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
----- Original Message -----
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.....
http://www.whiskersandwicks.com
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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.
Kerry MacKenzie wrote:
Hi all
You may remember I sent out an email last week about a
bad vet clinic in Chicago, McKillips. I sent the same email to a PAWS
counsellor in Chicago, and she left me a message saying she'd never had
a"good feeling" about that clinic, and went on to say that people who had
adopted a PAWS cat in the past recently took the cat to McKillips. The
problem was "blockage"--and McKillips recommended, and then carried
out, removal of the cat's penis. Has anyone heard of such a "remedy" for
"blockage"? It seems extraordinary, to put it mildly. I'd welcome any/all
feedback. Thanks, Kerry
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