Topic: Fifi has cystitis tonight ! - update - its serious ! (Read 10313 times)

madamcat (Edd) · « **Reply #41 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:30:46 AM »

Hi

Do hope that all goes well for Fifi today.

Good idea to mention to the vet the not eating much or pooing - my girlie did that as well because it was so uncomfortable. Only mentioned what happened to my girlie because the vets were trying to treat cystitis but the real problem with her was the constipation so a mini enema helped with that.

Sending postive vibes for you both today.

Janeyk · « **Reply #40 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:15:45 AM »

Keeping fingers crossed for Fifi's test results xx

tab · « **Reply #39 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:09:16 AM »

Poor Fifi I hope the test results are good news

love
Tab

Dawn F · « **Reply #38 on:** February 03, 2010, 09:42:56 AM »

poor fifi, hope it is something as simple as furballs

CarolM (Wendolene) · « **Reply #37 on:** February 02, 2010, 22:10:26 PM »

Here's hoping the morning brings better news

bunglycat · « **Reply #36 on:** February 02, 2010, 20:48:29 PM »

Quote from: Edd on February 02, 2010, 20:27:29 PM

Hi

Hope you don't mind me asking but is Fifi pooing ok?

The reason I ask is that my long-haired girlie last year had recurring cystitis and the Anti-inflammatory and AB as well as Cystaid never eased it as you would expect with those drugs.

What we discovered is that at its worst she had blocked anal glands and constipation caused by dehydration from hairballs - the cystitis she had was a stress reaction to that. Once the glands/constipation/furball were cleared the cystitis stopped almost immediately. Although kept her on cystaid for a period after that.

Now we have do preventative hairball control with Katalax as well as some dietary changes which seems (touch wood) to have stopped it.

To be honest -no she isn''t -but she also hasn''t eaten much at all for a couple of days - but will ask the vet about that when i ring tomorrow.
FiFi has had to be kept at the vets overnight for blood tests and x-rays - he did mention a bladder tumour too
I feel this is some kind of living nightmare - its so soon after losing Bungly and now this to worry me sick .
Haven''t been in long so just off to try and eat something !

madamcat (Edd) · « **Reply #35 on:** February 02, 2010, 20:27:29 PM »

Hi

Hope you don't mind me asking but is Fifi pooing ok?

The reason I ask is that my long-haired girlie last year had recurring cystitis and the Anti-inflammatory and AB as well as Cystaid never eased it as you would expect with those drugs.

What we discovered is that at its worst she had blocked anal glands and constipation caused by dehydration from hairballs - the cystitis she had was a stress reaction to that. Once the glands/constipation/furball were cleared the cystitis stopped almost immediately. Although kept her on cystaid for a period after that.

Now we have do preventative hairball control with Katalax as well as some dietary changes which seems (touch wood) to have stopped it.

Bazsmum · « **Reply #34 on:** February 02, 2010, 19:45:16 PM »

Hope you got some joy from the vets?

CarolM (Wendolene) · « **Reply #33 on:** February 02, 2010, 17:59:24 PM »

that the vet can get to the bottom of this and she's feeling better soon

Janeyk · « **Reply #32 on:** February 02, 2010, 17:46:44 PM »

Did the vet say that they may take a while to work? sometimes meds are like that then suddenly kick in.

bunglycat · « **Reply #31 on:** February 02, 2010, 17:30:21 PM »

I don''t know what to think now -she has had steroid injection, antibiotic injection and a new injection from a new drug for urine problems + nsamox tablets and there is no change at all !

Janeyk · « **Reply #30 on:** February 02, 2010, 17:27:43 PM »

Poor Fifi, hope the vet can prescribe something to sort out the problem

bunglycat · « **Reply #29 on:** February 02, 2010, 17:13:30 PM »

Fifi is still the same

she is miserable too and has hardly eaten anything either )-off to the vets again in just under an hour for 6.20 appointment .

Leanne · « **Reply #28 on:** February 02, 2010, 12:50:53 PM »

Poor Fifi, how are things?

Dawn F · « **Reply #27 on:** February 02, 2010, 12:34:08 PM »

hope she is a little better Gill - can you not use a psda vet for a while until you get yourself together, I know you take the care of your cats very seriously but if it helps just for a little while it is what they are there for

Janeyk · « **Reply #26 on:** February 02, 2010, 06:30:14 AM »

Hope that things are settling down now for Fifi, they may take a little while

bunglycat · « **Reply #25 on:** February 02, 2010, 02:09:45 AM »

Well, its 2am and still no change - really starting to worry now

- i ust don''t seem to get a break -if its not me its one of the cats and i am still grieving and missing Bungly like mad

- thought i was going to have a break from vets and vet bills for a while - i don''t seem to get £20 together before its costing me twice that and more .

CarolM (Wendolene) · « **Reply #24 on:** February 01, 2010, 23:40:03 PM »

Hope Fifi is feeling better by now.

to you both

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #23 on:** February 01, 2010, 23:12:08 PM »

I'm sure she will pick up once the meds have really kicked in

Janeyk · « **Reply #22 on:** February 01, 2010, 21:04:37 PM »

Hopefully, once they kick in she will be lots better

bunglycat · « **Reply #21 on:** February 01, 2010, 20:55:27 PM »

Fifi has been back tonight and had 2 more injections -one is a new drug and i can''t remember what its called !
To be honest she is no better at all -in fact since getting back she has seemed worse -but we have not been back 2 hours yet - i suppose it will need time to work !?
I am getting paranoid now as he did say he hopes there is nothing else going on and maybe if no better she will have to have x-rays !
I am pretty worried as i thought she would have picked up now -not been worse

Bazsmum · « **Reply #20 on:** February 01, 2010, 13:41:37 PM »

Your busy Mrs!

