Fister is on the edge again

As many of you know, Fister tends to get bladder problems frequently. The last few days, he's been licking his behind quite a lot and today, he's had difficulties peeing - and dripping next to the box. :( Some of us knows what that means! :rolleyes: I'm not panicking yet, but I got some "Romefen" tablets for him at the vets (antibiotic and painkilling) and have given him 5 mg yesterday and 5 today. Will speak to the vet tomorrow about whether to continue or bring him over for an Xray.

One thing I've been thinking about is whether it would be a good idea to boil the water he drinks, as our tapwater seem to contain a lot of calcium - I have to put his glass in vinegar once a week to get it off.

Niina, was it Romefen you gave Casper recently? I'm afraid to give him another half now before bedtime, as the dosis should be 1 mg pr. kg a day.

Well, please keep your fingers and paws crossed for him! :)

Randi, I surely hope Fister gets better soon and doesn't have to have that nasty operation!

Have you ever considered the RAW meat diet? You may want to look around on the internet. From what I have read, kidney and bladder problems often clear up when you switch them from dry/canned food to RAW MEAT. I would certainly look into it.

Keep us posted on dear Fister boy. We all love him SO!

((((((((((((((((((((FISTER)))))))))))))))))))))))) )))

GET WELL SOON!:)

Here is an interesting article. There are many.

http://www.belfield.com/article4.html

Oh, oh, oh!!! Fister I will be thinking positive plumbing thoughts for you! Please, please... get going guy!

Does he need liquids? Did you see my post about clam juice?

GET WELL FISTER....

Poor Fister! :(

Does he take any meds everyday that help acidify his urine? I know that my friend who has these problems with her Shi Tsu is doing this and has been well for a while now. Maybe you ask your vet about that? I think Boots is as well?

I would definitely boil his water or even give him bottled "Drinking Water" (has most minerals taken out of it). Is bottled water very expensive there?

Please send him my love, I’ll keep him in my prayers.

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Originally posted by Randi


Niina was it Romefen you gave Casper recently? I'm afraid to give him another half now before bedtime, as the dosis should be 1 mg pr. kg a day.

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Sorry to hear about Fister's problems... Keeping fingers and paws crossed here for him.
No, we didn't give Romefen for Casper, we gave Clamoxyl (it's antibiotics).

Keep us posted on how Fister gets along!

Sas! I'll do anything to avoid that nasty operation! I have not heard about the raw meat solution. That would be HEAVEN for him! :p It's actually the only time he just can't keep himself on the floor in the kitchen! Have to keep an eye on him until the meat is on the pan! :eek:

He's been getting Hills S/D for about 6 months now and I've just bought the C/D (vets recommendation), but he's only had it once so far.

Sara! I saw your thread and was thinking if that would be good for him - I'm sure he's love it! will have to check the contents of Magnesiun, Calcium and Phosfor.

Oh, if he could have all the above, he'd think it was X-mas everyday!! :D

NoahsMommy! I thought of another solution for the drinking water just now. It may be a good idea to give the water you put down your iron (demineralised I think)

Niina! Oh yes, Fister also got these one time. Thanks for posting, I know your duvet is calling for you too. ;)

I'll aks my vet all these questions tomorrow!

Thanks for your concern all of you! :)

http://www.belfield.com/article4.html

This sounds so easy, doesn't it!

On the bottle it says one tablespoon has 0 fat 100 mg of sodium and 1 g of protein. Interestingly...it is a product of Holland!

ok, thats what I was remembering, I knew there was something wrong with Fister...anyway I hope he gets better soon, sorry to hear he is not well.:(

have you tried buying bottled water for his water dish?

Good luck with Fister, Randi. Hope he improves soon. Fingers and paws are crossed for a quick recovery.

We are all sending Fister chin scritchies and head bumpies from our home!!

Naomi, Bassett, Tilly and Nutmeg

Ah Fister - come on guy - we can't have you sick again. I sure hope that the meds help and you are feeling good again real soon.

I was up real early this morning! Only to find out that Fister had been dripping some more outside his sandybox and also a little on the kitchen floor. He had made some poo in the box and some outside.

I was the first on the line to our vet and we're taking over in one hour. When I put the phone down he puked on the floor next to his sandy box :( Poor little guy! He's definately not feeling up to a trip to the vet! He's retired to under the wardrobe now, where he usually has his morning nap. Hopefully we can get him out and into the carrier!

He was out 3-4 hours the other evening, perhaps he found a few "treats" - we saw him go over to the park, wonder if he found something there.

