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Well it started early last week. I noticed the mat outside the girls' box was wet with urine a few times in the mornings. Thought it might be Jazz because she's notorious for pissing outside the box. Then I caught Diva with her butt hanging over the edge of the box, pissing away on the mat one morning.
We thought it might be the condition of the box that was putting her off, since we've been remiss and not gutted it thoroughly since early last winter. So yesterday we gutted it, deodorized it, loaded it with fresh litter...Good to go, right?
Wrong. The mat was full of piss again this morning. No getting around it; time to make sure Diva's alright and doesn't have a urinary tract infection brewing.
Took her in at 1515 today. Urine sample taken. Sure enough, there's trace amounts of blood in it and white and red blood cells. Could be a urinary tract infection or just inflammation, but the treatment is the same at our vet--a shot of 2-week long acting Convenia antibiotic. Didn't get sent home with any other antibiotics, thank Bast, as she's tough enough to pill with the daily pills she gets. Am to call if she continues to think outside the box.
Just in time, too. Dr. B is scheduled to go out of town for ten days starting Friday. Yeah, he'll have a substitute vet in for him most days, but I'm glad we got this out of the way now. Hopefully she'll be on the mend sooner than later...
We thought it might be the condition of the box that was putting her off, since we've been remiss and not gutted it thoroughly since early last winter. So yesterday we gutted it, deodorized it, loaded it with fresh litter...Good to go, right?
Wrong. The mat was full of piss again this morning. No getting around it; time to make sure Diva's alright and doesn't have a urinary tract infection brewing.
Took her in at 1515 today. Urine sample taken. Sure enough, there's trace amounts of blood in it and white and red blood cells. Could be a urinary tract infection or just inflammation, but the treatment is the same at our vet--a shot of 2-week long acting Convenia antibiotic. Didn't get sent home with any other antibiotics, thank Bast, as she's tough enough to pill with the daily pills she gets. Am to call if she continues to think outside the box.
Just in time, too. Dr. B is scheduled to go out of town for ten days starting Friday. Yeah, he'll have a substitute vet in for him most days, but I'm glad we got this out of the way now. Hopefully she'll be on the mend sooner than later...