Losing my mind with worry

[emily_the_spoiled]

Would your vet do a phone or email consult for you? Send his exactly what you just wrote us and maybe he can give you some advice without you having to go in...

If he has diarrhea can you try some of the "home remedies" like pumpkin or rice?

[catlover4ever]

Kim, call your vet and ask him/her about Methio-Form. It is a pill that is crushed up and put into the food or can be free fed to Pouncer.Methio-Form helps to dissolve the crystals and helps to keep the urinary tract clean. If the vet does not know what you are talking about PM me and I will get some out to you in the mail. --- Meg

[Nomilynn]

Are you able to go to your vet and get food called s/d? Chances are the crystals are struvite, and s/d stands for struvite diet. It would help to dissolve the crystals. You can't know for sure if they are struvite crystals without a urinalysis but it might help. I would at least call the vet and ask if there can be a payment plan put in place. Where I work, a straining/blocked cat is considered an emergency.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Kim, I sure hope that it's nothing serious. I'd also call your vet and see if he'd let you pay him at a later date. I hope that Pouncer gets better soon.

[caseysmom]

I bet if you tell him your broke and the symptoms he will just prescribe something and let you pay next month.

[catnapper]

I just made an appointment with the vet for next week. I have a wonderful dear friend who just made that possible.

Unfortunately, my vet won't work on the "I'll pay you tomorrow" principal. Too many dead beats got hundreds, even thousands, of dollars worth of vet care and never paid it back. They decided that in order to keep expenses down for people who do pay their vet bills, they needed to have a cash-up-front policy. I can't say I blame them.

I adore my vet, and they love when Pouncer comes in. He's famous in there!

[caseysmom]

Oh good kim...maybe if at all possible you can get a credit card reserved just for vet emergencies...I don't claim to know more than you about your finances...just an idea....

Along those lines...everything is so darn expensive...am I the only one noticing that...I am sure I am not.

[Cinder & Smoke]

I just made an appointment with the vet for next week.

You'll need to watch him like a hawk for the next 24 hours ...

*IF* he really can't *pee* - he can't wait till next week.
A urinary blockage is an urgent, life-threatening, emergency.

/s/ Phred