I Just Got Back From The ER With Sunny!

**furrykidsmother** · 08-09-2005, 09:22 AM

Poor Sunny! Hope the meds do the trick and that he is feeling better soon. Hugs to both of you!

**Tubby & Peanut's Mom** · 08-09-2005, 09:43 AM

The pills should start working real soon now - if they haven't already. You probably know this already but you will usually be able to see a noticeable improvement within 24 hours, but his pee biscuits won't get completely back to normal for a few days yet.

Sure hope the results come back that it's only a UTI and nothing more serious.

**krazyaboutkatz** · 08-09-2005, 11:30 AM

Thanks again everyone.

Sunny slept on my pillow for part of the night and then he slept beside my legs. I could tell that he wasn't feeling well.

One of my furkids threw up a lot either during the night or early this morning. I sure hope it wasn't Sunny and if it was I hope that his body had already absorbed the pill that I gave him last night.
Sunny was extemely hungry this morning and was howling for his food which is his normal behavior so this is a good sign. He's also been drinking very well. He's still jumping in and out of the litter boxes and when I cleaned them there were many small little pee clumps no larger than the size of a dime and some were even smaller than that. I hope the antibiotics will kick in quickly and do there thing. I also hope that Sky will leave Sunny alone so he can rest. I told Storm to make sure that Sky doesn't bug Sunny while I'm gone. Thanks again.

**K & L** · 08-09-2005, 01:42 PM

Hopefully all will be well by the time you leave for AZ! I'm sure it will! If he keeps vomiting they may have to switch his antibiotics. Bo can't handle some, whereas others she can. Good luck!

**krazyaboutkatz** · 08-10-2005, 12:22 AM

Sunny's seems to be doing a little better and there's been no more throw up today so it may have been Storm or Sky. His urinalysis results were normal except that they had a small amount of blood in them. Luckily he has no crystals either. The vet feels that he may have the idiopathic form of FLUTD. This means that the cause is unknown. They also mentioned that he has a very small bladder.

I won't know the results of the culture test until about 3 more days or so and this should tell if or what kind of bacteria infection it is. Even if he has no bacteria in his urine, the vet said to keep giving him the antibiotics and if it's the idiopathic form then it will take about 7 days to see improvement. I sure hope it won't take this long.

I've been reading more about FLUTD and I'm already doing exactly what is recommended. I've stopped feeding my furkids just dry food. They now get dry mixed with wet and I also add some water to it to make it more moist. They have 3 large water dishes which I clean daily. I can't always reduce stress but I've been trying and this is another reason why I no longer have Cirrus.

What else can I do?