It's not as bad as it sounds, but we're worried about the little guy. This weekend, we noticed he was making an inordinate amount of trips to the litter box area, and never spending too much time in there. We kept an eye on him, and he continued to wander in and out his bathroom. However, he did pause to crash for a few hours of uninterrupted sleep. We tried to get him into the vet Monday, but they couldn't see him until Tuesday. When he copped a squat in my office this evening (which is unheard of for the very well-behaved Bot), we made the decision to take him to the animal hospital down the street.
They took him to the back when we first got there to make sure his bladder felt normal, which it thankfully did. I was worried he had an obstruction, which would have been some serious business. (The internet's great for getting us to assume the worst, isn't it?) So they ruled that out for the time being, and we eventually took him back to see the doctor. She gave him the once-over, and while she was talking to us The Bot flopped down to the floor and squatted over a heater vent against the wall. Joy grabbed him, but not before he squirted out a little puddle of pee with some swirly red in it. The doctor didn't seem too alarmed, so that put us at ease. In fact, she needed a Bot urine sample, so she collected it off the floor. It was compromised, she explained, but they may not be able to get another one out of him. Turns out they couldn't, so they ran some tests on that one.
It seems The Bot has some type of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease, but we're not yet sure what form it's taking. He's been put on a special diet (that he'll have to be on for the rest of his life), been given some pain medication and antibiotics, and he was also administered some fluids to help lower the concentration of his urine.
The food's expensive, but he wolfed down a whole bowl of it as soon as we got home, so at least he likes it. Now we have to figure out if we need to separate his food from the other cats', or if we'll just have to bite the bullet and feed all of them this stuff. We also have to wait and see if he improves. Tonight, he's still in and out of the bathroom. Poor guy.
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I have 8 non-FIV cats and a dog. Last Saturday I almost hit a cat in town. I stopped and called him. He came right over. I had my German Shepard in the pick-up and, other than curiosity and my dogs big, probing nose, we got home fine.
I isolated him in a room until tested. I was concerned about lekemia. He didn't have it, but he did have FIV. I've learned a bit about it since. He's very affectionate and healthy so I'm looking for a home for him with other FIV cats. It wouldn't be wise to ecpose him to the other cats. Just fishing. I won't advertise as lab sucking scum worry me. Thanks.
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