Hi my name is Christen I’m new here I’m a fur mom to 2 cats and 1 dog. My cats are both boys both neutered. I have Scooter who is an orange cat and will be 5 years old next month. Then there is Casper(yes named after the friendly ghost)a mainly white cat with a little bit of orange who is 1 years old. If my profile pic is available that is my boys there. Anyway Scooter was rushed to the emergency vet September 9th. I had noticed the day before on the 8th there was blood in his pee. I knew it was him cause Casper doesn’t cover up what he leaves behind. Scooter came in the bathroom and I could tell he was having a hard time urinating and more blood showed up. I couldn’t get to the emergency vet then cause it was storming in my area. I called our regular vet they said get him to the emergency vet asap. When we got there after waiting for awhile the vet attending to him said he had blood in his bladder which was very concerning to her. She was originally talking a 2 to 3 day stay with surgery which would have cost up to $6,000. No way I could of afford that the limit on my Care Credit was $3,000. Which meant I would have either surrendered him and they would give him a home after he was better or euthanize him as he would of became blocked which thankfully he wasn’t. Neither was an option the vet said she wanted to test his kidneys if they were fine that my not be necessary. Test came back fine his kidneys are working normally as otherwise he is a healthy cat. He was basically diagnosed with feline lower urinary tract disease he had a UTI basically. He had to stay 24 hours in the vet to get flushed out and medication which he responded to perfectly. He was sent home with medication(which he finished Sunday) and recommendation of being on either Royal Canin or Hill’s urinary food. Thursday September 14th he had a check up he is doing good. Still has to be on prescription urinary food. I asked about Purina’s Urinary food since it is reasonably priced. But vet said no it doesn’t have what he needs so it was either Royal Canin or Hill’s c/d. I choose the Hill’s c/d cause Royal Canin made him throw up. Of course I did my research on Hill’s I did see some negative reviews but every site you find it on it has mostly positive reviews. To me the more positive reviews you read then you know it has to be working. Besides each cat is different so that is why you get mixed reviews. With it being hard to separate them to feed them Casper is eating the food too. They get both Hill’s wet & dry food. Both boys love it although neither has thrown up like they often did on Friskies(their normal brand). Casper’s poop looks better on Hill’s too.
Anyway my thing is treats both of my boys love treats. While Casper can still have cat treats my vet said Scooter can every now and them. But I was wondering about people food as treats. Example if I boil chicken for soup or dumplings I give them some of the chicken. If I use canned tuna I give them the juice that is drained from the tuna. They don’t get it a lot but still their favorite. I was wondering if it’s still ok to give Scooter the chicken or tuna juice? He has a check up in 3 weeks I will ask my vet then. But I was wondering if anyone who feeds their kitty urinary food do you give them treats? If so what treats do you give them?
sorry this is so long but I appreciate any feedback on this so thank you in advance.
Anyway my thing is treats both of my boys love treats. While Casper can still have cat treats my vet said Scooter can every now and them. But I was wondering about people food as treats. Example if I boil chicken for soup or dumplings I give them some of the chicken. If I use canned tuna I give them the juice that is drained from the tuna. They don’t get it a lot but still their favorite. I was wondering if it’s still ok to give Scooter the chicken or tuna juice? He has a check up in 3 weeks I will ask my vet then. But I was wondering if anyone who feeds their kitty urinary food do you give them treats? If so what treats do you give them?
sorry this is so long but I appreciate any feedback on this so thank you in advance.