Mischief help~

Home › The Daily Kitten Cat Chat Forum › Cats & Kittens › Mischief help~

Tagged: , , , , ,

Viewing 20 posts - 21 through 40 (of 59 total)
1 2 3
  • Author
    Posts
  • 15 September, 2011 at 7:04 pm #692481
    jcat
    Participant

    I’m so sorry to see this, KT, but really glad that sweet Mischief has been responding to the vet’s TLC, sending all good energies for Mischief to recover fully and come home soon. {{{KT and Mischief}}}

    16 September, 2011 at 12:57 am #692482
    Katenugget
    Participant

    WELL!!! This afternoon was another turn of events… he was not responding to the catheter and developed more stones, so the option was the surgery. I know it was very very VERY expensive, but I found no need or a will to end his life. So he had the operation and around 6:30pm they called and said it was successful and that hopefully he has good signs of recovery.

    19 September, 2011 at 9:02 pm #692483
    Katenugget
    Participant

    I wanted to update everyone on Mischiefs condition.

    He came home yesterday from the vet hospital. He has PU sugery and it went pretty well. So basically he is a no gender cat. But he is home, stuck with the cone for 10 days and then stitches remove on the 10th day. He is very sleepy, but I could only imgaine how much sleep her got the 4 days at the hospital. But I am glad that he is home and so far doing good. He does not have much control over his new part but with time he will.

    19 September, 2011 at 11:52 pm #692484
    Marnet
    Participant

    KT, bless you and Mischief. How heartbreaking to go through all this. Hope Mischief heals quickly and is healthy, comfortable and happy. Hope too that he will stop being afraid of the litter tray.

    One suggestion; I have experience with a cat who sometimes has litter tray avoidance issues. Don’t chase Mischief down to take him to the tray. Instead, start out by taking him every one or two hours when you can pick him up without having to chase. It’s okay even to wake him up for this. Or when he first wakes up and starts moving around, pick him up and take him. Give him lots of praise and petting. Don’t chase him down afterwards to give treats but just sweet talk him gently, go about normal routine and let him come to you. Keep up the sweet talk and when he comes around, give him a treat telling him what a good boy he is. The key is that he doesn’t feel chased but instead that being taken to the tray is something non-confrontational and loving. Easier said than done in practice I all too well know, but if you work at it with patience you eventually do get positive results.

    20 September, 2011 at 12:07 am #692485
    ecbrown
    Participant

    Thanks for the update. You have been through so much with Mischief. Here’s hoping he heals quickly. And we know you are still all boy, Mischief.

    20 September, 2011 at 8:57 pm #692486
    Katenugget
    Participant

    http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk114/Katenugget/ouch.jpg

    He is glad to be home, he is acting tons better. I cannot wait for him to regain his bladder muscles… because when he starts peeing he just goes and goes and ends up soaked in his own urine. I have not started the box training back up yet, I was waiting a few days to limit his stress.

    20 September, 2011 at 9:25 pm #692487
    ecbrown
    Participant

    Bless his heart!

    3 October, 2011 at 9:00 pm #692488
    Katenugget
    Participant

    OMG!! I am going to go crazy!!!!

    So he has recovered very well from his sugery and when he had his stitches removed he used the litter box all on his own. BUT this week starting this weekend at 5 am he peed on top of me as I was sleeping and on the floor under the bed and pooped on the couch!! What is with that! I am thinking they are upset with me, because I removed the auto feeders to moderate their food intake.

    Sigh… when I have a moment I am going to get a new type of litter. What would be the best kind? I am thinking about trying to crystal litter.

    I want to pull my hair out

    4 October, 2011 at 3:50 am #692489
    Rea5
    Participant

    Its okay he still might be gaining control of everything. He also might not be able to hold it as long as he used to. I would do for him what you do for a kitten. Just keep putting him in the litter box and try not to change too too much. Most cats don’t do well with change.

    4 October, 2011 at 7:56 pm #692490
    Katenugget
    Participant

    Thanks, I just put fresh litter in the box and he goes when I place him in the box. He has been holding it until the last moment possible and I think that explains the accidents. It was just strange because as soon as the stitches were out he used the box as normal until a few days ago.

    5 October, 2011 at 1:39 am #692491
    Rea5
    Participant

    I would watch him very very closely. Did the vet say what they think could possibly cause all the stones? To use the box normal for a few days and then have accidents tells me he might not be 100% feeling better.

