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Recently, around the beginning of December my boy (2 years old as of November) has been having some urinary issues. I first noticed he was struggling to urinate because he would squat in the litter box, but not much came out. Then he would immediately jump out of the box and lick himself down there. This was at the beginning of Dec.
It may be important to note that this started right after I changed his litter to pine pellets. He usually used clay litter and had no problems. There was one instance a day after switching to pine pellets where he pooped outside of the litter box, I just assumed he was not a fan of it and changed back to clay litter that day. Then i noticed the straining in the box, as well as the licking after trying to pee. At this point he had peed in a couple places outside of the box, so I knew he must be in discomfort. My mom thinks the pine pellets caused it, but I struggle to see how that could've caused him to struggle to pee so drastically.
We took him to the vet exactly one week ago, they kept him for the day and did a urinalysis. She found nothing unusual in his urine, however she did say it was very concentrated. We were advised to get him to drink more water, either by adding ice cubes to his water to entice him or adding water to his food. (He eats 2 3oz portions of grain free wet food a day, with around 2oz of dry food). I've been doing both.
I mainly came to ask exactly how much water should I be adding to his wet food? I've been doing a couple capfuls of bottled water. He tends to lick up all the broth first and sometimes doesn't finish all of the morsels of food, so I think he doesn't mind the water as it kind of adds to the broth. Do you guys have any more suggestions to help him consume more water?
As of today, his condition has gotten better, no accidents outside of the litter box. But, he still jumps out of the box (quite frantically, at least in my eyes) and licks himself right after going.
It may be important to note that this started right after I changed his litter to pine pellets. He usually used clay litter and had no problems. There was one instance a day after switching to pine pellets where he pooped outside of the litter box, I just assumed he was not a fan of it and changed back to clay litter that day. Then i noticed the straining in the box, as well as the licking after trying to pee. At this point he had peed in a couple places outside of the box, so I knew he must be in discomfort. My mom thinks the pine pellets caused it, but I struggle to see how that could've caused him to struggle to pee so drastically.
We took him to the vet exactly one week ago, they kept him for the day and did a urinalysis. She found nothing unusual in his urine, however she did say it was very concentrated. We were advised to get him to drink more water, either by adding ice cubes to his water to entice him or adding water to his food. (He eats 2 3oz portions of grain free wet food a day, with around 2oz of dry food). I've been doing both.
I mainly came to ask exactly how much water should I be adding to his wet food? I've been doing a couple capfuls of bottled water. He tends to lick up all the broth first and sometimes doesn't finish all of the morsels of food, so I think he doesn't mind the water as it kind of adds to the broth. Do you guys have any more suggestions to help him consume more water?
As of today, his condition has gotten better, no accidents outside of the litter box. But, he still jumps out of the box (quite frantically, at least in my eyes) and licks himself right after going.