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2024-07-08
Looking for churu dupes since they have high phosphorus and I just started my bubba on his journey with his new renal treatment plan. I bought a 50 pack of churu before I knew his diagnosis 😅 He loves the gogurts and also soft chews, any recommendations? A little overwhelmed with figuring out the best alternatives
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2024-02-08
Following. My girl stopped eating Churus today and also won’t eat Hills KD dry kibble and I’ve tried other renal wet foods and she’s not a huge fan. She got ice cream today. Her creatinine is only 3.4, which the vet is apparently not worried about at all but she’s not eating much and I don’t know how long she can conti...
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2024-03-08
Definitely get a second opinion you treat the cat not the numbers. A cat with 3.4 might need more than one at 4.8 it’s how they are that really matters
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2024-03-08
Agreed. I am not happy with this vet and after talking to two other people in my city (which isn’t small) said they disliked this vet and she doesn’t listen and doesn’t do much. They suggested KD diet and wanted me to buy samples from them. Thankfully an acquaintance has KD and no longer uses it so she is giving me two...
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2024-03-08
I found this thread useful when looking for wet treats for my CKD cat https://www.reddit.com/r/RenalCats/s/FD5mxRSsKA
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2024-06-08
Thank you so much!
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2024-06-08
I really hope the best for your kitty and hope you can find solutions soon! If I hadn’t switched to a new vet, I would’ve never known that Homer had advanced ckd
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2024-06-08
My vet said to feed what they want if they are going on hunger strike which I agree with. My girl has had a great week so far and I’m pretty happy with how she’s doing
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2024-06-08
Tiki baby thrive and tiki silver comfort
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2024-07-08
[Most recent photo taken of Sassy on my computer. It's unrelated to her current behaviour, but I still prefer for people to know what she looks like while reading about her.](https://preview.redd.it/unwf8qv0tbgd1.jpg?width=1816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca194ab69cc31cddfd00565de5136210d134f01d) About a week ago I poste...
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2024-02-08
She sounds like she’s dehydrated (third eyelid showing while awake can mean dry eyes, and dehydration can cause some lethargy) and likely not eating enough. Does she like wet food or squeeze tube or broth treats? That would be a good way to get her some extra moisture and maybe entice her to eat. One of my boys love th...
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2024-03-08
I can't say for certain that it's *not* dehydration, and with how much she's interested in water currently it wouldn't surprise me if it was, but that said, her skin is still springy and snaps back into place pretty quickly when I pinch it which is supposedly a method you can use to gauge if an animal is dehydrated or ...
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2024-03-08
Can you call your vet to describe the behavior and see if they have advice or can fit you in sooner?
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2024-03-08
Tuesday was the earliest appointment that I was able to book with the vet that's been seeing her and is the most familiar with her history. I could always book for a sooner appointment with one of the other vets staffed there, however. I'm just... hesitant to do so because this appointment date has already been resch...
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2024-03-08
Aw I totally understand being anxious about her health. I also blanked on the fact that the 6th is just Tuesday. Eating and drinking well is good. Would your vet give advice on the phone, just in terms of gauging if her behavior is concerning based on her history? Also, is it hotter out where you are right now?
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2024-03-08
My stage 3 boy deals mostly with nausea and some constipation issues, but he has always been a very sleepy man, so it’s hard for me to say if he’s more drowsy now than before. He has gone through some eye issues, and I remember the vet telling me I should rarely see his third eyelid, so that’s what makes me wonder. But...
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2024-03-08
It *is* pretty hot in the region right now, or at least it is by the standards in Ontario, Canada; her being exhausted due to heat is one of the things my vet suggested as a cause for her lethargy when I was describing her symptoms to her before booking her Tuesday appointment (well, actually it was a theory for her ex...
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2024-03-08
Después de finalmente tener que decirle adiós a mi gatita ahora estoy buscando a alguien o algún lugar que necesiten del medicamento que me sobro, antes de que caduque. Now that I had to say goodbye to my cat, now I want to find someone or some place in need of some renal medicine before it expires.
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2024-03-08
It’s been since before the CKD stage 2 diagnosis and hasn’t gotten any better. She’s 14 and was initially diagnosed with a kidney infection that got better with an antibiotic. She’s on a probiotic from the vet and her urinalysis came back entirely clean, so is this behavioral? And why is her poop so smelly and still ...
