Constipated kitty? **UPDATE**

We are sending prayers for Our Friend Stewie that he will be all right and will be using his Litter Box as always very soon.
Thats not a good feeling to be blocked up.

Thanks for all the prayers! Stewie's been taking his pills like a champ, but we're still not 100% sure he's ok. Today we came downstairs to find him semi-squatting right in front of the litterbox. He wasn't peeing, but looked like he was trying. And then later he went in the box & didn't do anything. He still isn't making any noises like he's in pain...but we're still keeping a close eye on him. If after a couple more days of the Albon and he's still acting odd, back to the vet he'll go. :confused:

If he's not peeing and he's trying, whether or not he's making noises, something isn't right. Call your vet!

He's probably blocked.:( So I sure hope that you've taken him back to the vet or an emergency vet asap. Cats can die from this and it only takes about 24 hours or so if I remember correctly. Please update us when you can. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent his way.

I'm waiting for a vet update as I write this. He definitely still seems blocked, we tried the Albon tablets for 4 days and nothing has really changed besides his behavior- he's not going in & out of the box multiple times anymore. But when he does use it, he goes in for quite a long time & it seems like he only manages to get out a little bit of urine. He still seems healthy and happy though! I'll post more when I hear what happened at the vet.

Thanks again for all the positive thoughts and prayers- our cats are our kids and I can't imagine what we'd do if this turns into something really serious...

Cats can appear happy and healthy because they don't like to show weakness of any kind. It's their natural instinct because they don't want to attract predators. Puddy (all my cats, really) waits until she's really sick before she cries, as is evident by her latest URI w/bloody urine and blood clots. Had she shown any symptoms of illness whatsoever, off to the vet she would've gone. So tell your vet to get w/the program. Time's a wastin'!

Well, our vet suggested that we give it one more day with the Albon tablets. She said that it takes time for a urinary tract infection to clear up, and as long as he's taking the pills he should be ok. However, she did say she might have to prescribe something stronger. We wanted to bring him in today but she was booked solid, so regardless of how he's acting tonight he's going back in tomorrow, first thing in the morning.

Well, you're staying on top of it, so this is good. Looking forward to a good report tomorrow. :)

Me too!! If we notice that he is getting any worse we'll find an ER vet today. Luckily my boyfriend is on vacation this week so he's at home all day, keeping a close eye on Stewie. The last update I got was that Stew was sitting by the window, watching the chipmunks "taunt" him outside. :p

Thanks again, I'll update after the vet tomorrow for sure! Thank goodness for this website, seriously! It's so nice to get advice and suggestions from others out there who have dealt with the same thing.

Stewie was on his way home from the vet about a half an hour ago, meowing away furiously. They were able to get a urine sample this time to send off to the lab for tests, and the vet did say that he wasn't blocked up, so that's a good thing. She thinks his issues with peeing might even be caused by stress. We're to keep him on the Albon until we get the test results in a few days. I've been trying to watch him carefully but yesterday didn't catch him in the litterbox at all- which I guess is good & bad. At least he's not going in & out constantly anymore, but I'm still not sure he's actually GOING at all. He's still been acting fine otherwise too- eating, drinking, playing with Ollie, purring, etc...so at least he doesn't seem to be in any pain.

I'm hoping he'll be back to normal in a few more days with the Albon, but I guess the test results will tell us for sure if he's ok...

This is so odd. He's not blocked but yet he's not peeing. Never heard of such a thing. But as long as you're watching him, what else can ya do? :confused:

Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear that he isn't blocked.:) He may be very inflamed though and this is why when he pees it's in very small amounts. My Storm had this problem last week. He didn't end up having a UTI after all. He was put on Metacam for 3 days which was to help with pain and inflammation. It must have worked because he seems fine now. I hope that the Albon does the trick and that he continues to do well.:)

I've only heard of Albon being given to treat coccidia and I never knew it came in tablets.

We're definitely keeping a close eye on him, at this point that's all we can do besides give him the Albon every day- and thankfully, Stewie has no problem taking pills. If I see anything suspicious in the litterboxes, back to the vet he'll go...but yea, for now all we can is wait for the test results and hope for the best!

Hmm, I didn't know Albon could be prescribed for a UTI in cats.

Unless I didn't read thouroghly, did the vet test the urine to see if it was a particular type of bacteria causing the problem that would be sensitive to Albon? If I read correctly they took urine to send in but gave you Albon tablets then and there before the results were back, or did I read incorrectly?

You might try putting water bowls in different parts of the house - my Smudge likes being able to get a drink in the bedroom and the living room as well as in the kitchen. The more he drinks, the more he'll pee, and the more he pees, the easier it gets.

If it's stress, in the short term you might get him a bit of catnip - that cheers most cats up. In the long term, consider getting a Feliway/Safe Space plugin. It's kind of like Kitty Incense that mimics their natural "This is good, home, calm" scent hormone, and humans usually don't smell it. I have a particularly acute sense of smell, and to me it smells very lightly of coconut and cedar - pleasant and soothing to me too.

Love, Columbine