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Hi everyone,
After some advice for my cat Basil. Sorry in advance for the long post
On Thursday 23rd, we noticed he was squatting on the floor without anything coming out. We took him to the vet straight away and they squeezed his bladder and said he was blocked, and they kept him at the vet for treatment. When they called in the afternoon they said they hadn't found any crystals in his urine, but he did have a 1.5cm blockage so was being treated with a catheter.
The following morning the vet called and said the catheter had become blocked so he'd removed it (he said he's never seen that happen before). He said Basil would probably be ready to go home that evening, however that afternoon he called back to say Basil had reblocked and needed to stay another night with the catheter back in.
On Saturday 25th Basil had peed on his own without the catheter so we were allowed to pick him up. The vet said he seemed very stressed by being at the vet (he hid under a blanket the whole time), and he thought he'd recover better at home, but he wanted us to bring him in the following Monday for a checkup. He also said he was surprised how much Basil was struggling for such a young cat (he is about 9 months old), and that Basil has a small urethra. He said they usually use a urethra tube size 6 for the catheter, but for Basil they used a size 3. He'd given Basil an injection of antibiotics and said to give him 1 prazosin tablet twice a day to relax his urethra. He also gave us science diet cd dry food.
We took Basil home, and he seemed really really relaxed, he fell into an extremely deep sleep on the bed and was "dreaming" deeply, twitching and muttering in his sleep (I think it was the prazosin). He hated the new cd dry food and wouldn't eat much of it. He was also licking his bottom a lot but I figured he might be sore from the catheters.
Monday morning we took him back, and the vet felt his bladder and said it was full again and he needed to be admitted for another day until he was peeing. I'm not sure if they put the catheter back in, but I do know the vet said he had to squeeze the bladder to "express" him and drain everything out. They sent him home that afternoon but changed his prazosin dosage to half a tablet twice a day, and also added another tablet twice a day to help his bladder contract, as the vet said his bladder was big and loose from the ordeal and that might be why he'd struggled to empty it.
So we took him home again... I'd bought him CD stress wet food to try and coax him to eat, and mixed it with the cd stress dry food. This did the trick, and he is eating well now. He came home miserable though, he was leaking all over the place so had to be locked out of the bedrooms to confine his accidents to rooms with floor boards. He hid a lot and had countless accidents everywhere as well as digging up our potplants. We figured that at least the pee meant he wasn't blocked and that the accidents were probably due to being sore from the catheters and also the medication forcing his bladder to contract all the time. We continued with the meds until the course finished (a week's worth). After the medication fimished he seemed a happier cat and the accidents reduced, but he was still digging up our potplants. We put foil at the base of the plant and then thought all was well - no more accidents. It has now been exactly one week since the meds finished and we started letting him back in the bedroom. Today he squatted and peed on the bed. We put him back in the living area, and within an hour there were 7 different puddles where he'd had accidents
It's now been 2 weeks since he came home from the vet and started eating a combo of wet/dry CD stress, and 1 week since he finished the medication. What could the accidents mean? Is the pee a good sign he isn't blocked, or could something still be wrong?
Before the illness he was eating Eagle Pack for about 4 weeks and before that he'd been on Wellness Core grain free for a very long time
We have 2 other cats and they are all best friends. We have 5 litterboxes.
Basil was adopted at around 12 weeks and had already been desexed
Sorry for the long post, just not sure if he's still sick or just still recovering. We have our first baby due in March and can't really have him peeing everywhere, but money is also tight right now. I love my cats and would never give up on them, just need some advice, its a Sunday so I can't call the vet till tomorrow
After some advice for my cat Basil. Sorry in advance for the long post
On Thursday 23rd, we noticed he was squatting on the floor without anything coming out. We took him to the vet straight away and they squeezed his bladder and said he was blocked, and they kept him at the vet for treatment. When they called in the afternoon they said they hadn't found any crystals in his urine, but he did have a 1.5cm blockage so was being treated with a catheter.
The following morning the vet called and said the catheter had become blocked so he'd removed it (he said he's never seen that happen before). He said Basil would probably be ready to go home that evening, however that afternoon he called back to say Basil had reblocked and needed to stay another night with the catheter back in.
On Saturday 25th Basil had peed on his own without the catheter so we were allowed to pick him up. The vet said he seemed very stressed by being at the vet (he hid under a blanket the whole time), and he thought he'd recover better at home, but he wanted us to bring him in the following Monday for a checkup. He also said he was surprised how much Basil was struggling for such a young cat (he is about 9 months old), and that Basil has a small urethra. He said they usually use a urethra tube size 6 for the catheter, but for Basil they used a size 3. He'd given Basil an injection of antibiotics and said to give him 1 prazosin tablet twice a day to relax his urethra. He also gave us science diet cd dry food.
We took Basil home, and he seemed really really relaxed, he fell into an extremely deep sleep on the bed and was "dreaming" deeply, twitching and muttering in his sleep (I think it was the prazosin). He hated the new cd dry food and wouldn't eat much of it. He was also licking his bottom a lot but I figured he might be sore from the catheters.
Monday morning we took him back, and the vet felt his bladder and said it was full again and he needed to be admitted for another day until he was peeing. I'm not sure if they put the catheter back in, but I do know the vet said he had to squeeze the bladder to "express" him and drain everything out. They sent him home that afternoon but changed his prazosin dosage to half a tablet twice a day, and also added another tablet twice a day to help his bladder contract, as the vet said his bladder was big and loose from the ordeal and that might be why he'd struggled to empty it.
So we took him home again... I'd bought him CD stress wet food to try and coax him to eat, and mixed it with the cd stress dry food. This did the trick, and he is eating well now. He came home miserable though, he was leaking all over the place so had to be locked out of the bedrooms to confine his accidents to rooms with floor boards. He hid a lot and had countless accidents everywhere as well as digging up our potplants. We figured that at least the pee meant he wasn't blocked and that the accidents were probably due to being sore from the catheters and also the medication forcing his bladder to contract all the time. We continued with the meds until the course finished (a week's worth). After the medication fimished he seemed a happier cat and the accidents reduced, but he was still digging up our potplants. We put foil at the base of the plant and then thought all was well - no more accidents. It has now been exactly one week since the meds finished and we started letting him back in the bedroom. Today he squatted and peed on the bed. We put him back in the living area, and within an hour there were 7 different puddles where he'd had accidents
It's now been 2 weeks since he came home from the vet and started eating a combo of wet/dry CD stress, and 1 week since he finished the medication. What could the accidents mean? Is the pee a good sign he isn't blocked, or could something still be wrong?
Before the illness he was eating Eagle Pack for about 4 weeks and before that he'd been on Wellness Core grain free for a very long time
We have 2 other cats and they are all best friends. We have 5 litterboxes.
Basil was adopted at around 12 weeks and had already been desexed
Sorry for the long post, just not sure if he's still sick or just still recovering. We have our first baby due in March and can't really have him peeing everywhere, but money is also tight right now. I love my cats and would never give up on them, just need some advice, its a Sunday so I can't call the vet till tomorrow