Urinary issues. At a lost, not sure what else to do.

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kyriej
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Urinary issues. At a lost, not sure what else to do.

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I'm kind of at a loss and hoping to see if others have gone through this.

Since mid November my 2 1/2 year old boy Binx has had urinary issues. He started going into the litter box every 5 minutes with just drops of bloody urine coming out. Took him to the vet right away who put him on Amoxi and took x-rays and blood tests which all were clean and good. 2 weeks later he still was having bloody urine so I brought him to a vet in a bigger city to do ultrasounds. Nothing came up on the ultrasound, blood test and urine test were fine again. He was still on the amoxi so I was told to keep him on this and to start giving him Science Diet S/O food.

He was then fine for a week, until December 20th when the bloody urine came back. This time I drove 2 hours to an even bigger city as this was the closest emergency vet. He had a fever and his bladder was inflamed. They again did blood tests and urine test which came back clean, however when they did an ultrasound they found a mass. I was told this was most likely a blood clot which would be why there was blood in the urine. Binx was then put on Clavamox (antibiotic), Gabapentin (pain med), Cerenia (nausea med), and Prazosin (anti spasmatic).

He was fine from the 22nd to the 31st, then he started going to the litter box frequently with bloody urine. Brought him back to the emergency vet. Again blood and urine test were fine, he did have a fever again so they put him on Zeniquin (antibiotic), Metacam (anti-inflammatory), cerenia (anti nausea), buprenorphine (pain med), and prazosin (anti spasmatic).

Ultra sounds were done on January 6th as they couldn't do any on the 31st, and the mass (peanut shaped object on the left in the picture below) was gone.

Yet today he started going to the litterbox every 5 minutes with bloody urine. The vets don't really know what is going on with him, and I have no clue what else to do.

Anyone ever deal with this?
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Nellyjuke
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Re: Urinary issues. At a lost, not sure what else to do.

Post by Nellyjuke »

Bless you both. I'm going through something similar after cocos PU surgery. My vet thinks it's stones in bladder causing it.

It's so distressing for you both. Does he empty his bladder normally too?

Only other thing to do is either get 2nd opinion or ask vet to refer you to a specialist.

Big hugs all round.
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