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So, I need some advice on what to do with my cat. I'll give a rundown on the situation. We have a large orange tabby called Poose who we adopted 3 years ago. He was about 2 years old when we got him. Up to this point he's been a fairly normal cat except he's extremely nervous about everything. It took over a week to get him out of his little cat house. He hid in the basement for a week after that to the point where I had to open a wall to get at him. He runs scared when I sneeze. He can be cuddly but is scared of everything. 2 1/2 weeks ago: We adopt a kitten that was found in an industrial area with a missing mother and dead siblings, he was about 4 weeks old. We bring him home and segregate him into his own room as to not upset Poose and as to not share diseases until we get him shots and dewormed and such. Poose wasn't happy about it and didn't come upstairs as much. After this point, Poose still ate normally and seems ok until... 1 1/2 weeks ago: He starts sounding pained and hiding in the closet, I take him to the emergency vet. He has a urinary blockage. 2 days and 3000$ later, he's back home but scared as poo poo. Didn't eat much at the vet but is urinating with the help of meds. He goes off meds and seems ok. The culture comes back from the lab and he doesn't have an infection. He ate a bit here and there but he was urinating. He was returning back to normal. We put a couple of those cat pheromone plugin things around the house and moved his food to the basement where he felt more comfortable. 2 days ago: I noticed that he stopped urinating much. He would eat a bit and then throw it up. He doesn't yelp or plaintively meow like he did the first time, in fact he is somewhat cuddly in the morning and doesn't appear to be in pain. However, he does hide away in the basement most of the day. He isn't eating much. So, I think he has another blockage of some sort but I'm being told by others to give it a week. I genuinely can't afford another surgery (or much of a vet visit at this point) and I don't want him to be in pain and croak in the basement behind some boxes. Do you guys think I should wait a while until things seem (more) serious or should I just bite the bullet and have him put to sleep to spare him. I could move the adopted cat since it is probably what initiated this mess but I doubt it will have any effect at this point. Any thoughts?
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Sep 18, 2019 16:57
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Well in case anyone cares... I took him to the vet and he's gonna be overnight for 3 nights for another blockage. Fun fun
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Sep 19, 2019 00:02
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Thanks! Just got a call from the vet. He seems to be doing better. Before he came back the first time we bought two of those fountain water bowls but he's scared of them. I may have to do what you did and use a syringe and force him to drink, I never thought of that. This time we brought the cat to a normal vet and the cost is going to be much more reasonable this time around.
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Sep 19, 2019 03:40
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