Does anyone use a water fountain for their cats? I took Katy back to Iowa State yesterday for a recheck because she didn't seem to be recovering from her pancreatitis. Well, as it turns out, they're not even sure she's got pancreatitis. On ultrasound, her pancreas was smooth and small with no signs of inflammation. In fact, her entire abdominal ultrasound and x-rays were normal other than small kidneys. That's kind of concerning to me, but her kidneys were smooth and normally shaped so the radiologist thought this might just be normal for her.
Some of her lab studies came back kind of "odd" though. Her BUN was slightly low and creatinine was normal which is good. Some of her electrolytes were abnormal and her albumin was low which indicates dehydration, even though I've been giving her fluids. Her urine was dilute which could be due to a UTI or just the fluids I've been giving her.
She had a UTI in January which was treated with Baytril, but a UA wasn't rechecked, and the vet at Iowa State wonders if it wasn't cleared up so they're doing a urine culture.
Anyway, she recommended that I get a fountain so that the cats might be inclined to drink more water. I keep fresh water in 3 different rooms in the house, and Katy seems to be drink plenty but she only eats dry food so she drinks more than Chloe or Bailey.
Anyone have any good suggestions as to what type and brand?
Some of her lab studies came back kind of "odd" though. Her BUN was slightly low and creatinine was normal which is good. Some of her electrolytes were abnormal and her albumin was low which indicates dehydration, even though I've been giving her fluids. Her urine was dilute which could be due to a UTI or just the fluids I've been giving her.
She had a UTI in January which was treated with Baytril, but a UA wasn't rechecked, and the vet at Iowa State wonders if it wasn't cleared up so they're doing a urine culture.
Anyway, she recommended that I get a fountain so that the cats might be inclined to drink more water. I keep fresh water in 3 different rooms in the house, and Katy seems to be drink plenty but she only eats dry food so she drinks more than Chloe or Bailey.
Anyone have any good suggestions as to what type and brand?