For over a week, I was taking 9 month old Haze to vet for what seemed like an infection.
Symptoms: Urinary frequency with little to no output. He was "trilling" while in the box. I'm talking in the box 10-20 times during the evening. Immediately took him to vet.
No fever, no pain with palpation, negative X-ray. But couldn't get specimen due to empty bladder so I left him at vet for the day so they could try to collect a urine on him. No luck all day. They tell me to come back the next day. 3 days of trying to get a specimen.... No luck even with cystocentesis. Haze was wriggling to much the vet said. Vet kept saying cystitis. I was convinced an infection. After begging to please just give him antibiotics to treat the symptoms because I was just so scared of the infection worsening and going to the kidneys, the dr said to try a nuturecalm collar. I was baffled. I had already had Haze for 6 weeks. He got along great with my other cat, Blaze. He was happy. Not stressed!
I'm being completely and utterly honest, within in an hourof having the collar on, he stopped with the frequency.
It's been 3 days and no symptoms have returned.
I stand corrected.
Symptoms: Urinary frequency with little to no output. He was "trilling" while in the box. I'm talking in the box 10-20 times during the evening. Immediately took him to vet.
No fever, no pain with palpation, negative X-ray. But couldn't get specimen due to empty bladder so I left him at vet for the day so they could try to collect a urine on him. No luck all day. They tell me to come back the next day. 3 days of trying to get a specimen.... No luck even with cystocentesis. Haze was wriggling to much the vet said. Vet kept saying cystitis. I was convinced an infection. After begging to please just give him antibiotics to treat the symptoms because I was just so scared of the infection worsening and going to the kidneys, the dr said to try a nuturecalm collar. I was baffled. I had already had Haze for 6 weeks. He got along great with my other cat, Blaze. He was happy. Not stressed!
I'm being completely and utterly honest, within in an hourof having the collar on, he stopped with the frequency.
It's been 3 days and no symptoms have returned.
I stand corrected.