For a while, Diego has been exhibiting signs of urinary tract problems (If you don't want to know, don't read on). In the last few months, we have cleaned up a few wet spots and wet things when he decided the litter box didn't seem near enough. His discomfort has come and gone over the last few months so we have just been keeping an eye on the situation.
On Saturday, Diego was acting moody and really uncomfortable. That night he seemed to be in more pain than usual and meowed plaintively a lot during the night. The next morning we got to clean up more wet spots but this time add blood and vomit to the urine. We took him to the vet and he seems to be doing a little better now. He is on medicine and seems to be recovering. Unfortunately, he will probably have to be on a special diet for about the rest of his life. The vet gave us special food that will help him and he won't touch it so far so that should be interesting.
The poor guy has been banished to the kitchen until he starts using the litter box again and stops bleeding. Hopefully it won't be long before we get the goofy old Diego back! He was up and moving about for the first time this afternoon. Go Diego go!
Other thoughts:
- All that practice I had over the years getting cats to swallow pills really paid off.
- I am pretty good at guessing average healthy weights of different dog breeds.
- I hope Jeran was joking about making Diego walk on a cat treadmill.
- It is tough to decide what dollar value you place on your pet's life.
3 comments:
Awww... poor Diego. He is probably my favorite, not that I don't like Toby. But you're right about Diego having lots of purrsonality. Hope he feels better soon!
No fun. It is a good thing you have a talent for getting animals to take medicine. I hope he is doing lots better soon.
Also - how did the dog weight challenge come up?
There was a chart in the exam room where we were waiting listing healthy weights for a lot of breeds of dogs. Jeran quizzed me on them when we got tired of waiting.
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