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#1 ·
So the past 3 days we have found 3 soaking wet pee spots on the beds.
We were fairly certain it was our 13 yr old cat, so since they are indoor/outdoor cats they weren't coming in the house for now.
Then this morning after the kids went to school I kept smelling something that smelled like poo. I thought Tillie was just stinky from getting into and eating 2 pumpkin cookies yesterday.
Then as I was preparing to leave for work I discovered a HUGE pee 'puddle' on my husbands side of the bed. The cats were still locked int he garage from night time... so it IS Tillie. :(
She has been acting very out of sorts this week. At her obedience class on Sunday she was trembling and shaking (when nothing has happened there to scare her?) she has been sleeping a LOT. like all the time. So we have an appt at 4:30 this afternoon to have her checked for a UTI or a bladder infection. :(

I am praying it IS a bladder infection otherwise WHAT is going on!??
This morning I took her out to potty within about 20 minutes of her getting up which is pretty normal for her. She only poop'd, I thought that was weird so I stayed with ehr encouraging her to "go potty" and she pooped again. but never pee'd. BECAUSE she had already pee'd on the bed!??? Her huge morning pee!??

WHAT the heck is going on!??
I have the ex pen in the house and have blocked off the halllway/rooms ....
 
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#3 ·
I am interested to hear if it is a UTI. It really could be that.

My sisters Hav regressed at 1 1/2 years old. She just went back to the basics and her Hav was fine in a few days. All my guys regressed at about 8 months old for a few days.

Good luck! I know it can be frustrating if it turns out she has regressed, but she will be back on track soon! Let us know what the vet says!

Happy Birthday too!!
 
#5 · (Edited)
good for getting into the vet. This is the sort of thing that begs for a vet. Hope it nothing serious. Hope you're enjoying your birthday.
 
#7 ·
I will surely keep you all posted! She hasn't gone potty since before I left for work at 10am ... it is now after 3... I am planning on getting to the vet early so she can go potty there. I find it odd IF it IS an infection, cause when I have a uti I pee every 10 minutes.... yet she's gone 5 hrs...??? Lord have Mercy, what does it mean if she DOESN'T have a uti??? :( what do I do then? sigh. :Cry::help:
 
#8 ·
Tammy don't even try and guess. Let the vet figure it out. Hugs
 
#12 ·
Hopefully it is just a phase. Ours went thru something like that at about 20 months...after many vet visits, nothing seemed to be wrong, she just stopped and has never had another accident or episode like that. Maybe it is just like the terrible two phase with human children!
 
#13 ·
Hope all is fine with her. I lock my girls in my bedroom when they are in season and when they are ready to be bred, and I'm not breeding them occasionally one will pee on the bed. I think it's because they are mad. The girls sleep in our bedroom every night and don't do it otherwise. It's a pain, but I'll live through it.
 
#14 ·
well I ended up calling them to see if I could bring her down to get the sample early as I didn't want her to pee here and then not have any at the vet's!!
So, the vet tech was able to catch her pee in the cup on a stick!! wahoooooooooooooooooooo!! :) the pee was SO strong I could smell the stink from the cup o' pee from several feet away! The vet did the 'test strip' and it came back very high in protein and alkaline (?) so he put her on antibiotics and is sending the urine for a full urinalysis. I should hear back from him tomorrow.
My mom asked me if this could have been caused from the 2 pumpkin cookies she got into yesterday?? What do you guys think??
I already gave her her first does and she is happily gnawing on a bully stick I got her as a 'good patient' gift. :D
wow. we have always been so blessed with her health and even though I know this isn't HUGE, it still is very worrisome. :(
For now we have the x-pen up across the hallway/bedrooms and she will be with me with no roaming room for the next several days at least... Oh and all the beds are a wreck, I've been doing laundry 1/2 the day and airing matresses out. sigh.
But, yay! Hoping the meds kick in and she is her normal self SOON!!
Thanks for the well wishes!!
 
#20 ·
ya, when I figured it out this morning that it was HER and not the cats (because they were still locked int he garage), I called the vet right away, I knew something was wrong. My gut intuition is almost never wrong about anything. :biggrin1:
I explained it to my kids that she doesn't have WORDS, she can't TELL me it hurts or that something is wrong, so sadly she had to do something that she KNEW would get my attention. message.received.
 
#21 ·
My other dog went through a time when she was peeing in odd places, and she was housebroke from day one. I took her in and it was an infection. My cat did the same thing and it was a bit more serious for him, but he recovered. I sure hope sweet Tilly gets back to her old self soon without anything more serious going on.
 
#25 ·
crap. the vet just called, said there was NO evidence of an infection, BUT there were small crystals (whatever that is??) and it was high in protein and alkaline.

He is concered about either incontinence or even a spinal injury. :( I am keeping a VERY close eye on her, x-pen across the hallway so she can't get to the rooms/beds. and am taking her out to pee every 2 hrs ... sheesh, it's like having a puppy again! <<eye roll>> lol
If she has any more issues he wants to see her again for full blood work as this is SO out of character for her...
He wants me to keep her on the antibiotics and he is sending the urine out for a 'smear' test... sigh.
 
#27 ·
Oh, dear, Tammy! I'm sorry to read this report! I have no advice, but do send hugs for you from me, and a snuggle for her from Tucker.

How does she seem to be feeling, since she's been on the antibiotic? (Some yogurt {live cultures} might be good to add for her digestive system while on the antibiotic.)
 
#28 ·
be patient Tammy , you'll get to the heart of the matter. More hugs
 
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