Lexie has another UTI...

[catnapper]

Poor Lexie. I know Pouncer gets sick when he's stressed, so its entirely reasonable to think stress is causing Lexie's troubles. Prayers going out that she gets relief soon.

[carole]

Thanks everyone, Lexie seems a lot happier now thanks to the painkillers, will get test results this afternoon, fingers and paws crossed all will be ok, yes it does appear it could be stress related as she only started getting them when the other two kitties arrived, i have put a litter box upstairs for her in our bedroom as well as downstairs as the other kitties use the downstairs one too, well i have not seen nikki use it but Ellie-Mae does quite often, if it is caused through that i am not sure how to handle it as it will be ongoing, as the kitties are here to stay, and this could become very upsetting for her and very expensive as well, just have to hope all will come right, or we can de=stress her with the help of medication if need be.

[kimlovescats]

Poor Lexie and poor mommy! I hope she clears up quickly!

[carole]

Lexie does have crystals, so we have to put her on the Science Diet to dissolve them, she is allowed nothing else, that is gonna be hard with four kitties pinching each other's food,not to mention the cost has more than doubled for her food, but she is worth every bit of it, but it is worrying with three other mouths to feed,but we will manage, just have to think positively eh? at least it is not stress related according to the vet, they are the struvite cyrstals, sorry not sure on the spelling.

[Catty1]

An idea...if Royal Canin SO is less expensive, it also dissolves crystals, and see what your vet thinks. It might be easier to put everyone on the same food...and as they eat less (it's a better food), it might work out not much more expensive in the long run.

(See the debate under the Cat Food thread in Cat General!)

[catcrazylady]

I'm so soorry poor Lexie is having trouble again. I hope the meds and the food will have her cleared up real soon. I know how much it hurts when I have one of those nasty things!

[carole]

Yep me too, my daughter had them for years as well, now i have a cat with it, i have looked at putting all cats on better quality food but it worked out double, i simply cannot afford that, and yes i do know they eat less, but it is still too expensive, i have wondered about royal canin, i was quite impressed by it and i think it could be a bit cheaper too, will ask her about that,i was just making ends meet as it was, and the kitties were on the most expensive ones you can buy from the supermarket, Purina One blends which has cranberries in them, just started those, and Excellence by virbac,so i thought i was doing rather good considering my two extra kitties, still i will be putting Lexie on them don't worry about that,i sure hope she likes them as she loves her excellence, and i will have to feed kitties in morning and put it away until evening, so it will be better to beable to monitor their feeding more i guess and they might get a bit slimmer as well lol.