My boy cat (who is the absolute apple of my eye and furry soulmate) has been very ill for the past week.
He had a UTI which was treated but then became a blocked urethra.
Last week he was taken into the vets for 3 days and catheterised and put on a drip. He came home at 6pm on Friday looking still quite poorly, by 11am Saturday we were rushing him back to the vets as he seemed more and more ill. Didn't want to move very much, not eating and his 3rd eyelids were almost half closed.
On Saturday morning the vet was starting to talk about putting him to sleep (we were heartbroken) however things seem more positive now.
His bloods have shown his kidney function has massively improved - one marker is normal and the other is only slightly raised.
The vet said the catheter went in much easier this time so may not be a blockage this time but spasms from previously having a catheter in.
Since they started him on antibiotics on Saturday he has become more perky, they have found out he has anaemia probably a result of the underlying UTI so are treating that. He still hasn't eaten yet but hoping he will today.
He is only 5 years old.
I made the mistake of consulting Google and came across a page which just had lots of people from the US on it who had all lost their cats this way.
Does anyone have any experience of a younger cat going through this?
Did yours recover or did you have to PTS?
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Boy cat has a blocked urethra...any experience?
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wheresmymojo · 21/06/2021 11:36
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