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My 11 year old male neutered cat blocked for the first time 8 days ago. He spent about 2 days at the emergency vet where they had him catheterized for ~24 hours. They only found struvite crystals. He was urinating well on his own so they discharged him. The next day I took him into his normal vet because I feared he may have blocked again. He was using the litter box frequently, but was only straining to produce small drops or nothing at all. He had been dripping even while not in the litter box. She confirmed there was no blockage and was able to get a small stream on palpation. We did more tests and everything looked good. I took him in two days after that because he hadn't had a bowel movement since the day I took him to the emergency vet, which would have been 5 days afterward. We agreed it was likely the buprenorphine he hadn't had a break from in those 5 days. One enema later and he was 100% back to himself, except for the dripping/leaking. The emergency tech said he'd be dripping urine here and there for just a couple of days. Here we are 8 days later and he's still constantly dripping/leaking. He's living in an area of puppy pee pads with a litter box and water. I'm constantly changing out pee pads because he's soaking them fast. I mean, they're heavy just after a short while. I feel like he's definitely drinking more water than he used to. This is in addition to the wet food he's now eating (no more kibble, ever). He's eating well, happy, playful, and seemingly normal on all fronts. Doesn't seem to be in any pain. He has had small bowel movements in his litter box since the enema, however, for the past 2 days he hasn't been using the litter box to urinate, he's just constantly leaking. I don't know how long I should expect this. I'm reading conflicting information and I can't really get an answer out of the DVM. She just says his urethra is irritated and probably feels like a UTI, then there's the whole pain associated with the litter box. I just don't think he ever feels like he's got to urinate because he hasn't stopped leaking!
Would you mind sharing your experience after catheterization?
Would you mind sharing your experience after catheterization?