Hi everyone,
Miki's been acting strangely for the past two days. First I thought it might just be one of those weird behavioral moments, but now I'm a little concerned.
Two days ago, I was feeding Miki her normal dry food(Orijen)- she normally gobbles it all up and licks the bowls clean, but for the first time, that day she abruptly stopped eating her food and instead drank ALL of the water in her water bowl in a couple of gulps! I had just refilled the water before feeding her, and she has never drank all of it in one meal. She has also never stopped eating her food to drink so much water.
So I refilled her water bowl and 10 minutes later it was all gone, no more water! I even checked the surrounding area to see if she spilled any water while drinking, but there were no wet spots and she seemed to be going about her business as normal. I decided not to refill her water bowl so she could take a little break from drinking so much, but right when she saw the empty bowl she started meowing like "Meowmy give me my water, I want water!".. A couple minutes later she used the litterbox and as expected when I was scooping it I found a huge clump of urine. I wasn't worried because it was probably just all that water she drank.
That 24-hour period she urinated 6 times in her litter box, no feces at all, just huge urine clumps.. I thought something might have been wrong, so I called the vet, and the vet said I was "overreacting" and that as long as she kept doing everything as normal she would be fine. So I cleaned her litter box as normal and let her do her own thing.
That morning I found another 2 smaller urine clumps in the box and one urine puddle right next to the box. Now I was worried-Miki's not particularly picky about using her litter box and she will use it even if there is already stuff in it, especially stuff as small as 2 urine clumps. Also, she has always been perfectly fine with the litter brand I buy her. I cleaned the puddles and the clumps and when I came back she was drinking water again. She wouldn't eat any dry or wet food for breakfast no matter how hard I tried to make her. That afternoon during her usual daily play session she was acting just a little sleepy and didn't get up to chase the feather wand as she normally did, she just followed it with her eyes. Nighttime- I was giving her second meal of the day (PureVita wet food), and I found 3 more giant urine clumps in her litter box and another puddle a little farther away from it. I had just cleaned it an hour previously (and of course what I scooped out was all urine). She only licked a little bit of her wet food and then started vigorously drinking her water.
So I called the vet again-they said they would take a look and see if anything in her body looked abnormal-- they took her temperature, heart rate, everything seemed perfectly fine- I told them to do an X-ray just in case, to make sure that nothing was wrong inside (because she had been urinating so frequently). They did an overall check and they told me that one of her kidneys was abnormally small... it had never been like this before (I take Miki for vet checkups every 4 months or so). She said it would be "nothing" and that it was normal, but I know several friends whose cats have died from this condition which led to more severe diseases. So I'm really worried now.
She urinated a lot today again but I also scooped up one piece of feces from her litter box. She is eating more (regularly now) but she is still drinking water SO much! I literally have to refill it every hour or so and when I don't she meows and paws at my feet like I am depriving her of everything.
Do any of you have any advice? My vet seems to be not caring... I'm just worried that she'll develop a kidney disease, but it seems like they're functioning because she's urinating so much!
Sorry for the super long thread,
Miki's meowmy
Miki's been acting strangely for the past two days. First I thought it might just be one of those weird behavioral moments, but now I'm a little concerned.
Two days ago, I was feeding Miki her normal dry food(Orijen)- she normally gobbles it all up and licks the bowls clean, but for the first time, that day she abruptly stopped eating her food and instead drank ALL of the water in her water bowl in a couple of gulps! I had just refilled the water before feeding her, and she has never drank all of it in one meal. She has also never stopped eating her food to drink so much water.
So I refilled her water bowl and 10 minutes later it was all gone, no more water! I even checked the surrounding area to see if she spilled any water while drinking, but there were no wet spots and she seemed to be going about her business as normal. I decided not to refill her water bowl so she could take a little break from drinking so much, but right when she saw the empty bowl she started meowing like "Meowmy give me my water, I want water!".. A couple minutes later she used the litterbox and as expected when I was scooping it I found a huge clump of urine. I wasn't worried because it was probably just all that water she drank.
That 24-hour period she urinated 6 times in her litter box, no feces at all, just huge urine clumps.. I thought something might have been wrong, so I called the vet, and the vet said I was "overreacting" and that as long as she kept doing everything as normal she would be fine. So I cleaned her litter box as normal and let her do her own thing.
That morning I found another 2 smaller urine clumps in the box and one urine puddle right next to the box. Now I was worried-Miki's not particularly picky about using her litter box and she will use it even if there is already stuff in it, especially stuff as small as 2 urine clumps. Also, she has always been perfectly fine with the litter brand I buy her. I cleaned the puddles and the clumps and when I came back she was drinking water again. She wouldn't eat any dry or wet food for breakfast no matter how hard I tried to make her. That afternoon during her usual daily play session she was acting just a little sleepy and didn't get up to chase the feather wand as she normally did, she just followed it with her eyes. Nighttime- I was giving her second meal of the day (PureVita wet food), and I found 3 more giant urine clumps in her litter box and another puddle a little farther away from it. I had just cleaned it an hour previously (and of course what I scooped out was all urine). She only licked a little bit of her wet food and then started vigorously drinking her water.
So I called the vet again-they said they would take a look and see if anything in her body looked abnormal-- they took her temperature, heart rate, everything seemed perfectly fine- I told them to do an X-ray just in case, to make sure that nothing was wrong inside (because she had been urinating so frequently). They did an overall check and they told me that one of her kidneys was abnormally small... it had never been like this before (I take Miki for vet checkups every 4 months or so). She said it would be "nothing" and that it was normal, but I know several friends whose cats have died from this condition which led to more severe diseases. So I'm really worried now.
She urinated a lot today again but I also scooped up one piece of feces from her litter box. She is eating more (regularly now) but she is still drinking water SO much! I literally have to refill it every hour or so and when I don't she meows and paws at my feet like I am depriving her of everything.
Do any of you have any advice? My vet seems to be not caring... I'm just worried that she'll develop a kidney disease, but it seems like they're functioning because she's urinating so much!
Sorry for the super long thread,
Miki's meowmy
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