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My 12 year old male cat has had increased drinking for the past couple weeks. It turned into one normal pee, and then a few hours later, a tiny one. We assumed it was Feline Idiopathic Cystitis. His bloodwork came back great, good ultrasound and xray on the urinary tract and bladder. Urine culture didn't grow bacteria. Doc said he was very heatlhy. He's been on gabapentin for the weekend and things *may* have improved. He didn't pee for quite a while today- more like his normal schedule. He's sleeping a lot on the gabapentin and maybe that's enough to disrupt his pattern of drinking and peeing a lot. I know FIC has a lot of subtle causes. His vet said it could be rearranging the furniture, the Christmas tree, me making the mistake of changing litter. Does anyone have any feedback? I bought him some new toys, and I'm trying to keep him entertained and spending lots of time with him when he isn't dozing.
The vet said we'd have to look into irritable bowel or pancreatitis next, which is scary. Has anyone else had a cat with FIC who had clean bloodwork and urine? I'm assuming it's more stress induced? Did you go through a barrage of tests to find nothing? Should I be patient? He eats one can of wet food per day and 2 tbsp. of dry food. We're weaning him off the dry. He seems to drink most after eating that dry food. Will things improve as the dry food decreases? Is the cat picking up on MY anxiety over this?
I'd appreciate ANY comments. Thanks in advance.
The vet said we'd have to look into irritable bowel or pancreatitis next, which is scary. Has anyone else had a cat with FIC who had clean bloodwork and urine? I'm assuming it's more stress induced? Did you go through a barrage of tests to find nothing? Should I be patient? He eats one can of wet food per day and 2 tbsp. of dry food. We're weaning him off the dry. He seems to drink most after eating that dry food. Will things improve as the dry food decreases? Is the cat picking up on MY anxiety over this?
I'd appreciate ANY comments. Thanks in advance.