Please keep Pouncer in your prayers.

**catnapper** · 06-04-2007, 11:20 AM

Does anyone need to guess? He's sick again.

I spotted pee on a few plastic bags yesterday and just now I caught him peeing in the spot where the bags had been.

A quick call to the vet yeilded an appointment for Wednesday morning. I apparently had one set up for this morning as a re-check and I missed it!

How stupid can I be?!?!

Why didn't they call to confirm/remind me of the appointment? (I lost my date book a few weeks ago and went about making a new one, and apparently never realized I missed this morning's vet appt.)

Anyhow, my little boy is sick again. I know he needs the surgery but I just can't afford it right now... my dreams of a laptop will be replaced by surgery for a lapcat. He's worth it. I just need to come up with the $800 up front. *Sigh*

So please, keep my boy in your prayers. He's such a good boy, and deserves to be healthy.

**jenluckenbach** · 06-04-2007, 11:59 AM

Prayers for Pouncer.

**K & L** · 06-04-2007, 12:22 PM

Gosh poor Pouncer. I sure hope things get better for him and yourself real soon.

**Catty1** · 06-04-2007, 12:46 PM

Poor boy!

I guess there is no time for an iMOM app?

hugs to Pouncer! And you!

**Kirsten** · 06-04-2007, 12:57 PM

Oh no, not again!!

Poor Pouncer!! Lily sends purrs and nose-kissies!

Did you ask your vet about Cantharis? It's a homoepathic remedy, and it's helping Luna a lot with her bladder problems. She's doing much better!

Kirsten

**Logan** · 06-04-2007, 01:30 PM

Kim, I will keep Pouncer and you in my prayers. I'm so sorry that he is continuing to have this problem.

Best of luck to both of you.

Logan and Buttercup

**Randi** · 06-04-2007, 01:53 PM

Sorry to hear Pouncer is under the weather and the cost of the operation, but a lapcat is so much better than a laptop!

Best wishes for Pouncer.

**phesina** · 06-05-2007, 08:24 PM

I'm so sorry about poor Pouncer and his ailments. Prayers and good wishes are coming from all of us.

Hugs and purrs,
Pat, Peony, Sydney, Poppy, Elmer, and Priscilla Angel

**catnapper** · 06-07-2007, 07:38 AM

Update:
Pouncer spent the day at the vet. Apparently his last infection never cleared up completely and is raging out of control. He was sent home with double the dose of Clavimox (well, for twice as long). Good thing he's so good about pilling. He saw me cut the pill from the packet this morning. He saw me approach him while making happy feet on the bed, hunched down just a little, but accepted his fate. He is SO EASY to pill.

Annnnndddd.... I asked her if he'd benefit from something like Prozac to help him since he stresses at everything and she said he might be a good candidate for it. She said she doubts stress has anything to do with the infections..... I beg to differ - I KNOW my boy. I feel it in my gut that stress is his trigger. Can anybody tell me anything about stress and crystals or stress and UTIs?

**Laura's Babies** · 06-07-2007, 08:33 AM

Stress effects everyone different. Having lived with IBS for most of my life, I found GOOD stress was just as bad on me as bad stress. (Yes, you can have good stress, excitement over a wonderful upcoming event and happy things can stress your body) So I would not dismiss the idea of stress being Pouncers trigger.

When I am terriably stressed I can't eat... maybe he can't drink when he is stressed? Maybe he can't use the litter box when he is stressed and holds it to long? Any number of things could be going on and I would not dismiss it even if the vet don't seem to understand. I think it is worth a try and see if that works.

**mrspunkysmom** · 06-07-2007, 09:18 AM

Stress and extreme emotions can effect anything. My sinuses drain like crazy when I am stressed. My feet also itch. The immune response is slowed under stress.

I agree with Laura's babies. Give it a try and see.

Anne

**Catty1** · 06-07-2007, 10:29 AM

Oscar is on Feliway for life because of idiopathic cystitis, a UTI caused by stress.

He is a happy boy - but had stress simply because a) he was wild for the first several years of his life, and b) got a new buddy, Cole.

His BEHAVIOUR was just fine - but his bladder showed the stress!

The vet wanted him on amitryptiline (Elavil). I asked about Feliway, as it is non-drug. The vet said ok. So now Oscar wears a nylon collar into which I put one small shot of Feliway am and pm.

"It is Dr. Buffington's belief that some cases of lower urinary tract disease in cats, cases in which a cause is difficult to pinpoint, are surprisingly close in symptoms to interstitial cystitis in people. Cats with idiopathic cystitis have increased frequency, pain, and urgency of urination. Affected cats resent being handled and resist the veterinarian's effort to palpate the abdomen during examination. An uncontrollable urgency to urinate may catch the cat off guard and at a distance from the litter box.

Buffington also says that stress plays a role in cats' urinary tract disease, which parallels stress related flareups in women.
"Flare ups of bladder problems in cats are often seen two to three days after stressful events, such as a move to a new house, the arrival or departure of house guests, holidays and vacations, weather changes and abrupt diet changes," (or Allen attacks, getting closed in basement - kitty door good idea)