I forgot to say that she takes several medications, proanolol gel 0.5 ml 2 X
daily and metaclopramide 2 X daily. She's been taking the metaclopramide
for a while, and the propanolol for about a year.

"Dennis Carr" wrote in message
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On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:58:54 -0500, Lotte wrote:

OK, I thought I'd run this by the fine minds in RPCH+B (this newsgroup):

I have a 14 year-old female, indoor only, neutered, whom I've had since
about 4 weeks of age. She has multiple health issues (hypertropic
cardiomyopathy, food allergy). On Feb 2nd I took her in for a blood
panel
because she was drinking / peeing a lot and of course I wanted to rule
out
diabetes and/or kidney problems. The vet said all her tests
(urinalysis,
bloodwork) came back normal. No diabetes, no renal failure, good
hydration,
normal everything.

Well, that she's peeing much is a side effect of that she's drinking a
lot. Unto itself, that's perfectly normal. You try drinking about a
gallon of water in one sitting and wait for about an hour at most. =^^=

But never mind then that she's peeing much, why is she now a "waterholic"?
If I were me, I'd find out if the vet still has those blood screens and
perhaps revisit them for something - or go back for a rescreening. Is
there something in the mouth/throat/whatever that's being soothed by
driniing copious amounts of water? Perhaps ear mites or other aural
trouble coming down the eustacian canals (assuming cats have them) that
can be best soothed via a good solid drink?

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