    2 December, 2011 at 8:40 pm #692492
    Katenugget
    Participant

    Oh no!!

    Well Mischief is sick again!

    Just to remind what happened before, he was diagnosed with an anal glad infection and after he recovered from that he suddenly became ill with stones and they were reaccrring and he was having trouble being placed with a catheter. He had a PU surgery and was finally feeling better and well two months later after surgery he is back 🙁

    He struggles to urinate and they cannot pass a catheter and their soluti on is surgery or euthanizia. We choose the option to put him on antibiotices and they are giving him two oral doses and a injection and it has been one day and today when we scheduled surgery he decided to pee on me and next to me and quite a bit. So we have postponed the surgery and if he does not improve with just medication we will contiune monday with the proceedure.

    This is very hard, for he is still so young just barely two years old. We are planning to get pet insurance for this may happen again. But we know next time we may have to put him down. :((( I will keep updates, because the surgeon stated that he may have to be euthanized if something goes south during surgery if it results to that.

    I am very sad… I love my baby boy, he has to come home and finish teaching Friskcuit all the tricks of the trade.

    2 December, 2011 at 8:42 pm #692493
    Katenugget
    Participant

    As for the resoning for the stones… no idea all they could say was possibly that he was producing too much calcium.

    2 December, 2011 at 9:19 pm #692494
    ecbrown
    Participant

    I’m so, so sorry to hear this. Mischief pulls at my heartstrings when I see photos of him so I can only imagine how you feel.

    2 December, 2011 at 9:21 pm #692495
    Katenugget
    Participant

    The thing is when you see him you wouldnt even think that he is sick. Today at the vet he was purring and kneeding and giving all sorts of love. I cannot wait to visit again, if I could I would sleep with a sleeping bag in a visiting room.

    2 December, 2011 at 9:31 pm #692496
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Oh KT, I’m so sorry about Mischief 🙁 My Georgie has a similar problem with stones and had the same surgery about a month ago.

    I’m just curious; what are you feeding him? Some crytal formation can be prevented or lessened with diet.

    *gentle strokes and smooches for sweet Mischief*

    2 December, 2011 at 9:35 pm #692497
    Katenugget
    Participant

    I am kinda embarrassed and ashamed of myself about the food… I was feeding him the crystal formula diet made from HILLS but because of cost at the time from the 3,000 surgery when we ran out we got the storebrand purina that was labeled urinary track… I was a fool… but now I will be feeding him high end wet food for now on.

    2 December, 2011 at 9:39 pm #692498
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    KT, we all do the best we can for our cats. They know that & they love us for it. Mischief knows you love him, and he loves you back.

    If you aren’t already, try adding a little bit of water to his wet food, not so much that it turns into soup (most cats hate that texture). Anything that gets more water into him is good.

    Georgie had a vet followup today & the vet was explaining that some cats’ metabolism just predisposes them to form crystals, and there’s only so much we can do about it.

    5 December, 2011 at 9:50 pm #692499
    Katenugget
    Participant

    Alright I have no been on again and I apologize!

    Mischief was able to come home yesterday and is on an all wet food diet and multiple medications for the time being. What happened is still a mystery and the vets stuggle to explain his case. So they really thought that he would need to be euthanized, but we refused and suggested over night treatment with antibiotics and manual removal of his urin. The next day I was there to agree to performing sugery, it was all set and ready and suddenly he peed on me, the trouble was his urination he peed a big spot on my leg and then moved next to me and created a puddle on the floor. So we canceled the surgery and suggesting to continue the treatment for the next few days. So it appears to be working and he is able to urinate.

    He still stuggles and they even suggested that I may have to express him manually, because he dibbles and there is no flow. But even since he had the PU surgery he was never able to have a flow it was always just small amounts.

    So lets just cross our fingers he is able to pee on his own.

    5 December, 2011 at 9:56 pm #692500
    Kiplings_cat
    Participant

    I am glad to hear that he is urinating on his own!

    If he can urinate but has some difficulty emptying his bladder completely, would manually expressing him once or twice a day be an option? At least in humans, incompltetely emptying the bladder predisposes to bladder infections and a weak overstretched bladder. If he can pee on his own somewhat, then he is not dependent on you and you are just “helping’.

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 20 posts - 21 through 40 (of 59 total)
1 2 3
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.