Oscar - tummy problem

[Catty1]

katladyd - the vet seems confident that the diet change will do the job. Of course, I will be keeping a close eye on my boy (and the other boy and girl!).

Oscar had a bout with idiopathic cystitis a year or two after I got him - about a year after Cole joined the household. The two of them got along well, but as the vet said, even good stress is stress. There were virtually no crystals at the time, but a fair bit of blood. The vet agreed to try Feliway instead of antidepressants, and it worked!

So it's been about 5 or 6 years since there was any trouble. I'll be more diligent from now on.

I'll update tomorrow when he (hopefully) gets home!

Gayle, any emergency clinic was not only too far but sadly extremely unaffordable for me. If Oscar had not relaxed more and seemed more comfy last night, I would have gone in.

Thanks, everyone.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so glad that you were able to take him to the vet this morning. I didn't realize that he was blocked. How scary. I hope that the his new diet will do the trick and that he won't need any medication or PU surgery in the future. I still believe that since cats don't drink enough water that they need to also have canned food daily along with their dry food. This has worked out very well for my Storm who used to have crystals. He was blocked twice and needed PU surgery too. I hope that Oscar will feel better soon. Lots more prayers and positive thoughts are being sent his way.

[Catty1]

Oscar had his recheck today. Tiny bladder, which was good!

In a month to 6 weeks, I have some stuff to put in a clean litter box that he can pee in, then I take that stuff in to be checked.

My boy is getting old....

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so glad to hear that he's doing much better. Now hopefully his new diet will agree with him and he'll continue to remain a healthy happy cat.