Hello friends :wave: (Have changed title of post in the hope somebody will reply)
My little boy hasn't been 100% of late. He has had his teeth checked but I'm going to get some x-rays done of his tooth roots when he has his next dental and check there is nothing going on there.
When I got home yesterday I noticed Harvey was licking his wotsit and I wondered whether it was irritating him. It was completely sticking out like a little lipstick his wotsit that is and he was licking it and I wondered if it was uncomfortable. Then I noticed where he had been laying was a little damp too. He then went in his litter tray for quite a while.
I'm wondering if he could have a UTI or bladder sludge? He has had dark orange wee lately but I know that can be perfectly normal.
Another thing I wanted to ask is whether rantidine/zantac can exacerbate or cause urinary problems as perhaps it alters the ph of the wee? He is on rantidine at the mo.
He has been tested for EC and that was negative.
I have been trying to get a wee sample for a while now unsuccessfully. I am at work all day and I can't catch him when he's having a wee. Also he only does it in his litter tray on top of hay so trying to salvage anything is not easy. Sometimes there is not enough to even get in a syringe.....arrrrgggghhhh!!!
Do you think he could have a UTI or bladder sludge? Could his wotsit be irritating him? What is the treatment for a UTI? Any other suggestions?
Thank you for any advice you can give.
Nicola and Harvey xxx
My little boy hasn't been 100% of late. He has had his teeth checked but I'm going to get some x-rays done of his tooth roots when he has his next dental and check there is nothing going on there.
When I got home yesterday I noticed Harvey was licking his wotsit and I wondered whether it was irritating him. It was completely sticking out like a little lipstick his wotsit that is and he was licking it and I wondered if it was uncomfortable. Then I noticed where he had been laying was a little damp too. He then went in his litter tray for quite a while.
I'm wondering if he could have a UTI or bladder sludge? He has had dark orange wee lately but I know that can be perfectly normal.
Another thing I wanted to ask is whether rantidine/zantac can exacerbate or cause urinary problems as perhaps it alters the ph of the wee? He is on rantidine at the mo.
He has been tested for EC and that was negative.
I have been trying to get a wee sample for a while now unsuccessfully. I am at work all day and I can't catch him when he's having a wee. Also he only does it in his litter tray on top of hay so trying to salvage anything is not easy. Sometimes there is not enough to even get in a syringe.....arrrrgggghhhh!!!
Do you think he could have a UTI or bladder sludge? Could his wotsit be irritating him? What is the treatment for a UTI? Any other suggestions?
Thank you for any advice you can give.
Nicola and Harvey xxx
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