKED like he was peeing, but then I decided to stick a piece of paper under his butt and nothing. He was in and out of the litter box a few times in the next 15 minutes and straining as though he was trying to poop. He still showed no signs of pain at all and even ate his breakfast.
So FYI if you see your cat licking his genitals a lot stay close to the litter box check with the paper to see if he actually is peeing - don't wait until your kitty looks and acts sick. (BTW this cat has been almost exclusively on wet food his whole life and the only dry he gets is Royal Canin Limited Ingredient as a snack at night.)
And get insurance early!!!! The bill is going to be around $3,000 minimum. I have a plan with a $1,000 deductible - that keeps the premiums reasonable $10-$15 a month.
Remember you should not evaluate pet insurance by whether your likely to get your money back as far as treatment costs. What having pet insurance does is to remove the possibility that you can't treat the cat solely because you can't afford it.
When they pushed that estimate over to me and it was $3,000 I didn't have to hesitate for one minute. And even if it's more I won't have to fret. That's worth going without lunch out a few times a month, or stopping for morning coffee, or a million other things we spend money on that don't have anywhere near the payoff.
I honestly am pretty scared right now, but fingers crossed he'll be OK. I love him so much. Thanks for reading.
Thank god yesterday I was home all day and I noticed he was cleaning his genitals more than normal.
Because of that I followed him to the litter box this morning. He climbed in the litter box and it LOOKED like he was peeing, but then I decided to stick a piece of paper under his butt and nothing. He was in and out of the litter box a few times in the next 15 minutes and straining as though he was trying to poop. He still showed no signs of pain at all and even ate his breakfast.
So FYI if you see your cat licking his genitals a lot stay close to the litter box check with the paper to see if he actually is peeing - don't wait until your kitty looks and acts sick. (BTW this cat has been almost exclusively on wet food his whole life and the only dry he gets is Royal Canin Limited Ingredient as a snack at night.)
And get insurance early!!!! The bill is going to be around $3,000 minimum. I have a plan with a $1,000 deductible - that keeps the premiums reasonable $10-$15 a month.
Remember you should not evaluate pet insurance by whether your likely to get your money back as far as treatment costs. What having pet insurance does is to remove the possibility that you can't treat the cat solely because you can't afford it.
When they pushed that estimate over to me and it was $3,000 I didn't have to hesitate for one minute. And even if it's more I won't have to fret. That's worth going without lunch out a few times a month, or stopping for morning coffee, or a million other things we spend money on that don't have anywhere near the payoff.
I honestly am pretty scared right now, but fingers crossed he'll be OK. I love him so much. Thanks for reading.
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for you and your baby!!
I meant the original poster's cat 
