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My cat is sick, he gets uti’s a lot but now he has diarrhea with his uti. He is at least drinking a lot now compared to before but I am worried he has diabetes and that we may have to put him down. I’m so scared and I don’t wanna lose my baby.
116 upvotes, 17 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Girl Talk. "My cat is sick, he gets uti’s a lot but now he has diarrhea with his uti. He is at least drinking a lot now compared to before but I am worried he has diabetes and that we may have to put him down. I’m so scared and I don’t wanna lose my baby."
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Anonymous 17w

I’m so sorry girl… male cats are more susceptible to utis. We had some similar scares with my cat and he lived to be 18! Hope everything goes well

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Anonymous 17w

have you ever considered it might be kidney disease? recently i saw a facebook post where this lady was trying to spread awareness, it was very in depth although long story short her cat was drinking much more water than normal, doctors wouldn’t do anything to help, and the cat eventually passed before her other two cats started to follow the same path. Her cats were then put on some sort of supplement/medication and it completely turned things around!

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Anonymous 17w

Legally I cannot give medical advice as I am not a vet, but see what kind of senior bloodwork panels your vet offers (there’s a good chance they’ll give you your options even if you don’t specially ask). The clinic I work at has one that checks liver, kidneys, thyroid, and includes urinalysis- if it’s a smaller clinic, they might send it to an external lab, but larger clinics may have the lab equipment to run a panel and full urinalysis like that in-house.

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Anonymous 17w

Has your cat been peeing? My male cats pee actually crystallized and it was preventing him from peeing. If we hadn’t rushed him to the vet he wouldn’t have made it. Also is your cat walking funny?

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Anonymous 17w

hi! i don’t want to scare you. my cat also kept getting UTIs and diarrhea w bloody stool. please ask the doctor if he is at risk for carcinomatosis (and fiv.) my cat had fiv and it was not disclosed, which caused carcinomatosis cancer to rapidly progress and his organs fused together. he had to be put down after his intestines started fusing shut. i didn’t even know it was a thing and my vet had only seen one other case in her 30 year career. i am so lost without my baby

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Anonymous 17w

Omg im so sorry, cave u gone to the vet yet?

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Anonymous 17w

how’s he doing?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

He goes to the vet tomorrow, I’m still so nervous though

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 17w

Thank you. He turned 12 back in February

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

Ofc. That’s about the age mine had problems we gave him a certain food to help maybe ur vet will suggest that. He still looks very healthy

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 17w

I haven’t considered that. I’ll bring it up to his vet tomorrow. I do know he had to have surgery a few years ago to remove bladder stones. He was better for about three years after and this year it started acting up again

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

if you would like i can try to find you the post in case! she seemed to have a lot of helpful information and attached recommendations as well

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 17w

I would like that thank you

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

Noted

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

Ugh unfortunately I can’t find it! But i do remember it was taurine supplements she suggested as this is something cats need but is often excluded from most or a lot of mainstream cat foods. So if kidney disease (extremely common in cats) is the case or a possibility ask the vet if that’s worth a try!

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 17w

i hope you guys have a safe vet visit with good news and churus!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 17w

He’s doing so much better now. He is acting better too. He only has an infection and got two shots yesterday. He is now on wet prescription food, and started some medicine today. He hates but he is feeling much better and not peeing everywhere. I think he keeps getting bladder stones bc he keeps drinking my dogs water (even though he has a fancy fountain)

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