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[zekiwolf]

Zuzu came home on Wednesday! He's feeling much better, and is peeing. He's on a new urinary tract health diet, and he misses his old kibble, but I think he'll do just fine. I'm definitely going to have to keep a close eye on him and his litter box for a while to make sure he keeps peeing without trouble. Yes, I get to scoop around the litter

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[dragon_lord]

Wow, I just read back to find out what happened, and something very similar happened to my male cat, Merlin, about 2 almost 3 years ago now.

He had to have the PU surgery (they cut off the tip of his penis and suture what remains to the outside, effectively making him anatomically female) because of a lot of blockages (no crystals, but they were never able to figure out what exactly was blocking him up). Hasn't had any urinary problems since -- though I do wonder, did your vet mention putting him on a can diet?

I'm not sure exactly with the crystals if that's something they do a lot, but I know it was heavily recommended that Merlin be put on a can diet for the extra moisture.

[zekiwolf]

D8 Poor Merlin!! Does he have a perma-catheter or something? That sounds like a very drastic measure to me.

Zuzu is going to be on a canned Urinary Tract Health diet for a while. After a few weeks, I might try this ProPlan urinary tract kibble diet. I wanna make sure he's totally flushed out from this blockage before I try anything like that, though.

[dragon_lord]

Nope, no catheter. It was a pretty big deal for both of us at the time, but he doesn't seem to have noticed anything is different and his personality is still the exact same.

It was very drastic, but it also saved his life. After his initial blockage, I had to bring him in again two weeks later because he was blocked again. This time they had him catheterized, but whenever they removed it, he'd block again within 30 minutes. By that point, we'd tried all other solutions and because he was blocking repeatedly and so fast, it was the only option left.

It was done at the ER vet, who was very reputable, and they did a lot of PU surgeries compared to my regular vet.

[zekiwolf]

Good lord. ;_; Now you're going to have me paranoid! Poor thing. I'm glad it saved him, though... how does he go pee? What's there? Just a flat hole?

[dragon_lord]

Oh! I don't mean to make you paranoid! It was scary for me at the time, but now? Now I joke around about it, because he's good. He pees just like normal, and it looks almost exactly like a female cat's opening, just a little hairier.