Who needs a Pee Cam when...UPDATE #13

[jazzcat]

Just got back from the vet with Rocky. After a BIG bill for a complete blood panel, urinalysis and cystocentesis in which all came back good I now have a prescription for liquid Prozac. At least we now know for sure that this is 100% behavioral and not a health issue. She did say Rocky was a little dehydrated and she wants me to work on getting to him drink or giving him canned food.

Right now Rocky is so stressed and upset. He'll probably hose down the whole house with pee.

I know this sounds kind of silly but may I request some PT prayers and positive thoughts that the Prozac will work for Rocky and help him to be less stressed and stop peeing? I need this to work for my health and sanity too.

[shais_mom]

Just got back from the vet with Rocky. After a BIG bill for a complete blood panel, urinalysis and cystocentesis in which all came back good I now have a prescription for liquid Prozac. At least we now know for sure that this is 100% behavioral and not a health issue. She did say Rocky was a little dehydrated and she wants me to work on getting to him drink or giving him canned food.

Right now Rocky is so stressed and upset. He'll probably hose down the whole house with pee.

I know this sounds kind of silly but may I request some PT prayers and positive thoughts that the Prozac will work for Rocky and help him to be less stressed and stop peeing? I need this to work for my health and sanity too.

absolutely!!
prayers on the way!
I'm so sorry Rocky and Clubber are doing this.
BIG HUGS!

[Moesha]

I hope that the medicine works wonders for Rocky. I know others that have had positive results rather quickly with this treatment.

[jenluckenbach]

I pray the medication helps Rocky relax and stop his bad behavior. Give him some time in the garage if that is what he likes most. Maybe if he is less stressed, the other cats will mellow some, too.

[catfamily]

i have sara on alprazolam 12 mills every 12 hours..
they gave me 25 mills and i cut them in half...
she is less stressed but still pees outside the box every so often...it is getting better each week.

it would be great to maybe walk Rocky on a body leash for 10-20 minutes a day...it works for my monty when he gets depressed being in the house.
they have good body leashes for cats...make sure it is nice and tight,secure and try it...first around the house...he'll hate it at first rolling around on the floor or cement/tar outside trying to remove it,but seeing that he is outdoors...he'll eventually stop.
while he is rolling around with the body harness...keep untangling the leash (so he doesn't hurt himself..it is really quick work) eventually he'll stop...i have tried it on a few of my cats...they all did the same thing...but stopped after finding out they were on the porch at the old house).just trying to see if they were candadates for the cat walking...most are not if they are scaredie cats and freak at any noise.then forget it b/c you'll lose 'em.
monty is really the only one i trust on a cat leash.he's mellow.lol

[jazzcat]

Well unbelievable! I went to the pharmacy to get the liquid stuff for Rocky and they told me it would cost $40 even though it's generic. My vet told me this should be a lot cheaper than the Clomicalm I had to have specially compounded for $35. Boy was she wrong. The pharmacist told me if I got the capsules it was on the $4 generic list so he's going to call my vet tomorrow and get a new prescription. I came home empty handed and I'm sure my vet will be confused because she told me today the liquid would me much easier to give Rocky in some food. Now I have to try to pill him, never tried that before.

I'll have to get it straightened out tomorrow and make another trip to the pharmacy.

[catfamily]

if they give you BIG pills...tell them you'll need the liquid after all because you'll nevr get a big pill down the poor kittys throat...it will be to much of a fight and he'll run from you every day.

[emily_the_spoiled]

I don't know if my experience will help you, but here goes. Oliver has been on Prozac for a couple of years and it has worked WONDERFULLY. He is a changed cat (for the better), but it does take while to kick in.

What I did was get the tablets and since they are scored in the middle you can cut them easily. I bought a tablet spliter at my local dollar store so I can cut the tablets to give him his dose. I then put them in the pill pockets and they go down the hatch like nothing. He even "reminds" me when I need to give them to him.

Prozac helped my house alot, I hope it does the same for your's.

If you want to talk about it you can PM me.

[orangemm]

At least you found out who the "pee-petrator" is!

[Laura's Babies]

So you have solved the issue of who is doing it while I was gone.. That is a BIG step in solving the problem.

We have tried a lot of different things on pilling Giz and what I have found that works the best is using can food as a TREAT, crushing the pill into a powder and mixing it with about 1/2 teaspoon of the can food. That is how I pill Amy, Boo and Giz and it works better than anything I have tried yet.

[jazzcat]

Okay, after talking to my vet and the pharmacy this morning it turns out the pharmacist working last night screwed up. He didn't read the dosage correctly and quoted me a price for 4 times as much as needed. In the end a months worth of the liquid will cost me $11.99, much better. My pharmacy doesn't have the tablets and the big capsules are 10 times the dosage needed so I can't use them.

That pharmacist was an older man I've never seen before. He may need to consider retiring soon if he making those kinds of mistakes.

[emily_the_spoiled]

I am glad you were able to straighten things out at the pharmacy.

The one thing I will tell you is that I started out on a lower dose, but I did have to increase it when I could tell that it wasn't working. So this will be a little bit of trial and error to get a dose that works for everyone.

Good luck

[Medusa]

Right now Rocky is so stressed and upset. He'll probably hose down the whole house with pee.

I know it isn't funny to you and it sure wasn't funny when it was happening in my household but the way you said it sure made me laugh. We'll send up prayers that the Prozac works quickly, easily and in peace.