It's always something

[cjsmith]

I'm done with the bio test! I should be working on that chem lab report, right? And Spanish homework for class this afternoon, too, of course. There's only an hour and a half before class, and I should also get lunch.

Well, except Little Girl needs to go the vet. Again. For inappropriate urination. Again. So she's locked in the bathroom until we can figure out what's wrong and fix it. Again. Kidney trouble in a cat is a slow descent into hell.

I'm worried about her this time. The symptoms aren't the same as the usual UTI. She's... just sort of gradually leaking. I hate to say it, but I'm hoping for a UTI! That would mean there's something to be done. If there's not, I have no idea what to do. I don't want to live like that. It's nasty enough inside this house without an incontinent cat. But I love Little Girl. She's easily my favorite of the three; she's the most affectionate by far and she's sweet as can be.

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Re: kidney disease

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Wow!! Thanks for this huge amount of info!

Eagle Peak Herbs sounds like a good place for me to start.

Not sure how much I can slip into her food; she's not pleased by her kidney-specific diet, so she's forever trying to avoid that and eat anything else she can find or steal in the house (like my other cat's diabetes diet). But I'm no bad hand at medicating her directly if I have to, as long as the supplements are meant to be taken that way.

I'm on the fence about intuitive resources. I've had two of them be very wrong about me, so far, and zero helpful -- but then, that's just as good a score as Western medicine has. It's not like I've made up my mind that they're not useful. I think if I go that route for Little Girl, though, I'll get somebody's reading on her specifically.

I also know a vet acupuncture doc who comes to SVC sometimes to do treatments. That's cool -- it's almost certainly not the same one. Nifty to see that there are multiple vet acupuncturists in the area.