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Need help with female cat urinary problems
Hello. I have a female cat, approx. 10 yrs old that has odd urinary
issues. She tends to strain and hesitate, may spend a long time in the litter box then run out as if she's running away from something. Then she finds other places to try to "go", usually on any clothes on the floor, sometimes even my bed. She doesn't have an infection, she's been checked for stones and blockages. She's not under any more stress than usual. Aside from a small bladder, several vets have found nothing wrong with her and I don't know what to do. I've used open boxes, closed boxes, changed litter and am considering taking the box away entireley since we have a cat door-could use advice on this thought as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! |
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Need help with female cat urinary problems
wrote in message oups.com... Hello. I have a female cat, approx. 10 yrs old that has odd urinary issues. She tends to strain and hesitate, may spend a long time in the litter box then run out as if she's running away from something. Then she finds other places to try to "go", usually on any clothes on the floor, sometimes even my bed. She doesn't have an infection, she's been checked for stones and blockages. She's not under any more stress than usual. Aside from a small bladder, several vets have found nothing wrong with her and I don't know what to do. I've used open boxes, closed boxes, changed litter and am considering taking the box away entireley since we have a cat door-could use advice on this thought as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ----------- I think you should keep on taking her to veterinarians until you find an answer. From your description, it seems obvious that your cat is having pain on urination. I don't know if cats ever get interstitial cystitis, but if you told me a human had painful urination but no infection, stones, etc, that's what I would think of. Do you have any vets in your area who specialize in urological problems or internal medicine? Best regards, ---Cindy S. |
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Need help with female cat urinary problems
What kind of a diet is she on? She would probably do best on a canned
only diet (high quality canned food). Please don't take away the litterbox. Your problem might only get worse. Have you thought about getting a second opinion from another vet? |
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Need help with female cat urinary problems
"cindys" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... Hello. I have a female cat, approx. 10 yrs old that has odd urinary issues. She tends to strain and hesitate, may spend a long time in the litter box then run out as if she's running away from something. Then she finds other places to try to "go", usually on any clothes on the floor, sometimes even my bed. She doesn't have an infection, she's been checked for stones and blockages. She's not under any more stress than usual. Aside from a small bladder, several vets have found nothing wrong with her and I don't know what to do. I've used open boxes, closed boxes, changed litter and am considering taking the box away entireley since we have a cat door-could use advice on this thought as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ----------- I think you should keep on taking her to veterinarians until you find an answer. From your description, it seems obvious that your cat is having pain on urination. I don't know if cats ever get interstitial cystitis, but if you told me a human had painful urination but no infection, stones, etc, that's what I would think of. Do you have any vets in your area who specialize in urological problems or internal medicine? Best regards, ---Cindy S. --------------- I came across this by accident: http://www.ichelp.org/research/CatRe...ndsICClue.html It's about feline interstitial cystitis. Has the doctor checked the size of your cat's adrenal glands? Best regards, ---Cindy S. |
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Need help with female cat urinary problems
I had a cat with a urinary problem and one vet after another could find
nothing wrong with x-rays, blood tests, urine, the works. They would put her on a couple days of cortisone and ten days of antibiotic and she'd get better but then get worse again. Finally, she was worse before she even finished the antibiotic. A vet I had liked before finally examined her. I asked him to make a treatment plan for her, not like what she had before because nothing had worked. I said that even if the plan didn't work, at least we were trying something else. He did try something else and it did work. She lived another 10 years without the problem. What he did was put her on cortisone, I think it was called prednosilone or something like that. He said she couldn't be on it forever but he slowly tapered it off over a couple months. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. |
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