Have you tried changing the cat's diet? Look around on the internet for
info on this crystal problem and you may get some ideas of things you can
add/delete from the cat's diet to help break these things up and stop them
from reoccurring.

Good luck
LeeAnne

"No One But Me" wrote in message
...
Blankthis morning i took my cat, Joey (3 yrs old), to the vet for urinary
crystals. this is the second time in 2 months. in order to get a catheter
in
to drain his bladder which was completely full, they had to sedate him ...
and even then it took 1 hour just to get the catheter in!

when i talked to the vet this afternoon, she said Joey was a good
candidate
for an operation which will relieve him of the crystals but which will
turn
him into a girl. said he would never again have this problem if he had
that
operation. i told her that i wanted to give him that operation and she
said
she would make arrangements for it when Joey gets better & is no longer
inflamed.

has anyone ever heard of this?

barbara