Constipated kitty? **UPDATE**

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear that he isn't blocked. He may be very inflamed though and this is why when he pees it's in very small amounts. My Storm had this problem last week. He didn't end up having a UTI after all. He was put on Metacam for 3 days which was to help with pain and inflammation. It must have worked because he seems fine now. I hope that the Albon does the trick and that he continues to do well.

I've only heard of Albon being given to treat coccidia and I never knew it came in tablets.

[Hellojosie]

We're definitely keeping a close eye on him, at this point that's all we can do besides give him the Albon every day- and thankfully, Stewie has no problem taking pills. If I see anything suspicious in the litterboxes, back to the vet he'll go...but yea, for now all we can is wait for the test results and hope for the best!

[Catlady711]

Hmm, I didn't know Albon could be prescribed for a UTI in cats.

Unless I didn't read thouroghly, did the vet test the urine to see if it was a particular type of bacteria causing the problem that would be sensitive to Albon? If I read correctly they took urine to send in but gave you Albon tablets then and there before the results were back, or did I read incorrectly?

[columbine]

You might try putting water bowls in different parts of the house - my Smudge likes being able to get a drink in the bedroom and the living room as well as in the kitchen. The more he drinks, the more he'll pee, and the more he pees, the easier it gets.

If it's stress, in the short term you might get him a bit of catnip - that cheers most cats up. In the long term, consider getting a Feliway/Safe Space plugin. It's kind of like Kitty Incense that mimics their natural "This is good, home, calm" scent hormone, and humans usually don't smell it. I have a particularly acute sense of smell, and to me it smells very lightly of coconut and cedar - pleasant and soothing to me too.

Love, Columbine

[Hellojosie]

The Albon was prescribed on Saturday, before our vet was able to take a urine sample. From what I've read on it it's supposed to help with bacterial infections in the genitourinal tract (I may have misspelled that), so I'm assuming the vet figured he has a bacterial infection. The urine tests were done yesterday and we're waiting for the results- I guess she will prescribe something different if the Albon won't be effective as she thought it would.

Stewie is doing better overall though- yesterday he went in the box, did his business, and was out in normal time. He seems to be having less difficulty peeing now. And he's been drinking like normal too- he loves to drink from the tap in my bathroom and he's done that every time I'm home & in the bathroom these past few days. I'll definitely try the catnip trick too- Stewie gets nice and mellowed out when he has catnip, so that's a really good idea.

[Catlady711]

The Albon was prescribed on Saturday, before our vet was able to take a urine sample. From what I've read on it it's supposed to help with bacterial infections in the genitourinal tract (I may have misspelled that), so I'm assuming the vet figured he has a bacterial infection. The urine tests were done yesterday and we're waiting for the results- I guess she will prescribe something different if the Albon won't be effective as she thought it would.

Stewie is doing better overall though- yesterday he went in the box, did his business, and was out in normal time. He seems to be having less difficulty peeing now. And he's been drinking like normal too- he loves to drink from the tap in my bathroom and he's done that every time I'm home & in the bathroom these past few days. I'll definitely try the catnip trick too- Stewie gets nice and mellowed out when he has catnip, so that's a really good idea.

Thanx for answering my question. I was just curious about it because Albon is not a drug our dr's grab for first with UTI's, I guess every vet is different. Glad Stewie is doing better anyways, it's no fun having a sick kitty.

[Hellojosie]

We got the test results from the urinalysis tonight...and as it turns out Stewie has crystals in his urine. So, I guess that would explain everything we've been going through the past week. I'm not really sure what this means other than we have to go to the vet & pick up special food for him that we'll be feeding him for a month.

Has anyone else had this problem? How serious is it? Also I'm conerned about the special diet since we also have Ollie...the vet said Stewie is not to eat anything but the special food, so that means we'll have to put Ollie's "normal" food away all day. Ollie weighs less than 7 lbs so I'm a little worried about him wasting away...does anyone have any suggestions for how to deal with feeding the cats 2 different foods??

[ratdogg]

I personally have never had first hand experience with this problem, but i'm glad your vet was able to get a clear diagnosis. I googled crystals in cat urine and this site http://www.holisticat.com/FusFaq.htm had a pretty decent explanation. Maybe there is something there that you can add to your new collection of urine crystal info