Poor Duchess!

[cjsmith]

Sunday she started acting suspiciously like she had a UTI. She'd go to the litterbox every few minutes and deposit a couple of drops. She'd also occasionally deposit some drops in random locations. Not fun. I considered sitting in my vet's office without an appointment, hoping to get out of there in time for a 10am meeting at work.

She quit doing it. She was fine Sunday night, Monday, Tuesday. I had started to think I imagined the whole episode.

Wednesday she started doing it again with a vengeance. The house was a mess. (Fortunately, small amounts are very easy to clean up. Also fortunately, this stuff is rather dilute.) So I made an appointment and brought her in this morning.

Turns out they won't do a thing with her unless they can get some urine to check. Of course she didn't have any! Heck, I could have told them that before I went in. Sheesh. And of course Thursday is the one day that my vet's office isn't open all day, so they can't keep her and watch for a sample.

SIGH

So I bring her in again first thing tomorrow morning. Meantime, she's confined to a room with a moppable floor.

Poor thing.

Comments

[hillybiker.livejournal.com]

One of my kitties had the same and the vet recommended that I get a clean litter box and put some aquarium gravel in it. Then lock the cat in the room with the litter box and water in order to get the urine. Once she goes, use any kind of sealable glass container to pour it into and save in the fridge until you can get back into the vet's office. The aquarium gravel is pretty sterile and won't add anything to the urine when they examine it.

Also, do some research yourself on FLUTD, esp. type II -- overall the recommendation is that it is likely that there isn't much the vet can do. Make sure she gets enough liquid by feeding her a canned food diet, she might need some antibiotics, and potentially things could turn to crystals and cause massive pain or even create a blockage, which is the most dangerous situation.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I get the impression you had a vet who was a little more interested in problem-solving than my vet seems to be. I've been thinking of switching (this place is a good 20-25 minutes away during rush hour)...

Thanks for the tip on FLUTD. Huh: infection as the primary cause seems to be rare, but FLUTD is "rarely seen in older cats" (which she is) and infection is a more likely possibility in that case. Hrm. Well, I have to admit I hope she's simply infected. I do not look forward to caring for an incontinent cat for the next decade. (She's eleven, but the last cat I had who died of old age lived to 21.5.)

Fortunately, she's clearly not blocked. That bladder was empty!