Its been one week since the operation. The cat has recovered his
shinny coat. I have been trying to feed him something other than
dried cat food and he rejects it after a little nibble. First I gave
him Purina ProPlan urinary system and today Hills science diet for
adult cats, both in a can. I just realized that he has not had a
bowel movement for a week since the day before his operation last
Thursday! Of course he hasnt eaten anything either. He has peed
quite alot. Today he was sleeping on my chest in the early afternoon
and purring but he was also trembling! Im kind of distressed. I dont
know what to do. Should I take him back to the irresponsive vet who I
had so much trouble with? I have no idea how to find another one who
might be better and know more. What could be wrong with him I wonder.

On Jan 26, 12:24 pm, Rhonda wrote:
HB,

I really would call that vet office and ask for copies of his records.
Talk to someone else but get those files. You have a right to know what
was done to your cat. You could also say you're transferring to a new
vet and need the records. I'll call them for you, ha.

Did you ask for the rabies and distemper shot too? That, along with the
neuter, seems like a lot to do to a sick cat at once. The distemper shot
can make cats sick for about 24 hours, they sometimes get a fever. We
took in a cat family, and all 5 of them were sick the night of their
shot (as in feeling miserable and not wanting to eat or move.)

I think it's a good idea in general to neuter your cat, because if he
ever escaped your house during mating season, he'd be long gone. He'd go
miles to find a female. Also, some little thing could change in your
house or some new scent on the wind and he'd start spraying everything.

Our bladder infection cat is on Clavamox pills right now, he is about
14lbs and he gets 62.5 mg twice a day.

The urinary cat food is low in magnesium and also changes the ph of the
urine (to make is less easy for struvite crystals to form.) Struvite is
most common in younger cats, and our cat is on urinary cat food. You
wouldn't want to use that if your cat has the other type of crystals,
because those types need the ph of the urine to be raised instead of
lowered. Get those records!!! Or I hope you can find another vet and
redo the urinalysis, although you won't be able to re-check the
infection at this point because he's already on antibiotics.

Good luck,

Rhonda



honeybunch wrote:

This is the bill:
Office visit: $30
Rabies shot: $15
Distemper shot: $16
Urine Sample Collection: $10
Urinalysis: $18
Injection: $16 (probably for pain)
Injection and Med.: $29 (this is for the clavamox but he didnt say he
also injected it)
Med: Advantage: $73 (6 months of topical flea treatment)
De worming: $28
Alter $40

On Jan 26, 7:11 am, "Phil P." wrote:

"honeybunch" wrote in ooglegroups.com...

There is something I dont understand. I just got back from the vet
with my cat. I took the cat there to be neutered because he was
smelling up the house. While he was there it was found that he has a
bladder infection.Ask your vet how he obtained the urine sample. Find out if he expressed the

bladder or if he obtatained the sample directly from the bladder with a
needle (cystocentesis). The reason I'm asking is because bacterial urinary
tract infections are rare in young to middle-aged cats, partly because of
the high osmolality of feline urine and partly because of the high acidity.
If the vet obtained the urine by expressing the bladder the sample was
probably contaminated with bacteria that normally inhabit the distal urinary
tract.

Among all the things I was told on the phone was

that the vet found the cat had tapeworms as well as a bladder
infection. When I went to pick the cat up the vet really didnt want to
talk to me. I had to wait a half hour to talk to him and then he took
me in a closet to talk. He is an asian and so perhaps communication
was the issue.You might want to find a new vet. Vet-Client communication is an essential

part of your cat's health care.

He gave the cat a shot for tapeworms. The literature

in the office stated that a pill by Bayer was what was to be given to
cats for tapeworm. He refused to tell me exactly what the shot was.He can't do that. If you didn't get a detailed bill, ask for one.

Would someone please let me know what Bayer makes in shot form for
tapeworms because I feel pretty bad right now about this entire
experience. Yes. Bayer makes Droncit Injectable for cats that are difficult to pill. I

use the injectible form of Droncit in ferals because they're almost
impossible to pill.

The cat is in pain and is staggering around.If he was neutered earlier in the day, he's probably still recovering from

the anesthesia.

I dont know

how I am going to get him to swallow two pills tomorrow for the bladder
infection.Which medication did the vet give you?

He is a stray who once had a broken leg before I knew him.

This vet says it didnt heal properly and could pop apart at anytime.Was your cat limping or staggering before he was neutered?

This has been a very very blue day and I hate myself for taking the cat
to this vet recommended by the Morris Animal Refuge. They sold me a
certificate for $40 to have the cat neutered. Someone please
reassure me that a shot is what is required for tapeworm.Some vets use the injectible form of Droncit (Praziquantel). Your cat was

probably too groggy from the anesthesia to swallow a pill.

The cats

stools are always hard and he passes them every second day and I have
never seen any worms or grains of rice.Sometimes the segments difficult to see because they're pasted to the skin

around the anus.

He never scratches himself for

fleasNot all species of tapeworms cats can get come from eating fleas. Dipylidium

caninum is flea-vectored. The other species, Taeniids, are transmitted by
eating rodents.

but I had to buy that stuff as well to the tune of $75.The pills shouldn't have cost more than $5.00-$7.00 ea. from a vet. The

injectible form of Droncit costs me about $70 for a 10 ml bottle - and I get
about 22-25 doses out of it. The dose for cats is .4 cc/10 lbs. which breaks
down to about $3.00 a dose. I think the vet grossly over charged you.

The

entire job cost me $275 which I can ill afford. Can the cat get
reinfected with the tapeworms from his litter box?No. Cats cannot and do not get tapeworms by eating the segments or the tiny

egg packets. Tapeworm require intermediate hosts in their life cycle.

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