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I've used this site countless times over the past few weeks and have found the threads here immensely helpful. Then things took a weird turn...
My cat's name is Earl, he's a 16lb shorthair that I adopted about two years ago as an adult cat. Previously to the last two weeks, he never experienced any health problems at all, but was fed a dry only diet.
About a week and a half ago at this point, he began straining to urinate, becoming more and more distressed. Once he vomited I knew it was trouble. I took him to a local vet where they diagnosed him with struvite sand (she saw no masses on his xray) and decided to keep him a few days with a catheter. Night one he got out of the collar and removed his catheter. Day 2, he is recatheterized, and once the staff leave for the day, again gets out of the collar and removes his catheter. The third day he was with that vet, she did not recatheterize, and said he was urinating normally...
We got him home, where he seemed lethargic and in pain. We had an antibiotic and enough anti inflammitories for two days. I began feeding him Hill's c/d, mixed with a HEAVY amount of water. He was still urinating often and in small amounts with a bit of strain but we had instructions to watch him closely so I figured it would get better with time.
By Saturday evening (5 days after he initially went in) he was totally lethargic, still straining to urinate, and was pretty hot to the touch / limp.
We rushed him to a 24hr vet, where he was catheterized once again and his bladder flushed out. She sent us home with Buprenorphine for him with the instructions to feed him as we had been, and again to watch him closely. She had seen some shadowing on his ultrasound, but could not be sure if the were stones.
Now its the following Thursday, and Earl seems to be doing a bit better. His behavior is improving (sitting in normal spots, hiding less, bird watching out the window, healthy appetite), but with one serious downside.
He seems to be totally incontinent. I felt as though he were a bit constipated from the pain killer he's been on (she prescribed a .3ml dose, which I felt was too heavy, so I've been breaking them into .1ml doses and giving it to him as needed), and decided to mix some pumpkin puree in with his food to help with that, but I can't for the life of me put together his incontinence. He uses the box a little, but for the past two days has mostly been eliminating in places he lays/sits, and seems to be getting more urine out that way than when he tries to use the box. Floors, beds, tables. I can't seem to find much about a problem like this online, and am planning on bringing him in Monday (4 days from now) for another ultrasound and a follow up with a new vet thats never seen him ( I definately didn't like the first vet he was taken to, and the second vet was great but does not take appointments). His behavior is still that of an improving cat, aside from the pee problems... Has anyone experienced anything like this? Is there something I can do to help him? Is it a litter box aversion? Will it get better with time?
Any insight would be much appreciated, I'm at a loss here.
My cat's name is Earl, he's a 16lb shorthair that I adopted about two years ago as an adult cat. Previously to the last two weeks, he never experienced any health problems at all, but was fed a dry only diet.
About a week and a half ago at this point, he began straining to urinate, becoming more and more distressed. Once he vomited I knew it was trouble. I took him to a local vet where they diagnosed him with struvite sand (she saw no masses on his xray) and decided to keep him a few days with a catheter. Night one he got out of the collar and removed his catheter. Day 2, he is recatheterized, and once the staff leave for the day, again gets out of the collar and removes his catheter. The third day he was with that vet, she did not recatheterize, and said he was urinating normally...
We got him home, where he seemed lethargic and in pain. We had an antibiotic and enough anti inflammitories for two days. I began feeding him Hill's c/d, mixed with a HEAVY amount of water. He was still urinating often and in small amounts with a bit of strain but we had instructions to watch him closely so I figured it would get better with time.
By Saturday evening (5 days after he initially went in) he was totally lethargic, still straining to urinate, and was pretty hot to the touch / limp.
We rushed him to a 24hr vet, where he was catheterized once again and his bladder flushed out. She sent us home with Buprenorphine for him with the instructions to feed him as we had been, and again to watch him closely. She had seen some shadowing on his ultrasound, but could not be sure if the were stones.
Now its the following Thursday, and Earl seems to be doing a bit better. His behavior is improving (sitting in normal spots, hiding less, bird watching out the window, healthy appetite), but with one serious downside.
He seems to be totally incontinent. I felt as though he were a bit constipated from the pain killer he's been on (she prescribed a .3ml dose, which I felt was too heavy, so I've been breaking them into .1ml doses and giving it to him as needed), and decided to mix some pumpkin puree in with his food to help with that, but I can't for the life of me put together his incontinence. He uses the box a little, but for the past two days has mostly been eliminating in places he lays/sits, and seems to be getting more urine out that way than when he tries to use the box. Floors, beds, tables. I can't seem to find much about a problem like this online, and am planning on bringing him in Monday (4 days from now) for another ultrasound and a follow up with a new vet thats never seen him ( I definately didn't like the first vet he was taken to, and the second vet was great but does not take appointments). His behavior is still that of an improving cat, aside from the pee problems... Has anyone experienced anything like this? Is there something I can do to help him? Is it a litter box aversion? Will it get better with time?
Any insight would be much appreciated, I'm at a loss here.