need famous lounge vibes for my cat & ms wonderful

[irisblue]

i posted the main info in the pets forum. magik, still is having great difficulty urinating. i'm researching how to manually express a male cats bladder, if he cannot resume urinating on his own, we will have to make some sad and hard decisions. ms wonderful, my partner, is his chosen person. she will be very upset. majiks' mother, mojo will be upset too, and of course, i'd rather he not leave for the rainbow bridge so soon. thanks irisblue

[TuxedoKat]

1. Sorry to hear about your kitty

magik. You might ask on this yahoogroup, the people there are pretty knowledgeable:

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CatVet/?yguid=475494935

Probably there is something in the archives or files re this subject too.

Good luck! Hugs, prayers and vibes for your kitty, majik.

[LoveMyCali]

2. Vibes for all of you

and sincere wishes for recovery for poor Magik.

[cliffordu]

3. You'd better get Majik to a vet,RIGHT NOW!

Crystals form in the urethra of male cats, (and some females) and it is a fatal condition unless treated ASAP.

I cannot stress this too much.

Your cat needs serious help. Now.

It can be cured but it will be expensive.

[irisblue]

5. back from the third visit in 3 days

he started complaining, loudly and while looking directly at me on friday am. off to vet... pain meds, urinalysis, xrays showing a left kidney stone. saturday afternoon, no urine output for 24 hours, so back to the vet. follow ups , stone really isn't moving, blood and urine look fine, higher test pain meds. 24 more hours, still no urine output, litter pan dry. off we go for the 3rd visit. oh yeah, i know this could be serious

[cliffordu]

7. Sorry for yelling -

Glad you are doing everything you can.

[irisblue]

8. no worries! you spoke from concern for majik, totally understandable!

and righteous.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

10. Seconded

If you wait until he can't pass any urine at all, there's a very good chance it will be too late.

In my family we've had this happen with two cats. We lost one (he was 3 years old) the other one was lucky, but he went through a very painful recovery and now has to eat a special diet.

On edit- I didn't read the whole sub-thread. It sounds like you may have a different problem, but just to be on the safe side, check the labels on the cat food you buy. If there is more than 3% ash, it can lead to urinary blockage, and males are particularly susceptible.


And vibes for your cat- hope he pulls through.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. Healing and coping vibes for all and a hopeful nickname - magik "i.p. freely" wonderful!!

[irisblue]

6. more vibes please?

the er vet taught us how to manually express majiks bladder. the vet seemed happy we wanted to learn how to do this. it was easier then i would have guessed. it works best for him and therefore me when he's had his high test cat pain meds an hour before we start & he looks really stoned. we're gonna keep doing this until what ever is keeping his bladder in spasm stops causing the problem. we did change his food, so i hope it happens soon. every 6 to 8 hrs for the next several days. big paw prints in my heart.

[Kaleva]

9. I hope the best for magik!

[applegrove]

11. Get the to the vets asap. My cat was having trouble urinating. I took him to the vet and they said

he had crystals blocking his urethra. They operated. He was fine for years afterwards. My brother went on vacation and his roomate noticed the cat wasn't urinating, or unrinating in the wrong place and left it a week. It was too late. Just as we were about to bring the cat to the vet he died. This is a serious issue for male cats.

[irisblue]

12. we've been.

the vet thinks he's having bladder spasms since the 2 urinalysis haven't show crystals so far. thanks for being concerned, i know you have cats, and we do get worried about them.

[irisblue]

13. it worked!

and i'm soo happy. i bet majik is too.....it couldn't haven't been too much fun to have me trap him, medicate him, then an hour later, squeeze the urine out of him. thanks for the vibes and good wishes, and as MFM stated he's "i.p. freely" again.

[MerryBlooms]

14. Yay!

Poor majik and poor you. So traumatic when our little fur ones are ill. Congrats to you both and here's hoping neither of you have to go through that again.
for you both.