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2024-03-08
Is she one a new diet? Sometimes a medicine can also upset stomach. Maybe something in the probiotic does not suit her. You could check for food allergies if recently changed diet. My cat was consistently on diarrhoea after the vet put him on hypoallergenic food as he had food allergies. The hypoallergenic food did not...
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2024-03-08
I would do a bloodtest and possibly an ultrasound to be clear.
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2024-03-08
Have you tried any foods geared towards “digestive” health or single, novel protein foods, or limited ingredient diets? My sweet departed IBD boy used to have such problems with his stools before we found a food that suited him. He was a big fan of both Royal Canin Digestive and Purina Pro Plan Sensitive Stomach diets...
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2024-03-08
The diarrhea requires a vet to solve. There's a good chance she has some sort of parasite. Bring a fecal sample for analysis. Regarding not using the box, there's a lot of reasons issues like this happen. For an older cat I'm thinking probably arthritis. Getting into the litterbox hurts. Try getting a low sided l...
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2024-03-08
Bring a fecal sample to the vet and ask about Tylan powder. It's a low dose antibiotic they'd safe for long term use and commonly used to treat chronic diarrhea in cats. My 20 year old cat with CKD has been taking microdoses of Tylan powder since 2022 and it had helped her tremendously. Good luck 🩵
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2024-03-08
How long was she on antibiotics? I can take time after to normalize the gut again. Best probiotic is Visbiome Vet. Does her vet think she could have IBD? Our CKD cat can’t eat the kidney diets they upset her stomach. Hang in there
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2024-03-08
This won't help the kitty, but you could put wee wee pads outside of the box to make cleanup easier. I have two senior cats - one with ckd who pees outside the box when she has a UTI and another who sometimes does his business outside the box because of arthritis. Does she have any mobility issues or pain?
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2024-03-08
About a week and then a shot at the vet for the kidney infection! She’s on visbiome now and has already been on two rounds of probiotics with her food daily 😭 it’s maybe the kidney diet, but it was happening before we put her on it
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2024-03-08
Thank you!! I literally have covered the floor in them lol!! She doesn’t appear to have any issues jumping up and down from places
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2024-03-08
Thank you!! I’ll ask them for sure
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2024-03-08
Do you think it could still be arthritis if she’s able to jump up to perches with relative ease/on and off the bed? I thought it could be that as well, but I’m unsure if that qualifies. Definitely taking in a poop sample though
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2024-03-08
I have a recently adopted 16 y/o ckd girl, and she also has litter box issues. (Arthritis, and mega colon, too) I tried the low entry senior/arthritis box, but she ignored it, and an under bed storage box that was cut down so she could enter easier. Neither of those worked well. I wound up buying Improvia washable pee ...
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2024-03-08
I haven’t yet!! My vet didn’t want to do it yet because of her CKD, and she’s had intermittent issues with this but nothing this consistent. She’s on the weruva phosfocused right now since it seems like she was throwing up her kidney diet food
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2024-03-08
Thank you!! It’s so much and I really appreciate the kind words
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2024-03-08
Probably not arthritis then. Are the litterboxes covered? My cats don't like covered litterboxes. You could try taking the covers off.
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2024-03-08
I’ll try this today thank you! It’s been covered since I got her
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2024-03-08
Stage 2 Kidney disease in 12 year old female. She is eating dry Royal Canin Renal diet only and won't touch the renal wet food at all. Is just the dry ( Which she really likes) enough? I saw wet food is better. She likes rain water for drinking which she has plenty of. Any recommendations or advice is appreciated. Tha...
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2024-03-08
Yes, just dry food is fine. My cat has always preferred dry food and even before his CKD diagnosis almost 4 years ago it was difficult to find a wet food that he would eat even in small quantities. Since his diagnosis he has had renal kibble available 24/7 and I offer him some wet food and/or a Delectables treat when...
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2024-03-08
Thanks for the reply 👍
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2024-03-08
Have you tried a water fountain? My CKD kitty loved his Petlibro. I also used to soak his dry food until it absorbed the water and made it soft.
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2024-03-08
I give my kitty hydracare and she loves it. I know she drinks water but I try to supplement with at least a pack of hydracare every day.
