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Zita'sMom
post Apr 9 2009, 01:11 PM
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My thread is at Goodbye Rosie Goodbye Family, but I really need all your prayers.

My last 5 year old cat Zeus cat threw up late last night and wasn't purring so I knew he wasn't feeling well. He didn't eat this morning so I phoned the vet. He was acting totally normal until late last night.

He has a urinary blockage and is undergoing surgery. He is 5 years old. I've had a lot of losses, and I really need him to pull through this. The vet said that he may have kidney damage. He appeared really healthy until this.

Unfortunately it's a long weekend and they need me to decide whether to bring him home, to leave him at a different vet's office, one I've never been to, or take him to another city for 24 hour hospitalization. The local vet's office does not have 24 hour surveillance, and I'm tempted to bring him home. But on the other hand, I'm not sure about what complications there could be - does anyone have advice on this?

Need some advice quickly...

thanks

Jan.
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post Apr 19 2009, 09:46 AM
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The first vet was all about selling me the food, but the second and third vets were very clear that moisture was the single most important element about his diet. Cheap wet food he'll eat is better than dry healthy food he won't eat. They suggested I add water or even low sodium chicken broth to his wet food. One vet suggested adding a little clam juice, but since I think that's gross beyond words (childhood prank, long story) I was relieved Rohan thought it was gross too.

Until last summer, I had never even heard of urinary blockages, despite having lots of male cats. But we only fed them wet food. I think that's the key. Most dry food now is just carbohydrates (corn meal, etc.) that cats don't have the digestive tract to digest properly. (The person who invented dry cat food in the 1950s based the ingredients on a human diet.) Cats' digestive tract is way too short to break down grains -- their natural diet is nearly all small animal protein.

I do feed them some dry food, but I switched to Natural Instincts, which is grain-free. The wet vet food -- I may as well have been opening the can and scooping it into the trash. Since I have four cats, and have little control over who eats what, I had to put everybody on it, and all four looked at me night after night, "Are ya kiddin' me??" So now they get Friskies and Meow Mix wet. As I said, I want to move them to an raw diet -- I should get some discipline back for another attempt.

Make sure lots of water is available, and indulge them with running water. I have three bowls around the house, and both my boys have me well-trained to turn on the faucet and let them drink from a thin stream of water. Also, I tore apart a small tabletop fountain and set the pump in the bottom of one bowl with a little piece of plastic tubing so it shoots up a little stream of water. That's their favorite bowl to drink from -- the noise attracts them.


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- Zita'sMom   Need Advice Quickly - Zeus Has A Urinary Blockage   Apr 9 2009, 01:11 PM
- - patricia   i had the same problem with my cat riley . i would...   Apr 9 2009, 01:25 PM
- - goliath   QUOTE (Zita'sMom @ Apr 9 2009, 02:11 ...   Apr 9 2009, 03:13 PM
- - Zita'sMom   Hi Patricia, Beth Thank you both for the advice. ...   Apr 10 2009, 12:43 AM
|- - Nemo's Mommy   QUOTE (Zita'sMom @ Apr 10 2009, 12:43...   Apr 10 2009, 09:04 AM
|- - Zita'sMom   QUOTE (Nemo's Mommy @ Apr 10 2009, 10...   Apr 10 2009, 11:38 PM
- - patricia   hi jan! im so happy you decided to leave zeus ...   Apr 10 2009, 11:58 AM
|- - Zita'sMom   QUOTE (patricia @ Apr 10 2009, 12:58 PM) ...   Apr 10 2009, 11:41 PM
- - Bue's Mommy   Hi Jan, sorry for ringing in so late here. I had t...   Apr 10 2009, 05:32 PM
|- - Zita'sMom   QUOTE (Bue's Mommy @ Apr 10 2009, 06...   Apr 10 2009, 11:45 PM
|- - patricia   He will be on preventative food for the rest of hi...   Apr 13 2009, 12:18 PM
||- - Zita'sMom   QUOTE (patricia @ Apr 13 2009, 01:18 PM) ...   Apr 14 2009, 03:03 AM
|- - Bue's Mommy   QUOTE (Zita'sMom @ Apr 11 2009, 12:45...   Apr 16 2009, 01:31 AM
|- - Zita'sMom   QUOTE (Bue's Mommy @ Apr 16 2009, 02...   Apr 16 2009, 10:40 AM
- - Grieving in Michigan   I'm glad Zeus made it through the surgery. Ho...   Apr 10 2009, 07:34 PM
|- - Zita'sMom   QUOTE (Grieving in Michigan @ Apr 10 2009, 08...   Apr 10 2009, 11:55 PM
- - Furkidlets' Mom   So sorry, Jan, I missed all of this latest with yo...   Apr 11 2009, 10:10 AM
|- - Zita'sMom   Hi F's mom Thanks for all the resources. I am...   Apr 12 2009, 01:28 PM
- - Zita'sMom   Hello all. Thanks for the support, and at the mom...   Apr 12 2009, 01:17 PM
- - sissycat   Just wanted to say hello and I'm coming in lat...   Apr 12 2009, 02:53 PM
- - toonie   That certainly sounds like the news we were hoping...   Apr 12 2009, 04:33 PM
- - Mink&WillowsMom   Hi all, my Rohan had blockage last August, hospita...   Apr 18 2009, 12:48 AM
|- - Zita'sMom   QUOTE (Mink&WillowsMom @ Apr 18 2009, 01...   Apr 18 2009, 11:55 PM
- - Mink&WillowsMom   The first vet was all about selling me the food, b...   Apr 19 2009, 09:46 AM
- - Furkidlets' Mom   Please see this and this, as well as these: ...   Apr 19 2009, 12:40 PM
|- - Zita'sMom   Hi F's Mom Thanks for all the resources. I h...   Apr 22 2009, 10:55 PM
- - Mink&WillowsMom   FABULOUS NEWS!!! I'm going to sha...   Apr 22 2009, 11:10 AM
|- - Zita'sMom   QUOTE (Mink&WillowsMom @ Apr 22 2009, 12...   Apr 22 2009, 10:58 PM
- - Nemo's Mommy   Hey Jan, Hope Zeus is doing well! I would ju...   Apr 24 2009, 02:56 PM
|- - Zita'sMom   QUOTE (Nemo's Mommy @ Apr 24 2009, 03...   Apr 25 2009, 11:19 PM
- - Furkidlets' Mom   Some really good info. there, NM, for Jan's co...   Apr 24 2009, 03:42 PM
- - Nemo's Mommy   Ahhhh..... that is very good information, also...   Apr 24 2009, 06:26 PM
- - Nemo's Mommy   Well, and I got slightly off the subject there wit...   Apr 24 2009, 06:45 PM
- - AngelCareOne   jan! oh my gosh! i am reading as fast as i...   Apr 25 2009, 07:45 PM
|- - Zita'sMom   QUOTE (AngelCareOne @ Apr 25 2009, 08:45 ...   Apr 25 2009, 11:22 PM
|- - AngelCareOne   {{{{{Jan}}}}} All that is gosh awful! I'm ...   Apr 26 2009, 01:40 AM
- - Nemo's Mommy   Oh Jan, I am sorry things are so rough right now....   Apr 28 2009, 04:45 PM


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