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I'm really frustrated. I have five cats and every time I think one of them has a UTI it's impossible to collect urine. When I take them to the vet they charge me $100 for the exam and send me home with a $15 jug of black non-absorbent litter that the cats have ALWAYS refused to use. I've never had a single cat use that stuff. I just kept Macbeth in my bedroom for nearly 24 hours and sat beside him waiting for him to pee in it but he wouldn't. He squated once but nothing happened. Then he actually tried to eat it because he has a bit of Pica. Then, he rolled around in it. He's crying.
I know he has a UTI and/or crystals but they won't prescribe anything until they have a sample.
I know there's such thing as getting it from a needle in the bladder but same thing, every time I go and ask for that they tell me to go home with the black litter which they don't use, because their bladder doesn't feel full enough to use the needle. Rinse and repeat.
He's drinking tons of water and must be as big as a water balloon right now but it's night time, and I can't bear to leave him overnight when I know he won't use the black litter and he'll likely eat it. Oh, he also tried to eat the paper litter that I tried even though that likely would have soaked it up. If I give him his normal clay litter overnight so he's not in agony, then he'll have a small bladder again in the morning if I go back to the vet.
Help. Ideas??? This is ridiculous and crazy expensive, all for nothing.
I know he has a UTI and/or crystals but they won't prescribe anything until they have a sample.
I know there's such thing as getting it from a needle in the bladder but same thing, every time I go and ask for that they tell me to go home with the black litter which they don't use, because their bladder doesn't feel full enough to use the needle. Rinse and repeat.
He's drinking tons of water and must be as big as a water balloon right now but it's night time, and I can't bear to leave him overnight when I know he won't use the black litter and he'll likely eat it. Oh, he also tried to eat the paper litter that I tried even though that likely would have soaked it up. If I give him his normal clay litter overnight so he's not in agony, then he'll have a small bladder again in the morning if I go back to the vet.
Help. Ideas??? This is ridiculous and crazy expensive, all for nothing.