A&T
Adult Guinea Pig
Took my Bella cat to the vets today after a long weekend of her trying to wee in strange places constantly for about 10 minuets every 3 hours or so.
Anyway, I desperately didn't want to take her in! She cry's all the way there and then all the way back, its really distressing. I've tried putting the radio on & covering her up so shes less stressed, but nothing works. I had a little wobble this morning when she clung onto the stairs for dear life when I was trying to get her in the cat carrier, I got really upset and just wanted to cry :'(!
Got to the vets anyway, after a lot of meowing and a wee in the cat carrier! The verdict wasn't great...
She was recently diagnosed with Renal failure, which we've been treating with renal food. However, she has a massive infection.
When the vet felt her bladder he said it was really swollen and when he was pressing it, she was weeing a little all over the place. Anyway he took her out back and drained the fluid, and said that when he was draining it blood clots were coming out and so was blood?!?! I was instantly filled with this massive sense of...doom :/! He said that her bladder walls were really thick and her kidneys were swollen too. The worry is that she could have a blood clot blocked her urine track which is stopping her for weeing, he gave her three injections and said if shes on better by this afternoon I should let him know and he'll have to do an operation to flush out the bladder.
He also said that it could be caused by the renal problem, sometimes cats with renal problems can just get infections constantly. Or he said it could be because she holds it in for so long. We've just got a cat litter trey because she hates going out, she will only go out like 2 times a week, to wee and have a poo and even then she only goes out if me or my mum stand in the garden with her. She's got really poor eyesight so she gets scared when she hears the slightest noise outside and runs back in.
He said that she may need to have injections every 2 weeks to keep infection down! Which because he knows my background of working in a vets he said he would let me do it at home because she gets really stressed out when taken to the vets. This worries me slightly, I've given injections before, but never to my own cat, and never in my own house. I give my kitten daily medication of liquid straight into the mouth but hes easy and jumps up on the table waiting because hes had it for so long. Last time I had to give Bella painkillers she got so stressed out she was going mad with twitchy back syndrome and would hide behind the sofa, it was ridiculous! I worry that I wont be able to do it, and she might feel a victim in her own home, and he even more scared of everything around her than she already is!
Taking her into the vets every 2 weeks is a horrible thought too, I reply on my Grandad or my OH but my OH has a 'show car' and values it highly, and Bella's the type of cat that will wee and poo in the cat carrier, and he doesn't want her pooing and weeing on the back seats if it leaks out. I couldn't take her in a cab because of the same weeing and pooing problem and she meows all the way to and from. Its just difficult really I'm really unsure on what to do. In a way I want to get her use to going into the vets as she'll probably have to go in there a lot when her renal problem gets really severe.
Does anyone else give injections to their cats at home? How do you find it?
I'm such a wreck at the moment, I want to be strong for her because I don't want her to get any sad feelings from me, but I could cry... I just want her to be better now. Especially as she gets so stressed out about the whole thing. I want to sit and cuddle her and cry until she's better
Anyway, I desperately didn't want to take her in! She cry's all the way there and then all the way back, its really distressing. I've tried putting the radio on & covering her up so shes less stressed, but nothing works. I had a little wobble this morning when she clung onto the stairs for dear life when I was trying to get her in the cat carrier, I got really upset and just wanted to cry :'(!
Got to the vets anyway, after a lot of meowing and a wee in the cat carrier! The verdict wasn't great...
She was recently diagnosed with Renal failure, which we've been treating with renal food. However, she has a massive infection.
When the vet felt her bladder he said it was really swollen and when he was pressing it, she was weeing a little all over the place. Anyway he took her out back and drained the fluid, and said that when he was draining it blood clots were coming out and so was blood?!?! I was instantly filled with this massive sense of...doom :/! He said that her bladder walls were really thick and her kidneys were swollen too. The worry is that she could have a blood clot blocked her urine track which is stopping her for weeing, he gave her three injections and said if shes on better by this afternoon I should let him know and he'll have to do an operation to flush out the bladder.
He also said that it could be caused by the renal problem, sometimes cats with renal problems can just get infections constantly. Or he said it could be because she holds it in for so long. We've just got a cat litter trey because she hates going out, she will only go out like 2 times a week, to wee and have a poo and even then she only goes out if me or my mum stand in the garden with her. She's got really poor eyesight so she gets scared when she hears the slightest noise outside and runs back in.
He said that she may need to have injections every 2 weeks to keep infection down! Which because he knows my background of working in a vets he said he would let me do it at home because she gets really stressed out when taken to the vets. This worries me slightly, I've given injections before, but never to my own cat, and never in my own house. I give my kitten daily medication of liquid straight into the mouth but hes easy and jumps up on the table waiting because hes had it for so long. Last time I had to give Bella painkillers she got so stressed out she was going mad with twitchy back syndrome and would hide behind the sofa, it was ridiculous! I worry that I wont be able to do it, and she might feel a victim in her own home, and he even more scared of everything around her than she already is!
Taking her into the vets every 2 weeks is a horrible thought too, I reply on my Grandad or my OH but my OH has a 'show car' and values it highly, and Bella's the type of cat that will wee and poo in the cat carrier, and he doesn't want her pooing and weeing on the back seats if it leaks out. I couldn't take her in a cab because of the same weeing and pooing problem and she meows all the way to and from. Its just difficult really I'm really unsure on what to do. In a way I want to get her use to going into the vets as she'll probably have to go in there a lot when her renal problem gets really severe.
Does anyone else give injections to their cats at home? How do you find it?
I'm such a wreck at the moment, I want to be strong for her because I don't want her to get any sad feelings from me, but I could cry... I just want her to be better now. Especially as she gets so stressed out about the whole thing. I want to sit and cuddle her and cry until she's better