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[Bastet]

 George is a fuzzy vacuum. He eats constantly and is always hungry. He seems to be unable to poo. He tries to pee but only drips. Poor prince.

[TheoK]

 

[RageBeoulve]

George is a fuzzy vacuum. He eats constantly and is always hungry. He seems to be unable to poo. He tries to pee but only drips. Poor prince.

Sounds like the goofy guy ate something he shouldn't have to me.

['andersom']

George is a fuzzy vacuum. He eats constantly and is always hungry. He seems to be unable to poo. He tries to pee but only drips. Poor prince.

Hope you saw the vet asap. A cat not able to pee is at huge risk.

[Bastet]

Little prince is on an IV.  He has kidney stones. Poor pince. He comes home today. $500 billpor baby.

[RageBeoulve]

I passed a stone once. I thought I was dying.

[Bastet]

the bill is now closer to $700 AWROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


I think I am having pms I feel like crying.

[RageBeoulve]

If I wasn't a broke ass student i'd send money. I have none though. 

[renaeden]

Poor cat. What did the vet say about him not being able to poo? Can kidney stones affect that too?

[Bastet]

I think he can poo fine. It was the pee that was the probem. He stayed overnight, so they would have caught it if he couldn't poo. I'm glad Boy is home now.

['andersom']

Little prince is on an IV.  He has kidney stones. Poor pince. He comes home today. $500 billpor baby.

And, on diet food after this, because he may be prone to get them. You got him there in time, for cats not being able to pee can be lethally toxic very soon.

Did they operate on him, or have they "just" made sure the stones passed?

[Bastet]

Little prince is on an IV.  He has kidney stones. Poor pince. He comes home today. $500 billpor baby.

And, on diet food after this, because he may be prone to get them. You got him there in time, for cats not being able to pee can be lethally toxic very soon.

Did they operate on him, or have they "just" made sure the stones passed?

I think they said it was a urinary tract  infection. His penis was inflamed. Poor little guy. I change his water constantly and yes he is on a diet now. My poor baby.

['andersom']

Little prince is on an IV.  He has kidney stones. Poor pince. He comes home today. $500 billpor baby.

And, on diet food after this, because he may be prone to get them. You got him there in time, for cats not being able to pee can be lethally toxic very soon.

Did they operate on him, or have they "just" made sure the stones passed?

I think they said it was a urinary tract  infection. His penis was inflamed. Poor little guy. I change his water constantly and yes he is on a diet now. My poor baby.

Stick to the diet food, make sure he doesn't eat anything else, apart from what he catches on life food outside, if he happens to be an outdoor cat.
And be aware, the diet food is very rich, so he doesn't have to eat much of it. If that is a problem for him, you can ask for diet food with more "bulk" in it next time.
Make sure every one makes George keep his diet. Vets are less and less inclined to treat multiple stone infections in cats, because the operating treatment is so hard on cats.

With a diet, things can go really well though. My male cat had the same, a few months after I got him. He's now as fit as a fiddle. Though, he does put himself at risk, snatching food from the neighbours. It is good that winter is coming. Less open doors, time for him to loose weight and stick completely to his diet again.
My vet was less expensive, luckily.

[Bastet]

George is a greedy little vacuum and my mom has fed him just to shut him up. I tried to convince her to buy wet food, but he insisted we "couldn't afford" wet food. We could if she could have learned to ignore the whining for extra food. She always whines at me to get them off her back when she trained them it is "ok" to beg for food. They know they can get food out of her.

['andersom']

Wet food often contains a lot of water and wrong salts. Sirius is on a dry food diet. Diet especially for the bladder and urinal tract. Now he is on a "containment" diet. Before he was on a way more strict medical diet. The diet would solve the stones in his bladder. And, he got pain medication to make peeing less painful. Now the same solving stuff is still in the food, but, not as concentrated as before. Catching sparrows and mice will not do him any harm.

If your mum keeps spoiling George, and the problem reoccurs, the vet will probably tell you that putting down George will be the most cat friendly option.