Question about Tilly - peeing a lot and drinking more but acting normal?

**tokolosh** · 08-09-2011, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by Nomilynn

I also wanted to say that she's not making more trips to the box than usual, it's just the volume that's changed, which I found interesting.

The purpose of kidneys is to concentrate your urine and recover some of the water in your system so it can be used for other things. When your kidneys aren't working as well as they could, that water recovery isn't as efficient as it used to be, so you pee out more of what you take in. Then you have to drink more just to keep up with your system's needs, and so on. That's why subq fluids can be so helpful for kidney cats.

**krazyaboutkatz** · 08-10-2011, 01:21 AM

I hope that whatever is causing this can be easily treated. My Storm started drinking a lot and he also makes large pee biscuits but he's on prednisolone which will cause this to happen. I e-mailed my vet about him drinking a lot more than usual and she said that as long as he wasn't loosing weight then I shouldn't be too concerned. He was loosing weight and I didn't even notice.

It turned out that he has hyperthyroidism. He's now on pills for this and is doing very well. I hope that everything will go well tomorrow. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent Tilly's way.

**TommyCat** · 08-10-2011, 05:14 AM

Hi, about a year and a half ago, my kitty had the same symptoms. A trip to the Vet with a senior bloodpanel and urinalysis confirmed a diagnosis of diabetes melllitus. She is on Lantus insulin and doing very well. I check her blood glucose daily. With the difficulty getting a urine sample, what about having the Vet do a cystocentesis, a procedure in which an uncontaminated urine specimen is removed from the urinary bladder using a needle.
Good luck today at the Vet.

**Nomilynn** · 08-10-2011, 09:30 PM

We just got home from the vet, and Tilly is doing well. He thinks it's most likely Type 2 diabetes because she is overweight, but after the blood work and urinalysis we will know more. The vet will call me tomorrow morning and go over the results and I will post an update then.

Please keep us in your prayers. Thanks <3

**krazyaboutkatz** · 08-11-2011, 11:37 AM

Prayers and positive thoughts are being sent to both of you.

**Nomilynn** · 08-11-2011, 12:24 PM

Tilly has diabetes. I will be going to the vet this afternoon to discuss what I have to do to manage it. I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed at the moment, but I will know more after I speak with the vet.