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Not again....
So here I am, missing work, because Meep spent another morning digging,
squatting and not peeing I can't make an appointment until 8am, so here I am, waiting. I was wondering, are there other problems than cystitis that would cause a older female cat to frequently go to the litterbox and squat but not pee more than a drop? Normally when she has an attack, she's distressed. This morning she behaved mostly normal, not really distressed, but did hit the litterbox 5 or 6 times in around 1/2 hour. And now she's gone to bed. I'm just wondering if I'm making a mistake assuming it's cystitis. Last time I had her in, it was the same - lots of box visits, but not particularly distressed. Her earlier attacks she was clearly distressed and in pain. Of course, it could be because she's "used to it" now... I really hate waking up early in the morning to dig, dig, dig, dig, dig jmc |
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Not again....
Suddenly, without warning, Matthew exclaimed (3/11/2008 8:01 AM):
"jmc" wrote in message ... So here I am, missing work, because Meep spent another morning digging, squatting and not peeing I can't make an appointment until 8am, so here I am, waiting. I was wondering, are there other problems than cystitis that would cause a older female cat to frequently go to the litterbox and squat but not pee more than a drop? Normally when she has an attack, she's distressed. This morning she behaved mostly normal, not really distressed, but did hit the litterbox 5 or 6 times in around 1/2 hour. And now she's gone to bed. I'm just wondering if I'm making a mistake assuming it's cystitis. Last time I had her in, it was the same - lots of box visits, but not particularly distressed. Her earlier attacks she was clearly distressed and in pain. Of course, it could be because she's "used to it" now... I really hate waking up early in the morning to dig, dig, dig, dig, dig jmc I wondering if it is a turmor or a growth developing that is pressing on something. Or stones. Have they done a ultra sound? Jmc Meep is not on dry food but a low ash wet food right. I am sorry if you told me already so many masters can't keep up with them. It might jsut turn out to be Idiopathic Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disorder She's on mostly wet, though I've added a bit more dry into her diet (it's senior+urinary), since she's lost some weight and won't eat more wet. As for low ash, I don't know and don't have any choice where we are - there's only two or three brands of catfood here she'll even touch, and only about 5 total to choose from And she's stopped trying to go pee, which I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not. I've got another hour or so before her vet appointment. jmc |
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Not again....
Suddenly, without warning, Matthew exclaimed (3/11/2008 8:55 AM):
"jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, Matthew exclaimed (3/11/2008 8:01 AM): "jmc" wrote in message ... So here I am, missing work, because Meep spent another morning digging, squatting and not peeing I can't make an appointment until 8am, so here I am, waiting. I was wondering, are there other problems than cystitis that would cause a older female cat to frequently go to the litterbox and squat but not pee more than a drop? Normally when she has an attack, she's distressed. This morning she behaved mostly normal, not really distressed, but did hit the litterbox 5 or 6 times in around 1/2 hour. And now she's gone to bed. I'm just wondering if I'm making a mistake assuming it's cystitis. Last time I had her in, it was the same - lots of box visits, but not particularly distressed. Her earlier attacks she was clearly distressed and in pain. Of course, it could be because she's "used to it" now... I really hate waking up early in the morning to dig, dig, dig, dig, dig jmc I wondering if it is a turmor or a growth developing that is pressing on something. Or stones. Have they done a ultra sound? Jmc Meep is not on dry food but a low ash wet food right. I am sorry if you told me already so many masters can't keep up with them. It might jsut turn out to be Idiopathic Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disorder She's on mostly wet, though I've added a bit more dry into her diet (it's senior+urinary), since she's lost some weight and won't eat more wet. As for low ash, I don't know and don't have any choice where we are - there's only two or three brands of catfood here she'll even touch, and only about 5 total to choose from And she's stopped trying to go pee, which I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not. I've got another hour or so before her vet appointment. jmc just food for thought everything I read was the diet is the key to keep from reoccurring they all said low ash content and more fluid intake Vet says it's not cystitis. Took bloods, but suggested it was just stress. Said bladder was fine; there was a bit of urine in it but neither full nor empty. I'm still worried something is wrong. She slept most of the day (which is normal), but now that she's up she's been in the litterbox twice in the last 15 minutes. Peeing just little bits. I don't think she's in any pain, but I think she keeps feeling like she has to go pee, when really she doesn't. Bloods won't be back until tomorrow I'm off to google "frequent urination feline" jmc |
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