Kidneys??? UPDATE August 2nd

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

We are back from the vet now! She took a blood sample from Snoopy, because the proteine in her pee was to high. At the lab they will see if her kidneys are fine; it is possible that she needs a special diet . Will be hard, because Snoopy is my little vacuum-cat: she eats all the leftovers from the others...


Taking that blood sample was VERY tough!! I had to put almost all my weight on Snoopy to keep her imobilised... . It worked, but she gave such a loud tormented scream . I loosened a bit, and out went that needl..... . The second time, it went fine. She screamed again, poor thing, but this time I held her even more tightly!!
To be sure that the bleeding would stop, the vet put a fancy red bandaid around Snoopy's paw. He he, she is constantly staring at her paw now..... poor thing!!

[smokey the elder]

"What IS that on my royal scepter?" I hope everything comes out ok.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Hugs to you brave little Snoopy - the colour really suits you

[JenBKR]

aww, poor Snoopy! Get well soon sweetheart!

[RedHedd]

Aww poor Snoopy! I want to plant a kiss on that cute white cotton puff at the end of your red bandage

[Catty1]

She is SUCH a sweety - and you say she just charmed everyone at the vet place when she was getting her heart scans and stuff...so I am surprised she was nawtee at the doctor's office!

It's ok Snoops....mommy is there, and it will be all right! You are going to get all better!

hugs and cuddles to the little miss!

[Catty1]

She is SUCH a sweety - and you say she just charmed everyone at the vet place when she was getting her heart scans and stuff...so I am surprised she was nawtee at the doctor's office!

It's ok Snoops....mommy is there, and it will be all right! You are going to get all better!

hugs and cuddles to the little miss!

[RBBM's Mom]

I'm newer here, so I'm not sure of protocol, but here's what our vet told us with our Bushes. She was peeing all over the place and had to have Clavamox on a regular basis to keep away the infections.
The high protein levels could be because her kidneys just aren't processing the protein her diet well enough. This can be the very first stages of kidney disease. Don't panic though! They have many k/d foods out there that can provide a lower protein level, but still keep your lovely kitty healthy.
Also, have you checked with your vet to try a liquid form of her meds? Bushes got liquid Clavamox and seemed to like that better -a syringe of liquid in her mouth worked better for us. Also, Petsmart here in the states sells a "pill giver" that is a syringe with two fingers on the end, pull water up into the syringe, stick the pill in the fingers and you're good to go. That helped with Bushes toward the end. I didn't get scratched nearly as much.
Hugs to your lovely Snoopy! She looks very dapper with her red bandage. Best of luck!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

a syringe of liquid in her mouth worked better for us. Also, Petsmart here in the states sells a "pill giver" that is a syringe with two fingers on the end, pull water up into the syringe, stick the pill in the fingers and you're good to go.

You have NO idea how difficult it is to open Snoopy's mouth . She is so strong.... ! That pill-shooter is also not working for her, we tried it out, but no use.... . Mixing the crushed pill with her food?? No way, smarty-pants Snoopy refuses to eat it
The ONLY way to pill that sweety, is wrapping her head over heels in a huge bath-towel, only her head peeking out; even then it is not easy to squeeze her mouth open and get in that pill ; very often she just spitts the pill on the floor before I can make her swallow it....

What a sweet little girl she is, hey
But I love her anyway!!!