Kyle....
I'm still feeding Peri Wysong Uretic dry food, although he does get
into my other cats' Wellness dry food. I'm not sure in Peri's case if
the food is helping keep his ph level down or not. I really feel that
it is the Amitriptyline that keeps him from getting crystals again. I
tried reducing his dose to every other day awhile back and within 3-4
days he started exhibiting early signs of trying to block so put him
back on his regular dose.
--
Brenda.....
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Sent:
Monday, April 18, 2005 12:36 AM
Subject:
Re: o/t blockage question
Kerry.....
Removing a cat's penis is called an Urethrostomy and in my
experience is only done as a last resort when a cat keeps blocking
several times no matter what the treatment. In other words, as a last
resort. I was a veterinary technician for many years and only assisted
in one Urethrostomy on a cat who continually blocked with crystals. I
could see one reason why a vet would do this procedure on a first time
blocked cat and that would be if the vet had tried to force a catheter
into the penis carelessly causing rupturing of the penile tissue thus
destroying the penile urethra. The procedure is painstaking and
doesn't always turn out well. There is sometimes bladder incontinence
in the cat and UTI's.
My positive cat, Peri, blocked a couple of years ago for the first
time and my vet sedated him and started trying to rinse out the penis
with saline solution until she could carefully insert a catheter. She
then proceeded to rinse out the crystals thoroughly and then sutured
the catheter into place. I was able to take him home because of my
vet tech experience and give him 100 ml Lactated Ringers 3 times daily
to keep flushing out the crystals. He was put on Zenequin and a short
dose of Prednisone. I forget how many days he had the catheter, but I
removed it when it was time. I gave him a little Ace in the muscle to
relax him beforehand. I put him on Wysong Uretic, Vitamin C and he was
already on Interferon daily. I read that Cosequin helps some cats from
blocking. They didn't know why, but it worked for some cats so I put
him on that also.
I knew the signs of blocking to look for before Peri would block
again. I think it was two or three more times that he was close to
blocking that I caught in time and immediately started him on
Prednisone and Zenequin. I continued the Lactated Ringers during this
time. Finally, after stopping him from blocking for the third time I
called my vet. She then put him on Amitriptyline which is a
despressant. Again, it isn't known why this helps a cat to keep from
blocking, but it does. I also monitor his ph levels frequently. He
has had no blocking problems since the Amitriptyline. I continued the
Lactated Ringers for quite some time at the recommendation of my vet.
I no longer need to do this.
There may be other reasons why this clinic vet did this procedure
on a first time blocked cat, but I don't know what it would have been.
I know I wouldn't take my cat to that clinic if I had this info and the
other info you provided.
--
Brenda.....
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"The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette
Don't Take Your Organs To Heaven. Heaven Knows We Need Them Here.
Melbeach wrote:
That almost happened to my male
non+. He had to stay at the vet's twice with a catheter. The second
time for almost a week. They said if it happened again, the would
probably have to "make him a girl".
We were feeding Max Cat Adult at the
time, due to no by-products on the label. So if I had a male, I would
definitely avoid Max Cat. Could be coincidence though. He's been okay
since. That was 5 or 6 years ago.
So Brenda, what are you feeding Peri
now?
-Kyle
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