I Caught Ashley Peeing *Update* 2/19/09 She Tried to PEEING AGAIN I Caught Her Again!

[Anikaca77]

Well now their is pee on my containers I had out.

What am I supposed to do!

I'm getting so mad.....I finally just got the feliway but this better help fast....she's peeing all over....it's getting to the point...where I'm thinking rehoming her might be best....but I hate to do that...as well.

[Catty1]

MEDICATION. This has been suggested a few times. Try it!

The right med and right dose will not make her wobbly, and will likely stop the behaviour.

Medusa has mentioned Clomicalm.

JUST TRY IT. Or YOU will have to be on tranquilizers.

[Medusa]

MEDICATION. This has been suggested a few times. Try it!

The right med and right dose will not make her wobbly, and will likely stop the behaviour.

Medusa has mentioned Clomicalm.

JUST TRY IT. Or YOU will have to be on tranquilizers.

Amen! I understand not wanting to medicate our cats but when it gets to this point, it's better than having to rehome them unless you want to live in a giant litter box. I have my pee cats tested once a year and they've had no side effects or medical issues whatsoever from Clomicalm and the peeing stopped almost immediately. If you don't want to try that, then try the kitty Prozac. I hear it works well, too. Feliway did not work for my cats but all cats are different just as humans are. A med that works for me may not work for someone else.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm sorry to hear that you're still having problems. Have you tried the Cat Attract Litter yet? This worked wonders when both Storm and Starr were peeing outside of the box.

Both of them are also now on 1/4 of a 10mg tablet of the generic form of Prozac which is Fluoxetine HCL. They're on it to help them be less stressed out and calmer. So far so good. Starr has very few poop accidents now and Storm rarely tries to chase his siblings around and act aggressive towards them.

I had this prescription filled at Costco which is similar to a Sam's club and I got 60 tablets for a little over $7.00. I use a pill splitter to cut them up. Since they taste nasty, I've been putting them in chicken flavored pill pockets which I also cut up into 4 pieces first. They now love taking this medicine. I sure hope that you'll find something that'll work for you quickly. Good luck.

[Anikaca77]

Well I decided before I would medicate Ashley that I would give Feliway a try.

It worked for about 3 weeks and now it's back again. I replaced the filter and it's still happening. I even caught Ashley the other night while I was in living room back up to the corner getting ready to spray. I yelled at her to stop it and she did but I can't take this much more.

Their is pee out in the kitchen more than before. I called the vets today to see what more I can do for her and they said that since it's behavorial their is nothing they can do.

I said no pills? She said no. I didn't talk with the vet since she is out right now but I said ok. So I'm going to try my old vet and see if she gives anything.

[Catty1]

Definitely check with your old vet! JustineNYC had to go to another vet - her first one had never HEARD of one med....

Hang in there!

[kb2yjx]

This is such a frustrating problem, then to have a vet tell you NO pills!!! I would definitely find another vet!!! We had success with transdermal Prozac when Nicholas was spraying!

[Medusa]

Your vet needs to get w/the program. There are several meds that you can safely give a pee cat. My local vet is out of the loop, too, though. She didn't even know what the antibiotic Convenia is and when I told her that my other vet gave Coco Puff an injection of it and that it lasts for two weeks, her face went blank. Vets need to continually take classes and courses, etc. to keep up w/the newest meds, procedures, etc. I'll say it again: Clomicalm.

[lvpets2002]

What is it with our babies now days with the peeing issue.. My Rastus is going thru this now..

[Anikaca77]

Ok...maybe I'm reading too much into this or something but this morning I filled up everyones water dishes like I do every morning and Ashley was drinking out of this one bowl and she kept drinking and drinking and drinking...she finished a 1/2 of the small bowl in one sitting.

I frankly thinks that a little odd and no wonder she's so hydrated at the vets because she's drinking so much.

So I called the vets and even though the vet said that she won't give meds (actually I do need to correct that it was a vet tech that said they don't give out meds) I'm going to ask her about the peeing on the counters. The only bad thing is a blood test can run from $45-$99 but they said I could write out multiply checks if I need to so I will probably have to do that.

I hate to go back to the vets that said they won't give her any pills for the urine outside the box since it's behavorial but they are the only place that will allow me to post date my checks if I have too.

Ashley will be going to the vets at 6 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. I'm going to take in some information on this pill Mary keeps suggesting and see what the vet thinks. I hate to medicate Ashley but she left pee on my counter top again and it's where we put food and stuff so I just can't keep having that. We tired putting duck tape up their and that stopped her for a while from getting up on the counter tops and spraying but I hate to keep putting duck tape on top my counter tops just to keep Ashley from spraying.

Prays would be appreciate.

Thank you,
Melissa

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm sorry to hear that you're still having problems. Did you ever have a urinalysis done on her yet? That's a lot less expensive than a blood test. I hope that the vet will be able to help you this time. Good luck.

[Anikaca77]

Yes, I did have her pee tested because we had to figure out who was peeing in the kitchen (because the one that did had a lot of crystals in her pee) and we put Ashley in the bathroom for a full day and night and then she was still in their the next day and wouldn't pee in the litter box with corn in it (the vet said that's an easy way to get cats to pee and to collect their pee) so when I got off work I left her out and watched her like a hawk and I had the pee container handy as well and sure enough she got into one of our regular litter boxes and I was able to lift up her tail as she was peeing and I got some pee in the cup. So I took that pee to the vets right away and her pee tested normal, nothing was wrong with it.

It turned out it was Claudia who was peeing in the kitchen but Ashley has been marking around now and she's started once again doing it on my counter tops, as well as by the front door.

I'm sorry to hear that you're still having problems. Did you ever have a urinalysis done on her yet? That's a lot less expensive than a blood test. I hope that the vet will be able to help you this time. Good luck.

[Anikaca77]

As many of you know Ashley was taken to the vets last night for her appt. and we found out she did gain some weight which I'm glad about she's now 9.1 lbs.

They tested her blood because they said they need to check it before she gets put on Meds and her blood tests all came back and they were all fine so she's just a drinker.

The vet gave her some valium to take and we'll see if that helps.

I just hope it doesn't effect her liver so I may end up doing another blood test just to make sure after a week or two her levels are not affected.

That way I'll feel more confident especially if the meds help her. It was odd last night though because about an hour after I gave her the pill I was lying in bed and she actually playfully attacked my foot under the covers.

Which she has never done before so I'm not sure if it's the meds making her funny or what but we'll see.

It was just very odd to see her doing that.

Prays would still be great.

Thanks,
Melissa

[phesina]

Prayers for dear Ashley and you.

[Anikaca77]

Well Ashley has been on her meds and I thought things were going great, there was no pee on the counter tops and I just got done cleaning the house and it's 8:36 p.m. right now and I was grabbing some papers and Ashley goes right up to that spot and lifts her tail as if she is going to pee and she almost started and I yelled NO

I'm so pissed...I know today I missed the pill but come on 1 day and she's going to do this.

It smells like pee again so now I'm going to have to clean the spot and my back is killing me from the cleaning the house.

I'm calling the vets in the morning but she's going to be getting a pill now.

I'm just so ticked.

Melissa