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2024-04-08
Feeling a little hopeless right now. Our cat Toothie was recently diagnosed with CKD. We didn't catch it as early as we could have because she also has stomatitis so I attributed her symptoms such as not eating, having reclusive periods, etc, to that. We are not sure of her exact age but the vet says she is a senior an...
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2024-03-08
It could be something unrelated. Given that she recently had blood work done, it might not be kidney related.  Did you change food or make any other changes?   Sending healing energy to Toothie and peace to her humans.
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r/RenalCats
2024-03-08
Steroids will elevate the CKD and my girl had both stomatitis and CKD she lived to 19
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2024-03-08
We haven't changed anything. Thank you. ❤️
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2024-03-08
Wow, I didn't know that. How did you treat your cat's inflammation without giving her steroids?
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2024-03-08
Is she on any medication for the nausea? If not, perhaps the vet will prescribe something (cerenia or mirtazapine, for example) without having to bring your kitty back in.
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2024-03-08
Atopica for a while but this also elevated the kidney values and eventually started antibiotics(clindamycin)and only used it when her breath started smelling foul and she started pawing at her face. Water additive for fighting plaque and fish oil drops … Plus gabapentin if she was just miserable … she only had it over...
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2024-03-08
She was given a nausea medication when she was hospitalized. I called our vet to see if I could get a prescription for it but they said they can’t approve anything until the Dr who treated her is back in on Monday. I may have to bring her in tomorrow if I can’t get her to eat.
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2024-03-08
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2024-03-08
I have no idea if this is related to her CKD or something else (her thyroid numbers were elevated the last time she had bloodwork and we were told to monitor her for hyperthyroidism. I've had a cat with hyperthyroidism in the past who had seizures so this could be those, but his were much more noticeable), but Tanya's...
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2024-03-08
Are her ears dirty? A while back I took my cat to the vet because she was twitching — similar to your girl— and they told me it was because her ears were dirty. There are far more knowledgeable folks here, so they probably have a better answer. I hope it's nothing serious. Keep us posted!
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2024-03-08
She's not letting me look in her ears right now, so I'll try getting back to you when she's calmer and allows me to look at them closer with a flashlight. Google says that ear infections can also cause facial twitching in cats... but that's just one of so many other potential causes, it's hard to narrow it down. Such...
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2024-03-08
Does she have high blood pressure?
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2024-03-08
Does she respond to loud noises while the tremors are occurring? If yes, that’s a good sign that it’s NOT seizures. Is she on any meds or supplements that might be causing it? If her kidneys function has decreased, she may not need as much as was previously prescribed. I’ve heard anecdotal reports of twitching on Mir...
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2024-03-08
I think it would be hard to discern if she's specifically responsive to loud noises while having the tremors because they come on without warning and only last for half a second. She's always still attentive after having them, so if they *are* seizures, they're really small ones. Sort of partially why I was seeking a...
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2024-03-08
My Oz does that and we think it's because of low Potassium. Daily Potassium gluconate supplements have helped a lot. We use the pill form, but they are quite large. He's good with taking pills. My vet said there is also a lickable gel(?) supplement.
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r/RenalCats
2024-04-08
Hi OP, This page lists CKD issues/symptoms in alphabetical order. There are a lot of possible reasons for twitching but I’d consult a vet. http://www.felinecrf.org/symptoms_treatments_index.htm#T
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2024-04-08
Obviously I can't know for certain what the problem is until I consult my vet about it in person and get some blood drawn, but it's good to hear from other people with renal kitties exhibiting similar symptoms, and that their cases are treatable! Puts my mind at ease a little because I've been very anxious about Sassy...
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2024-04-08
I would definitely take her to the vet as soon as possible. It could be her ears are infected. I have one cat who had severe ear infections that I didn't know about and he would do similar type of twitch when he walked. It's always better to be safe than sorry.
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2024-04-08
Just to be clear, I'm not going to be taking the advice of random redditors over the professional opinion of the vet, but I still believe there's benefits to discussing things with people with similar circumstances online because the vet can miss things and vice versa. I won't be taking action without the opinion of m...
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2024-04-08
Any ways to discern if her ears are infected at home? She has an appointment in 3 days and I don't want to go into crisis mode prematurely.
