Please tell me about FLUTD

[jazzcat]

Poor Decker has it and he's not getting better. He no longer has blood in his urine but he's constantly going to the litterbox to urinate small amounts. I counted today and he went 6 times in a 15 minute period. He's been on a special diet and Cosequin (the vet said it sometimes helps) for three weeks and although it seemed to help the first week he's gotten worse.

I talked to the vet today by phone and we are going to start him on a lose dose of Valium tomorrow in hopes it him relax and not feel the urge to go so frequently.

To complicate matters more since I had to take him to the vet three weeks ago and leave him overnight so they could catch some urine for testing Decker has become much more feral. He doesn't trust us, runs when he get ready to go out (guess he thinks we are going to take him to the vet) and hides under the bed a lot now. I've even had to feed him there a few times. The vet said the stress from that is making the FLUTD worse so hopefully the Valium will help him chill out.

Please, tell me your experiences with this and anything that might help poor Decker.

[catmandu]

We have nothing in the way of rael advice, just Our Paryers for Dear Decker , that his White Coat can help him.
I am a diabetic , and I know going to the bathroom that many times is no fun at all
All the best to your Best Friend.

[jazzcat]

Thank you Gary. Prayers are needed and very helpful.

[Medusa]

Same here; no experience w/FLUTD, sorry, but prayers are going up for Decker just the same.

[lv4dogs]

My friends cat has chronic flutd and she gives him this:
http://www.nativeremedies.com/petali...=350&kbid=2562

She has to give it to her cat almost all of the time. She says they went back & forth to multiple vets for years trying all sorts of things they prescribed. Nothing seemed to work... at least long term. She heard about this product, tried it & it works. A couple months ago she went out of town on vacation & the pet sitter forgot to give it to him for more than a week & sure enough the uti came back again. She started giving him his regular dose of this stuff the night she came home & by their vet visit the next morning he was starting to get better already. Her vet now recommends it to their clients.
I don't know if that will help you but that's all I really know about it. If there's something specific you want me to ask her for you I can just let me know. Good luck.

[catfamily]

lori-that site that lv4dogs gave you/us looks promising...and i may even try to convince mike we may need it for our home someday.

poor decker/poor you....how awful it must be.
i've tried cosequin but it didn't seem to do a thing! And the vets swear by it

they have also a zanex for cats that are nervous nellys that seem to work...a 25 milligram tablet cut in half every 12 or 24 hours depending how the cat does at first try every 24 hours.
ask your vet about it.

good luck lori