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Crystals in urine??My vet think that may be what Oliver has... I've been asked to get a urine sample  Luckily a friend of mine had heard of some kind of pearls, which would make Oliver think that there is cat litter in the box and go pee.. These pearls are made of plastic and the urine will go through them till the bottom.. And yesterday evening we had succes.. The sample is now in my fridge, and I'm delivering it to my vet monday morning. I've bought Royal Canin Urinary, so he's given some food which is supposed to help. So fingers crossed for some good news on monday... I'm kinda hoping its this, rather than it being some kind of behaviour issue
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Is he having problems weeing Jeanette? Dawn, |
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Hi Dawn Hmm dont know if he has problems, but he has 2 litterboxes. Both were completely cleaned saturday, I rinse out for lumps and poos morning and evening everyday.. One had not been used for 1½ day and the other was cleaned out, and still he chose to pee in Luna's bed.. He's done it before.. but I hadnt noticed, untill a wet Bella laid in the bed, making the smell come back. He's also miauing a lot more than he used to... I thought it was because he was hungry (being on a diet), but he's also miauing straight after having eaten. Apparently crystals in the urine is a common thing in old cats.. I dont know if they are right or not, but we'll know on monday  |
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Arthur does exactly the same, meows like crazy, in and out of the litter tray, and will try and wee in other places (bathroom mat, OH jeans, Bronwyns bed) I just swap him over to high protein wet food mixed with some water. It always clears up the problem within a couple of days. In future I am doing to stop giving them dried food at it always makes it far far worse. |
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Oliver will never go for wetfood.. I've wanted to switch him over to raw as Luna is, but he's not interested-- But we are going to give this Rooyal Canin Urinary a go, and here what the vet says on monday.. Could be something completely different  |
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Good luck Jeanette and Oliver |
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Jeannette - I dont know if they test urine differently over there, but over here, the sample has to have been done within 4 hours or it will show an incorrect reading, and will show crystals. My old vet doesn't think that crystals are a prob, as most cats have them anyway, so she just recommends wet food, more water and less stress - obviously that isn't an option for you, so hopefully the urinary food will work. |
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Hope Oliver is okay Jeanette, fingers crossed x |
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Good luck with Oliver, Jeanette.... |
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One of Moli's cats used to suffer with crystels. May be worth pming her. I'm sure she would be glad to help. |
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