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Thank you to everyone for all this wonderful information. I am so grateful for this site and for all these cat people. Ok, so update on Happy.... We did take him to his regular doctor and he did dilate his urethra and cut a little to make the hole bigger. They are going to keep him for a couple of days. They want him to heal with the catheter in. They said he did really good through the surgery. The poor guy has been through so much and he is only a year old.
They did do a full urine test on him and he did have crystals and sludge (I don't know the proper name for it). So for now and until he is peeing without struggle, he will be on prescription food. All of my kitties are on all wet food. They all use to be on both but I took the kibble away the first time Happy got plugged. It use to be if any of my kitties heard a can crack open they were right there begging. They also use to eat any kind of can food you served. Well not since they have all been on wet food for over a year. They now go crazy for crunchy food and are super picky about the kind of can food you serve. I use the kibble now as their treats. They don't know the difference. Occasionally I will give the other two a bowl of kibble. I make my own dog food and mix it with kibble for my dog. I want to make my own cat food but I have just read too many contradicting thing on what they need and should be eating. Also with Happy having all these problems.
Thank you again for everyones info. I read about poor Theodore. Finally I'm reading about a cat with a happy ending. It seem every other story I have read, ends in heartache. I refuse to make that my story.
I will update on how Happy's doing. They said that we can go see him tomorrow, but I almost think that is worse for everyone. Happy gets so sad when we leave and my kids end up crying which makes me cry. So I will probably just call tomorrow. I am not sure when he will come home.
They did do a full urine test on him and he did have crystals and sludge (I don't know the proper name for it). So for now and until he is peeing without struggle, he will be on prescription food. All of my kitties are on all wet food. They all use to be on both but I took the kibble away the first time Happy got plugged. It use to be if any of my kitties heard a can crack open they were right there begging. They also use to eat any kind of can food you served. Well not since they have all been on wet food for over a year. They now go crazy for crunchy food and are super picky about the kind of can food you serve. I use the kibble now as their treats. They don't know the difference. Occasionally I will give the other two a bowl of kibble. I make my own dog food and mix it with kibble for my dog. I want to make my own cat food but I have just read too many contradicting thing on what they need and should be eating. Also with Happy having all these problems.
Thank you again for everyones info. I read about poor Theodore. Finally I'm reading about a cat with a happy ending. It seem every other story I have read, ends in heartache. I refuse to make that my story.
I will update on how Happy's doing. They said that we can go see him tomorrow, but I almost think that is worse for everyone. Happy gets so sad when we leave and my kids end up crying which makes me cry. So I will probably just call tomorrow. I am not sure when he will come home.