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I made a post earlier talking about how Emmett started peeing inside because of a UTI (BTW Emmetts a cat) Well the next day we called and called for him and wouldn’t come inside! The next evening he came home smelling like horses and with a 2 cuts on his head, a chunk of fur missing, and one of his eyes was swollen shut. He was a very dopey but ate his caned food fine. The next morning we already had an appointment set up for his URI so we called and made sure we were able to get his cuts checked out then to. Well… they weighed him and he had lost a whole pound or more and when they shaved the fur away from his cuts, we were shocked! The cut that looked like a small hole was about an inch to an inch and a half long and a half an inch wide! It was so awful! My mom felt so bad because she didn’t know how bad it was but it wasn’t her fault! The smell we were smelling was the puss eating away at his skin! The had to put him under to stitch it up! I think my mom is going their now to bring him home and we dropped him off at about 12:00pm! He will have to wear a cone so he wont rip his stitches out. I feel so bad for him!
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Posted By mocha200 on 05/10/2012 02:47 PM
I made a post earlier talking about how Emmett started peeing inside because of a UTI (BTW Emmetts a cat) Well the next day we called and called for him and wouldn’t come inside! The next evening he came home smelling like horses and with a 2 cuts on his head, a chunk of fur missing, and one of his eyes was swollen shut. He was a very dopey but ate his caned food fine. The next morning we already had an appointment set up for his URI so we called and made sure we were able to get his cuts checked out then to. Well… they weighed him and he had lost a whole pound or more and when they shaved the fur away from his cuts, we were shocked! The cut that looked like a small hole was about an inch to an inch and a half long and a half an inch wide! It was so awful! My mom felt so bad because she didn’t know how bad it was but it wasn’t her fault! The smell we were smelling was the puss eating away at his skin! The had to put him under to stitch it up! I think my mom is going their now to bring him home and we dropped him off at about 12:00pm! He will have to wear a cone so he wont rip his stitches out. I feel so bad for him!
This wouldn’t happen within a 24 hour period, I wouldn’t be surprised if he had that cut under his fur for awhile and then it ended up getting infected. That may have been why he was peeing outside the box as well, or even a contributing factor to the UTI. Hopefully once he’s all better and the infection’s under control, he’ll go back to using the litterbox 24/7.
I’d also highly suggest keeping him indoors at all times. Outdoor kitties have significantly shorter lifespans, and can end up being more costly to keep healthy as they can get injured in so many ways being loose outside.
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Posted By mocha200 on 05/10/2012 03:13 PM
He had been inside since he came home. He didn’t move all night and just layed in the cat bed in my moms room. He will most likely stay inside until he is healed up since he had surgery, Well got put under. All of our cats are indoor outdoor so he will go outside again. They did a urine culture to see if they could figure out why its not going away. I have no idea what that is though. Could someone explain it? Still waiting for my mom to get back. I will update you when he does.Perhaps he needs a different type of antibiotic? I don’t know a ton about UTIs in cats, so can’t offer much advice outside of that, sorry.
I would really suggest making the kitties indoor only cats, if not for their health than for your mom’s wallet! But I understand that decision probably isn’t up to you.
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