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2024-04-08
Will she let you look at her ears. If she will, are they pink or reddish inside? Do they have a smell? Do they appear to be dirty? Are they painful for you to touch them?
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2024-04-08
They don't appear to be painful to the touch, but she still won't let me look them too much because she just doesn't want to be handled. She generally enjoys ear scratches and isn't getting agitated when I do that, nor does she appear to have any type of odor or excess wax... her right ear does look to be slightly pin...
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2024-04-08
How is she when the shaking/tremors/seizing stops? My cat Indy had seizures that got so bad he went blind from them and soon was seizing 20 times a day. We helped him over the bridge, for his quality of life was non-existent.If Sassy were my cat, I would bring her to the vet. It might be something minor, but it is be...
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2024-04-08
My cat does the same thing. It is connected to his CKD. It could be thyroid related or due to high blood pressure, but in my cat’s case it is not. He was tested for thyroid and his blood pressure is normal.
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2024-04-08
The more I watch your video the more I think that twitching is from pain. If it's not its ears, it could be his mouth. If you can get an earlier vet appointment that would be great, otherwise just take her to her already scheduled appointment.
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2024-04-08
Unfortunately, at this point I would likely be unable to make an earlier vet appointment with my regular vet (at least, it is with how long it took me to read this after going to bed) because they're usually fully booked two days going forward and there wouldn't be any places available on today or Monday. The only way...
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2024-04-08
I'm sorry to hear about your kitty Indy, I hope Sassy doesn't have the same problem he had :( She behaves completely normally with the onset of the tremors. They don't seem to bother her, it's just something that happens for a second at maximum and she'll continue purring and acting like they didn't happen; if cats...
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2024-04-08
No idea. It's one of the things I'm looking to check for on Tuesday. The last time her blood pressure was taken was... I think May? It was normal then. I know high blood pressure can cause blindness and seizes so it's not something I've ruled out. EDIT: I have no clue why this comment took so long to appear for m...
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2024-04-08
This is comforting to hear (but also not because it means her CKD could be progressing), but the various responses to this thread have gotten me indecisive on what I should do. If it's CKD related it can probably wait until Tuesday, which is her next vet appointment, but I don't want things to fester and get worse if ...
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2024-04-08
Beraprost seems to be (as far as I can tell, please let me know if this is not the case) one of the few clinically studied \*treatments\* of CKD in cats (in Japan). Whereas it doesn't reverse CKD, it has been shown in laboratory studies to slow the progression. However, since it is approved in Japan and not by the FD...
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2024-03-08
If someone know how to get it in Europe, I’m all ears.
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2024-04-08
UPDATE - unfortunately things weren’t looking good this morning and I decided to let my kitty go in peace. Her temperature kept dropping, she was dehydrated and weak. The vet said she likely had full kidney failure. I’m heartbroken. In physical pain and just don’t know how I’m going to get through the day without her. ...
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2024-03-08
Did the vet do a urine test to check for a UTI?
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2024-03-08
Sorry OP this really sucks I just had to make my decision on Tuesday :(.
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2024-03-08
I just don’t see us getting any better at this rate and she’s so unhappy. I can’t stand to see her like this. The vet was quite optimistic but 12 hours later, I feel likeP it’s just worse. It’s the evening here now so going to sleep by her for the last time and see the vet in the morning. Edit - sorry for your loss to...
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2024-03-08
I am so very sorry that you and your girl are going through this. I have been doing sub q fluids for my 17 year old lil cat boy for a little over a year now. I’m not sure what type of appetite stimulant your vet used, but we had great luck with one called mirataz. I’m trying to put myself in your shoes and I would ...
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2024-03-08
Thanks for the kind words. I definitely feel the same. I was hoping for some kind of miracle after today’s visit but it just didn’t work out. I have given her some pain meds (gabaplentin) which also act as a relaxant to see her over until the morning. I’ll go to the vet then. Definitely won’t wait until Tuesday.
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2024-03-08
You’re welcome. I hope the gabapentin helps her to relax and get some sleep, and I’m sending all the prayers/wishes/good vibes out for a miraculous improvement by the morning. 20 years is an incredible, long life for her and it never would have happened without your dedication & care. In the meantime, give her all the ...
