Alani Has To Go To The Vet: Update 7/14/11 11:08pm

[krazyaboutkatz]

I noticed last night that Alani was straining while using the litter box and I thought he was maybe just a bit constipated. I was wrong he was only peeing in small amounts. I've been through this before with some of my cats so I tried not to panic. I decided to watch him and although he's eating well and acting pretty much normal he's still jumping into the litter box a lot more than usual and only peeing in very small amounts.

My vet is always booked so I called and left a voice mail with her around 1pm and her assistant called me back a little before 2pm. She's able to squeeze me in today at 3pm. I hope that it's nothing too serious. He and Blaze have been eating Chicken Soup For The Cat Lovers Soul in the Light Formula because they both need extra fiber due to having very sensitive tummies. It does have rice and few other grains like oats and barley which I'm not crazy about but they just didn't do well on grain free foods. I also had to stop giving them any canned food because they would get diarrhea and it would get all stuck to their fluffy bottoms. I know it's not a good idea to feed cats only dry food so this is most likely why Alani is having problems. I feel like a very bad kitty mom right now.

Has any one tried adding Metamucil to their cats diet? I'm going to ask my vet about this so that hopefully I can add it to their canned food and they'll then be okay with it. Please send Alani some good vibes. I'll update you about him later today. Thanks in advance.

[Freedom]

Since it is 5 PM here, took me moment to figure out. Wow your vet has Sunday hours, lucky you and lucky Alani.

Prayers for recovery for Alani, he can't feel 100% with this.

Don't know about Metamucil, but a bit of canned pumpkin works.

[phesina]

Prayers and healing energies for Alani, that all will soon be well.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Yes, my vet works from Sun.-Wed. and the vet hospital is also an emergency hospital so it's always open. My vet does surgeries on Mondays but she said that she's been having neck problems lately so she's stopped doing surgeries all day on Mon. so she can see some patients.

Well Alani was a very good boy and he hardly cried at all in the car. He only weighs 12.13lbs which is less than I thought he weighed. He feels so solid to me. I guess he looks so large because of all of his fluff. His bladder was very small and empty of course so my vet couldn't get a urine sample. She said she didn't think that he had crystals because she didn't feel anything gritty on his pee pee area and that his penis was pink like it should be and not purple.

She thinks he may be a bit irritated so he was given some sub-q fluids to help to flush him out and some buprenex for pain. If he's still not doing well then he needs to see her again either on Mon. or Tues. I always line my cat carriers with the puppy pee pee pads in case of accidents/car sickness etc. When I got home, Alani had peed on the pee pad and it was bloody. I called and left another voice mail message for my vet but I haven't heard anything back yet. I tried to look at his pee pee area again and it doesn't even look red or sore or even bloody. He also peed a little in the litter box and it didn't look bloody either. I'm very confused about all of this.

I asked my vet about Metamucil and she said it would make things worse and that it's for constipation. I read online that it can be used for both but I won't try it without her approval. She told me to try to give Alani and Blaze a little canned food mixed mostly with water and that this should help. This would also help to give Alani more needed water. I sure hope this works. More positive vibes are needed. Thanks.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I just called back again and Alani wasn't even given any buprinex. I was supposed to pick it up at their pharmacy. I talked to my vet's assistant and he said to just monitor Alani and to call him back tomorrow morning to let him know how Alani is doing. He said it sounds like he's just irritated from straining so the blood should be a one time thing. I just need to make sure he continues to eat, drink, and pee. Luckily I'm off Mon. & Tues. so I can monitor him closely and if needed I can bring him back in any time too.

[phesina]

More prayers and good wishes and healing energies for dear Alani.

[Freedom]

He only weighs 12.13lbs which is less than I thought he weighed. He feels so solid to me. I guess he looks so large because of all of his fluff.

As I was reading, I thought, "it's all that fluffy coat!"

Continued prayers for healing for dear FLUFFY Alani!

[Anikaca77]

I hope Alani feels better soon. It's no fun having bladder issues for cats or humans.

I'll continue my prayers for Alani and for you as well.

Melissa

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks so much everyone. Poor Alani was still peeing very little last night and the only time I actually saw him pee was this morning it was also just a little pee biscuit. Blaze did one that was at least 3 times the size of Alani's. I didn't end up picking up his Buprenex until almost noon and then I went to Pet Club to get some litter that was on sale and some more of the Chicken & Turkey Wellness canned. Last nights and this mornings Chicken Wellness mixed with lots of water went over very well with A & B.

I probably didn't give Alani his first doseage of Buprenex until maybe 1:30ish or so. So far it's just seemed to relax him but it hasn't seemed to make him dopey or dizzy which is good. I have been in and out all day though so I don't know how many other times he's tried to pee. He doesn't seem to need to go as urgently as he did yesterday though. I had to then return some things and then I got my car smogged and luckily it passed. The man saw that I had a leather cat head on my key chain and we started talking about cats. He loves cats but his wife is very afraid of them. He's from Turkey and he used to have an odd eyed Turkish Van cat when he was young. He said he has a 5 year old son and he can't wait until he gets a bit older so then both he and his son can tell his wife that they want a cat. I told him to just bring a kitten home and tell his wife that he found it on the side of the road and that it needs their care. Who couldn't fall in love with a kitten.

Thanks again for all of the well wishes and prayers. I hope that I'll see an improvement in Alani by tomorrow. He's such a good boy.

[krazyaboutkatz]

At around 6pm, I noticed that Alani started jumping in and out of the litter boxes again and he was making very tiny pee biscuits again. My vet only worked until 5pm today so I called the vet hospital and I spoke to a vet tech about what's been going on with Alani. She told me that I should bring him in just to be on the safe side. He'd be an urgent care case.

I got there at around 7:30pm or so and they brought us back to a room immediately to check his bladder. His bladder was empty again and then I was told that there were two emergency cases ahead of me so it could take a while to be seen. Luckily we were able to wait in the room so Alani could relax without having any dogs around.

We were seen at about 8:45pm or so and the vet said that he should have more sub-q fluids. I also learned that his condition could take 5-7 days to improve. She also said that I could give him the Buprenex up to 3-4 times a day. I'll be going back to work so that won't be happening. I got out of there around 9pm and he was a bit restless on the way home. His pee pad was a little wet but I think it was from some of his sub-q fluids. The vet tech was able to give them to him while he sat in the carrier.

Storm smelled him and he started hissing and one of my other cats had thrown up a big hairball on the kitchen floor. I then gave Alani his pain medicine and then I fed everyone. Later on Alani was lying on his back in the hall way and he was very relaxed. The vet did say that by giving him more sub-q fluids that he'd get better faster. I wish that my vet had told me this so then I could've bought a bag of fluids and then given them to him as needed. I sure hope that he'll start improving now. Thanks again for all of the prayers.

[Catty1]

Prayers for sweet Alani!

[Pinot's Mom]

Time to get better now, Alani, this is enough!

[Cataholic]

Male cats amd pee pee issues are so scary! I hope he continues to improve.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks again everyone. So far he's been doing great. I gave him the last of the Buprenex this morning so I hope that he'll be fine from now on. If not I'll have to get a refill. He really wanted a lot of loving tonight. He's a hugger, a lap cat, and big lover.

[katladyd]

Oh, I am so happy for both of you!!! Give all your precious babies hugs from me!