Hello
My name is Cel. I'm new to this site, though I've often read the threads here for as I've. I finally decided to join in.
Anyway I've got two kittens. One is a lovely 8 month old tabby Ned Coco. The other is a gorgeous 11 month old black cat Loki.
This thread concerns Loki, the black cat. When we got him back in September his health was outstanding. All bloodwork normal, everything normal. Not once did he throw up or has a bout of kitty illness unlike coco.
But fast forward to last month.. and Loki started peeing a lot and drinking a lot of water and refusing food. We took him to the vet and we were very surprised to find out he had an acute kidney injury.
He spent five days at the hospital with fluids and medicine given to him through IV. And then he came home to us and we were instructed to give him subq fluids, a special diet and some meds. And he's been doing pretty good so far.
The doctors are not sure if any of the kidney damage is permanent. Or even what caused it. They have a few theories: some kind of poisoning (though he's an indoor cat and Coco is fine), or a genetic problem are the two biggest theories.
I know kidney problems are common in cats, but they are usually not 10 months old when that happens so I'm not sure how much insight or shared experience I will find. But that's what I'm looking for, if you have any experience managing this disease or have a younger kitten with if, I would love to hear from you whatever you want to tell me.
I attach a picture of Loki too so you can see how beautiful my baby boy is
My name is Cel. I'm new to this site, though I've often read the threads here for as I've. I finally decided to join in.
Anyway I've got two kittens. One is a lovely 8 month old tabby Ned Coco. The other is a gorgeous 11 month old black cat Loki.
This thread concerns Loki, the black cat. When we got him back in September his health was outstanding. All bloodwork normal, everything normal. Not once did he throw up or has a bout of kitty illness unlike coco.
But fast forward to last month.. and Loki started peeing a lot and drinking a lot of water and refusing food. We took him to the vet and we were very surprised to find out he had an acute kidney injury.
He spent five days at the hospital with fluids and medicine given to him through IV. And then he came home to us and we were instructed to give him subq fluids, a special diet and some meds. And he's been doing pretty good so far.
The doctors are not sure if any of the kidney damage is permanent. Or even what caused it. They have a few theories: some kind of poisoning (though he's an indoor cat and Coco is fine), or a genetic problem are the two biggest theories.
I know kidney problems are common in cats, but they are usually not 10 months old when that happens so I'm not sure how much insight or shared experience I will find. But that's what I'm looking for, if you have any experience managing this disease or have a younger kitten with if, I would love to hear from you whatever you want to tell me.
I attach a picture of Loki too so you can see how beautiful my baby boy is
Loki is a very handsome black kitten.
Thanks for including a pic of him. Since you mentioned he spent five days at the vet do you know if they did an ultrasound? I thought this thread might have some helpful information for you since it's regarding a kitten who was also diagnosed with kidney trouble:
