Constipated kitty? **UPDATE**

[Hellojosie]

Stewie was on his way home from the vet about a half an hour ago, meowing away furiously. They were able to get a urine sample this time to send off to the lab for tests, and the vet did say that he wasn't blocked up, so that's a good thing. She thinks his issues with peeing might even be caused by stress. We're to keep him on the Albon until we get the test results in a few days. I've been trying to watch him carefully but yesterday didn't catch him in the litterbox at all- which I guess is good & bad. At least he's not going in & out constantly anymore, but I'm still not sure he's actually GOING at all. He's still been acting fine otherwise too- eating, drinking, playing with Ollie, purring, etc...so at least he doesn't seem to be in any pain.

I'm hoping he'll be back to normal in a few more days with the Albon, but I guess the test results will tell us for sure if he's ok...

[Medusa]

This is so odd. He's not blocked but yet he's not peeing. Never heard of such a thing. But as long as you're watching him, what else can ya do?

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear that he isn't blocked. He may be very inflamed though and this is why when he pees it's in very small amounts. My Storm had this problem last week. He didn't end up having a UTI after all. He was put on Metacam for 3 days which was to help with pain and inflammation. It must have worked because he seems fine now. I hope that the Albon does the trick and that he continues to do well.

I've only heard of Albon being given to treat coccidia and I never knew it came in tablets.

[Hellojosie]

We're definitely keeping a close eye on him, at this point that's all we can do besides give him the Albon every day- and thankfully, Stewie has no problem taking pills. If I see anything suspicious in the litterboxes, back to the vet he'll go...but yea, for now all we can is wait for the test results and hope for the best!

[Catlady711]

Hmm, I didn't know Albon could be prescribed for a UTI in cats.

Unless I didn't read thouroghly, did the vet test the urine to see if it was a particular type of bacteria causing the problem that would be sensitive to Albon? If I read correctly they took urine to send in but gave you Albon tablets then and there before the results were back, or did I read incorrectly?

[columbine]

You might try putting water bowls in different parts of the house - my Smudge likes being able to get a drink in the bedroom and the living room as well as in the kitchen. The more he drinks, the more he'll pee, and the more he pees, the easier it gets.

If it's stress, in the short term you might get him a bit of catnip - that cheers most cats up. In the long term, consider getting a Feliway/Safe Space plugin. It's kind of like Kitty Incense that mimics their natural "This is good, home, calm" scent hormone, and humans usually don't smell it. I have a particularly acute sense of smell, and to me it smells very lightly of coconut and cedar - pleasant and soothing to me too.

Love, Columbine

[Hellojosie]

The Albon was prescribed on Saturday, before our vet was able to take a urine sample. From what I've read on it it's supposed to help with bacterial infections in the genitourinal tract (I may have misspelled that), so I'm assuming the vet figured he has a bacterial infection. The urine tests were done yesterday and we're waiting for the results- I guess she will prescribe something different if the Albon won't be effective as she thought it would.

Stewie is doing better overall though- yesterday he went in the box, did his business, and was out in normal time. He seems to be having less difficulty peeing now. And he's been drinking like normal too- he loves to drink from the tap in my bathroom and he's done that every time I'm home & in the bathroom these past few days. I'll definitely try the catnip trick too- Stewie gets nice and mellowed out when he has catnip, so that's a really good idea.