Will post an update later today! Please keep all fingers and paws crossed! :)

the c/d should do the trick. I had at least 4 cats with various stages of urinary problems until I started feeding the c/d to all. It has now been YEARS problem free........
Just as an extra added precaution, the cats get bottled water.

Poor Fister. :(

Hope the vet will get him straightened out quickly, Randi. Let us know how he's doing.

Logan

We're going to get him now!!! :D

Will report back! ;)

Keeping our fingers and paws crossed for Fister boy! Hopefully you have good news when you come back!

Hurry!!! UP!! Tell us what the vet says...Oh, Mr. Fister, I hope you will be just fine.

The others have posted some excellent options, and the only one I would add (seeing that my cats HATE CD) is the dry food alternative...with low residue- I think it is Eukanuba Adult Intestional Low Residue. My cats love it!

Hope all ran smoothly today. Let us know!

All fingers, paws, and tails crossed here for Fister too. Get well soon sweetie!

Awww Fister man!!! Everything will be ok!! We're all here for you! Our Scooter is on a special Science Diet for Urinary tract food prescribed by the vet. He has to be on it for the rest of his life, but since he's been on it...the UTI hasn't come back. Maybe your vet could prescribe something like this too??
Do let us know what happens:)
**hugs**

Hi all! :D

Fister surviewed the vet visit, he's on the bed (with plastic underneath ;)) - not kicking but tale wagging, we better get our dinner before he takes charge again! - No, not clams OR anchoves - not even olives! LOL!

Will give a full report after dinner! :) - with pics!

Fister, we are all holding our breath until your report comes in.

Can't wait to hear about our Fister.

Dashed out of my BofD meeting to check on Fister. Glad to hear you are home but on "pins and needles" to hear the details....

Fister did really well at the vet! No hissing, no complaints! :D
When we arrived he got a shot and dozed off. Then he was put on the scales - here's the result:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...0/fd3085f7.jpg
7.7 kg!

At the vet, he had a cahteter put in again and was flushed through, there were lots of tiny crystals. Amazing how little can cause a blockage! He then had an X-ray which didn't show any big stones in his bladder. :)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...8/fd3085f3.jpg
This is his bladder

A urine sample was also taken, but the result is not ready untill tomorrow. It will show whether he has an infection or not.

The big question is what is causing this :confused: He has had Hills diet S/D for about 6 months now, but still he blocks up. :(

The vet said, that if he continues like this, the only real solution will be to operate: This means that he'll have to go through the same ordeal as Boots the Kat! :(

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...4/fd3085f6.jpg
Can I go home now, please!!

We came to get him 5-6 hours later and when we got home he was put on our bed with blankets all around him. As we had suspected, he wanted to go down on the floor - and down he went! Soft landing! :)

He has just now managed to crawl to the other side of the bed (underneath) and we expect him to be heading for the kitchen within the next few hours. Tonight, I bet he'll fresh enough to race around - or at least jump up on our bed. But he will be most welcome!! :D

Oh my... 7.7 kg = 17 pounds!

Poor Fister...the indignity of medical care!

Please feel better quickly! No more crystals! Please!

What about changing his diet again? Yikes. The operation sounds just dreadful. And the recovering is so yuckie too.

I would really consider trying to change the PH balance more.

Of course he is your special guy - and I know you want the easiest route for poor Fister.

Keep us posted. Fingers crossed, for sure!

(((((((((((((((Fister)))))))))))))))

Oh Fister man! You were so good at the vet's!! What a big boy you are! Little mountain lion! :D
You certainly didn't look the happiest to be there, but it's to help you feel better!

That's awful about the crystals building back up so quickly. I know it's miserable for their poor little kitty bodies. I wonder why he has so much trouble. Are some cats bodies just more prone to building up crystals than others?
Lots of scritchies from me and purrs from my boys are on the way.

Scooter sez: Hang in there Fister buddy. I know it's miserable, but your parents will help you find a solution. Here's to wishing you some happy (pee pee) trails!
--Scooter =^..^=

Oh, Fister guy!

We are laying in our hammock worried sick about you. It's almost enough to keep us awake. We're crossing our paws for ya, big guy. Hope you are feeling perky real soon.

Cassy >^._.^< and
Livvy >^._.^<

Hey Fister ~

Boots, da Kat, sez he feelz fur ya ~
But try to look at it frum a fillasoffikul point of view...

They alreddy got sum uv yer stuff ~
Might as well let em have everything! :p
Hopefully it will save ya frum havin ta keep visitin the Dok so offin.