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2024-03-08
It’s ok and it’s a stressful situation … I eventually did it because she had severe heavy breathing… sucks op just sucks.
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2024-03-08
Was there any blood taken at the vet? This largely reads like anemia is taking hold and getting to the point of needing a blood transfusion or more aggressive treatments, which is quite typical with CKD in its later stages. The B vitamins should have helped quite a bit if it was mild early anemia. Absolutely 100% don't...
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2024-03-08
Oh no I’m so sorry. I just had to put my kitty (19) to sleep Thursday. With your cat now having trouble walking and urinating all over that sounds like things are really progressing unfortunately. I would get in as soon as you can. 20 is amazing ! I hope things turn around for you but if not just know you did all you c...
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2024-03-08
She sounds exactly like my guy last Saturday night. The howling, inability to walk and the incontinence, completely different from all his other crashes. I gave him Xanax and Gabapentin all night and the vet came at 11 to put him to sleep. 
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2024-03-08
So sorry 💔
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2024-04-08
Me too my baby was 5. It's so hard. Rip to your sweet child 💗 I hope our babies are playing together in their next life.
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2024-04-08
By drip I take it he gave her subcutaneous fluids, rather than IV fluids, since you can't give the latter at home. Her best chance would be if you take her to an ER and have her for a few days on IV fluids. Plus blood tests and correcting any other issue, like anemia and low potassium. There's also a few more appetite...
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2024-04-08
I’m really sorry you’re going through this. I’ll give you a brief version of my experience and maybe it’ll help you: My buddy was 2 years old and suffered the same symptoms, minus the incontinence. He was still himself. He got the fluid treatment (both at home for a few weeks, and a 48 hour treatment at a hospital) an...
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2024-04-08
I think your vet is optimistic they can prolong things. But now is the time for you to make the call for your best buds wellbeing. It sounds like kitty is no longer in quality of life stage.
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2024-04-08
Hi, I had to say goodbye to my 20 year 10 month cat last Saturday. On top of kidney disease and arthritis (she’d been managing with that for many years) she developed new issues - significant anemia (close to the point of requiring a blood transfusion), fluid retention,bladder issue and fluid in the abdomen over a sho...
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2024-04-08
did they test for UTI? sudden change might be something treatable. peeing on herself suddenly seems strange
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2024-04-08
Go to the store and buy human UTI strips. My cat stopped drinking and had major bathroom issues until we tested her and found a UTI. Antibiotics cleared it right up.
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2024-04-08
yep, mine had OPs symptoms a month ago and we took her to the emergency vet to run bloodwork but she had a UTI that we tested with human test strips.
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2024-04-08
yeah a UTI f'd my cat up big time. Other struggles related to pooping can be alleviated with miralax
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2024-04-08
yeah the yowling and peeing on self could be pain from UTI I'd check that first
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2024-04-08
Did she get labs drawn today? That would be helpful to see what’s going on. Could you live with yourself if she suffers unnecessarily and experiences pain as it sounds like she might be in the last stage of renal failure? I ask this because it sounds like you are considering euthanasia and it sounds like she may in the...
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2024-04-08
>She keeps howling, she can’t walk tonight for some reason too. She’s urinating on herself over and over again. Waiting and seeing about how treatments work isn't a bad decision. But given these symptoms, you have a critically ill cat, likely in pain, and a final vet visit is reasonable, too. You have a 20-year ol...
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2024-04-08
Did the vet do a urine culture? My kidney kitty (just turned 20 last month) developed a bad kidney infection. She developed all of those symptoms and became septic within 48 hours and had to be seen at the emergency vet. He cautioned me that she might not make it multiple times. During the first few days, she wouldn't ...
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2024-04-08
I'm so sorry for your loss. It is so hard and we always feel, like you said, like we cut their life too short. I've read people say oh you know it's time, but I have questioned myself daily since I made the decision 5 weeks ago. I am so sorry and even if I say you did the right thing (which you did), it never gets easi...
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2024-04-08
She's had a long life with you, it's always hard to let them go but it sounds like it's time. My Mom waited too long when she had a rescue Bishon. He died on the couch next to her after a seizure as I was coming to take him to the vet to be put down. It's better one day too early than one hour too late. You're a great ...
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