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Kidney stones in my cat

366 views 9 replies 5 participants last post by  Jill Darlow 
#1 ·
Hi,

My 7 year old cat Dexter went into urinary retention 2 days ago..... I rushed him to the vets as an emergency and he was catheterised.... initially it was just to relieve his discomfort but his bladder went into spasm when they tried to remove the catheter so it was left overnight. The vet removed it again last night but had to re catheterise him again this morning as he still wasnt able to urinate. The vet has told me this isnt good news... that the stone causing the blockage is too high so he cant simply remove it or cut the penis off and remove it this way. He has said there are no scans or tests that will help. I just have to sit and wait and pray that he will pass it naturally, otherwise there is nothing they can do. I am devastated.... He is such a gorgeous cat, full of personality, and normally so fit and well. He has never had anything wrong with him before, but I fear the vet is preparing me to put him down ..... Where can I take him for a second opinion please? I live in Northamptonshire?
 
#3 · (Edited)
Hello @Jill Darlow and welcome :)

I am very sorry to hear about Dexter's problems. I can understand it must be a very worrying situation for you.

Tanya's excellent CRF website has a very informative article on kidney stones in cats, causes and possible treatments. I think it would be worth you reading it, perhaps even printing it out if you have access to a printer, so you can refer to it later. (there is a lot of detail).

http://www.felinecrf.org/kidney_stones.htm

Sending healing thoughts to Dexter. Please let us know how things go. :)

EDIT: There is also a support group, run by Helen who owns Tanya's website. I found everyone there very kind and helpful when I needed support with one of my previous cats who had CKD. :)

https://tanyackd.groups.io/g/support
 
#6 ·
Thank you all for your kind thoughts.... The latest update from my vet today was that they no longer think he has kidney stones after all as when his bladder was irrigated there were no obvious stones present but alot of debris. When he was re catheterised he was passing very bloody urine so they have decided he has some more acute renal/kidney infection. He will now keep the catheter in for 5 days and remain on antibiotics for the duration.... they will keep him as an inpatient and with a neck collar but they have said he remains very sick and his chances of pulling through are 50:50.
 
#9 ·
Is it one or both kidneys? Two years prior to Jake's passing as a result of a kidney stone, he had a kidney infection that destroyed one of his kidneys. My local vet would not operate so I requested a referral to a specialist at the University of Liverpool's Small Animal Teaching Hospital where they removed the infected kidney. He made a full recovery and lived happily for those two years. He didn't survive the kidney stone two years later because he had only one kidney.

If your vet isn't prepared to operate ask them to refer you to a specialist. They know who is closest to where you live.
 
#10 ·
They now think he has pyelonephritis and are hoping the antibiotics will treat it. They are treating him symptomatically and he has had no scans or blood tests at this time. it seems he has a blocked urethra but they arent sure what caused this.... they are wondering if its due to an infection or renal failure. I have a second vet lined up to review him as a second opinion should he not improve.
 
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