Ashley's Vet Appt is Tonight - Back from vets - still spraying

[Anikaca77]

Tonight at 6:30 p.m. Ashley has a vet appt. to get a re-check since finding crystals in her pee and I'll be able to find out exactly what she said Ashley has in her pee.

Melissa

[Anikaca77]

Hi All-

Sorry it's been pretty crazy around my place. Ashley does have both types of crystals, more struvite crystals the the oxalate ones but she did have both.

The plan for right now is to take Ashley off the valium since I was only giving it to her once a day now and to feed all the cats Hill's Prescription food C/D multiformula.

For a 20 lb. bag the cost is $56.19 w/tax it's $59.56, they do accept coupons, which I printed one off from Hill's website (they have a $5 coupon ) and the grand total for just a 20 lb bag is $54.56

I wish I could find a tad cheaper cat food for everyone but I will do what I have to do. Claudia needs the cat food as well, since she still has a few crystals but it's not as bad as Ashleys. I bought a 4 lb bag just to try everyone out on it and everyone seems ok with it but man $60 each time is a lot of $$ when I was used to spending $32.85 for a 15 lb. bag which we just recently switched everyone to, to help slow down vet bills.

I had a luggage bag sitting out yesterday and Ashley peed on my bag and I got it at a yard sale a few years ago so I just tossed it out. I've been trying to keep Ashley in the bedroom with 2 other cats (the 2 she likes) and keeping the 3 boys who tend to harass her out in the living room/dining room and kitchen area and it's hard to keep doing that but if it helps her out I guess it's worth it.

I'm hoping she doesn't continue to spray more and more. She seems very happy when she's in the bedroom without the boy cats that harass her.

I just have to keep an eye on her and hopefully she stops, if she doesn't stop the peeing/spraying she'll have to have an ultrasound done to see if she has a bladder stone.

Please say a pray that things turn out well.

Melissa

[Pinot's Mom]

Prayers from MD - come on Ashley, you can work this out, honey!

Maggie and Pinot-girl

[katladyd]

I'm not a vet, but my Ming gets crystals (badly) from stress. He is on meds, but the Purina One for Urinary Tract Health has worked better for him than either the W/D, C/D, or S/D did for him. A plus is both me cats can eat it.

[Catty1]

If your experience is like mine, you will find that your kitties may actually eat less of the food...and when you think of the extra vet visits it might prevent, it becomes pretty cost-effective!

Best of luck with this...did the ver say how many days it might take for the food to begin dissolving the crystals?

With Oscar, the crystals were gone in a week...but then, he had just a few.

Prayers that all works out!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I hope that the new food will help both of your cats and that everyone will continue to like the taste of it. Hopefully the spraying will stop quickly too. Good luck.

[Anikaca77]

I asked the vet on Wed. when I had Apollo in there and she said wait about a month, unless I notice she's not doing well. This past Wed. she peed on the bathroom floor so for right now Ashley and a few of her other female step-sisters are chilling out in our one bedroom that has the bathroom attached to it and the other boys with maybe 1 or 2 girls are out in our living room/dining and kitchen area. The two boy cats just harass Ashley from time to time and I'm trying to keep her as calm as we can for now. She seems to be very happy with this new living arrangement so we will probably keep it up.

It's hard though because living in a one bedroom place it's hard to cut off space like this but it's what's best for her for now.

Thanks,
Melissa

If your experience is like mine, you will find that your kitties may actually eat less of the food...and when you think of the extra vet visits it might prevent, it becomes pretty cost-effective!

Best of luck with this...did the ver say how many days it might take for the food to begin dissolving the crystals?

With Oscar, the crystals were gone in a week...but then, he had just a few.

Prayers that all works out!