An Dad wuz wunderin...
Dincha have to keep the catheter thingy in fur a few dayz? Bootsy hadda wear hiz fur severul dayz an wuz alluz drippin. Thass why he lived inna baffroom so long - affore he had the opperashun.

An yeah, Doc Mike an Doc Lisa boff sed sum Kat's jest keep pluggin up no matter WHAT they eat :(. They figgered Bootsy wuz wunna those Kats an it wuz better for him to have hiz plummin re-plummed stedda havin to keep gettin un-plugged an flushed so offin.

Ennie way, Fister ~
Allua us are gonna kross Klawz, Pawz, Tailz, an Dad's Finners till we heer yer *peein OK* agin!

Poor Fister, get better soon big orange boy, we are all worried about you!

Fister, I'm so sorry to hear that you have bladder problems again. :( I sure hope that the vet can fix you up this time and that you'll make a speedy recovery. All fingers and paws are crossed here. Good luck. :)

Those pics are super , Randi !
Fister does not seem to like this , but he is behaving anyway !!Aw , you brave big boy !!!

ps. I love those replies of Cinder and Smokey !!Hilarious !

I think I may have spoken too soon - about Fister getting back to normal. All right, he was trying to crawl around last night and managed to get into his new bed - Will power! At 2.15 AM he even managed to jump up on my pillow and lay there for a while, then over to John, but he was asleep! He gave up and crawled back under the bed. Then at 4 AM he gave it another try, this time he woke John up and stayed with him the rest of the night under his eiderdown. No more sleep for him!

I was afraid that he would try and get up in the windowsill, so I'd piled lots of towels up in case he should fall down. When I got up, he was sitting on the the pile of towels in the kitchen, looking very miserable. :( He hadn't eaten or drunk anything. I filled a syringe with water and squirted it into him and also stuffed a painkiller down, before going to the dentist.

John got up and carried him into the bed and had a cuddle and then called the vet and explained the situation, he could only say: Don't worry, he'll come round later!

I'm back and he's still looking sad and miserable, so I've given him some more water. Now and again, he goes (yes, he can walk a little) and has a look at his food, but hasn't eaten anything yet!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...4/fd2fc647.jpg
The battle scarred veteran

The results have come and it appears that he has no bacteria in his bladder. This is not good! So if he blocks up again, the only real solution would be to have the operation. :(

Before it gets to that stage, we'll try and find a way to balance his PH (7 now, a bit high) and hopefully avoid it. So research is all we can do and keep his surroundings comfy and free of any stress.

Thanks everybody for all your support - it warmed!! :)

I'm with Fister. If I had been sedated and had a catheter I wouldn't be bouncing around right away either.

I know when Edwina is sedated to get her teeth cleaned it is a few days before she is back to normal!

Have a good rest Fister (and lots of coddling ;) :rolleyes: )...

Fister is bleeding now and we are very worried. He's hiding under the wardrobe in our bedroom, he's hardly had anything to drink the last 2 days. We called the emergency vets (hospital), they seem to think there's no immediate danger and wouldn't operate until tomorrow, but we're taking him to the hospital tomorrow anyway to have him operated. :( It's the third time he blocked up and had a cahteter and it hasn't helped.

Please keep everything crossed for him!

Fister,

You beautiful sweetheart. I will pray very hard & often
that you can get to feeling better right away. You sure
don't look too happy in that last picture your folks posted.
Poor baby Fister, hang in there and We'll pray that the vets
can fix you up tomorrow, Good Luck sweet boy.

Can you use a syringe to force water....as Phred did for Bootz???

I am so worried now for Fister. My thoughts are with you guys....

Sara

Randi ~

We've been through some of this...

Bleeding from WHERE??
Blood mixed in with the urine??? Or from somewhere else?

Blood in the urine - may look nasty and red - isn't a red-flag emergency as long as it's pretty wattery and not THICK as if it were pure blood.

Does he Still have the Catheter Installed; or did they take it out after he was flushed??

IF Fister hasn't been drinkin by himself for 2 days - He NEEDS to be force-fed some water.

Best tool to force water is a syringe - with the sharp needle part REMOVED.
No syringe? A kid's squirt gun or something similar will work...

Hold him with your hand over his head - thumb on one side of his jaw and fingers on the other side of his jaw -
gently apply pressure to the hinge of his jaw - he'll open up...

Squirt about a TEAspoon of water WAY back on his tongue - he'll swallow most of it and shake the excess out (all over you!)

He should be OK as long as he's not Completely Blocked and cannot eliminate any urine.

How many hours will it be before you can get him in to see the Vet?

/s/ Phred