I really feel for her cos I think we all know how uncomfortable it is!

bunglycat · « **Reply #19 on:** February 01, 2010, 12:35:22 PM »

Thanks-i am going to ask him about metacam tonight as she isn''t a lot better and sitting in the tray for ages with still only as much as a pea afterwards!
Just got back from the dentists and in 1/2hour off to hospital and then the vets tonight !

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2010, 10:47:39 AM »

Quote from: Desley (booktigger) on February 01, 2010, 08:05:16 AM

Susanne - Metacam only has a shelf life of 6 months once opened, so you might want to check your bottle.
Fingers crossed Fifi is feeling better today

I'm sure the date on the bottle is 2013 but that is obv unopened. Maybe I read it wrong. I am assuming that the worst is that it is no longer effective but won't actually do any harm if past exp date but that's why I rang the vet to make sure it would be ok to give. It certainly worked.

bunglycat - has your vet mentioned metacam? I know some people aren't keen on metacam and maybe it's not suitable for Fifi, but when Jaffa has had it for cystitis it has led to an improvement in a couple of hours. Because it's an anti inflammatory and painkiller, it seems to calm down the bladder and stop it sending signals that it needs to be emptied all the time. Jaffa gradually relaxes and settles down once he's had a dose of metacam. The first time he was given it, I was advised to give it once a day (or maybe it was twice, I can't remember now) for a few days and he was also given some anti biotics as a precaution.

pappilon · « **Reply #17 on:** February 01, 2010, 10:05:38 AM »

Hope Fifi is feeling better today .

:hug:x

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #16 on:** February 01, 2010, 08:05:16 AM »

Susanne - Metacam only has a shelf life of 6 months once opened, so you might want to check your bottle.
Fingers crossed Fifi is feeling better today

Janeyk · « **Reply #15 on:** February 01, 2010, 06:39:28 AM »

Maybe they will take a while to kick in like abs do, hope they start working soon

bunglycat · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2010, 23:02:34 PM »

Fifi doesn''t seem a lot better as yet

she has had 1 tablet on Sat. evening and the 2 today - its been almost 48 hours since she had the injection ( well, at 11am tomorrow0 and i thought she would be a good bit better by now-she is still only doing tiny wees and sitting in the tray for ages .
I will ring the vet tomorrow and see what he thinks -maybe these tablets are not strong enough or just not working on her !?

tab · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2010, 18:19:36 PM »

Ambers on cystease and takes them with no problems. In fact I pick the box up and she trots into the room and jumps on the settee for me. If shes in a playful mood she has been known to take the capsules out of the end of the pill push and chew away on them but sadly she doesnt swallow them just makes then sticky so they have to be pill pushed down but theres no problem
I hope Fifi is feeling better soon. It took Amber about a week and I thought shed started again but it was the anti biotics upsetting her tum
love
Tab

bunglycat · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2010, 14:20:48 PM »

She has started the tablets today -there were lots of small wees in the litter trays last night -so am keeping an eye on her today - i suppose they should be kicking in by tomorrow !?
She is well enough in herself and been outside for a short while .
I haven''t tried her on the cystease as its the first time she has had it since i have had her (2 years in July). They look a bit big though !

I feel a lot better since i stopped one lot of the tablets -they were killing my stomach ! I had a decent nights sleep too which has helped -thanks.

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2010, 13:11:16 PM »

It's the same with Jaffa - he has had cystitis 3 times and twice it was during the evening after the vets had closed and once it was on a Sunday. Fortunately now I just ring the vet to confirm that it's ok to give him some of the metacam that he was given first time as that seems to work wonders for Jaffa. I am going to start giving Jaffa cystease to help - dont' know whether you've tried that with Fifi?

http://www.vetuk.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1146

Bazsmum · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2010, 02:11:12 AM »

Hope the meds kick in quickly!

puggy1975 Zoe · « **Reply #9 on:** January 30, 2010, 18:40:33 PM »

Hope you both on the mend

Janeyk · « **Reply #8 on:** January 30, 2010, 14:30:15 PM »

Hope you're both feeling better soon

bunglycat · « **Reply #7 on:** January 30, 2010, 14:21:49 PM »

We have been this morning -don''t think either of us had much sleep !
My tablets are playing havoc with my tummy and kept me awake - Fifi was in and out the litter tray - anyway she has had an injection and 5 days of Nsamox tablets to take -also got her nails clipped . Here is hoping she picks up by tonight now.

tab · « **Reply #6 on:** January 30, 2010, 10:04:53 AM »

I know the feeling of it always being at night. Amber always starts with cystitis in the middle of the night.
Amber gets is repeatedly though so I had to change her from dry food to wet as I never saw her drink. Now she seems to prefer the wet and although I leave dry down at night it tends to just sit there. I had to take the dry away completely and she had to eat wet or go hungry. Possibly cruel but it worked

love
tab

Janeyk · « **Reply #5 on:** January 30, 2010, 06:39:20 AM »

Poor Fifi, hopefully the meds you get today will start working quickly

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2010, 00:59:34 AM »

hope she improves quick

Bazsmum · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2010, 00:32:47 AM »

Luckily although a pest and uncomfortable cystitis in girls is not as serious as boys, hope she feels much better soon!

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #2 on:** January 29, 2010, 22:28:49 PM »

Always the way isnt it?! Hope she'll be ok at the vets tomorrow.

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