Hello,
Your cat and this issue are not uncommon. I hear about cases like yours all the time.
As we try to figure out a plan for you and your kitty I will need your help in providing as much information as possible on what was done, where and how much it cost.
There is a storyline section where all of this can be added. My hope is to find a way to help everyone in your predicament. And I cannot possibly do every cat and every pu surgery.
So let’s start with the immediate. Your cat needs fluids. And we need to try to figure out how to get your cat off dry food. You can do rhis by gradually adding wet food under or around dry food. And if you are struggling with getting wet food in go to a prescription urinary diet.
Also ask your vet (and you really need a good vet) to show you how to give sq fluids at home. I have my cleints do it daily for days or weeks. The hope is that we flush the bladder with them.
I also lean heavily on pain meds. Ask your vet about gabapentin or buprinex. I use Pred for weeks.
Ask for help on social media to find someone locally who can do a pu surgery affordably. You can try the vet school also.
When I started out I had clients go through the rescue so I was doing the surgery for the rescue and not the client. It allowed me to cut costs and get these cats treated with minimal liability and expense.
My point is that I don’t give up. I hope you don’t either. I will help but we have to figure this out for cats everywhere.
Krista

Hello,
I’m so sorry to hear about your kitty.
I don’t know where you are but if I can help I will. I think that for these cats a few things might help.
One learn how to palpate your cats bladder
Monitor the litter box really closely. Keep it very clean
Use a prescription urinary food that your vet recommends. If you cannot afford one use a high quality canned food and add water. Try to remove all dry food
Ask for a steroid to help inflammation and pain
Have you cat stay on iv fluids in the hospital for as long as possible. For my clinic I advocate for theee days.
Ask anyone and everyone locally (rescue and shelters) to see if anyone locally does a PU surgery affordably.
You can find me on social media and DM me

Good luck
Krista.

Hello,

In cats this age it has been my experience that these are not polyps. It is more likely that this is either chronic rhinitis or a nasal mass.

I don’t know enough about your cat to provide much guidance but if you are concerned about a polyp I recommend that you go to a university vet school for help if you don’t feel confident in your local vets abilities.

Oropharyngeal polyps in my experience can be visualized after the patient is placed under general anesthesia as demonstrated in the video you refer to. Please call your local rescues and shelters to see if they can recommend someone locally to look for it and remove it if found.

I’m sorry I do not know anyone local to you.

I hope this helps. Don’t give up on your kitty. There are vets our there who will help. Use social media. Keep calling and asking local friends and family and reach out to rescues, feline practitioners and local vet schools.

Good luck.
Krista.

Hello,
Please see a veterinarian as soon as possible. In cases like this I always want to make sure that there is not a clotting problem and there are a few diseases that huskies get where rhe nails do not grow properly. These are things to talk about with your vet.

Hello,
I am not able to diagnose online. But I do think that it would be helpful to find a feline specialist. I would also talk about adding sq fluids to be done daily at home and an appetite stimulant while you try to figure out what is going on. In some cases I also recommend in clinic iv fluids to help diurese the kidneys.

I hope this helps.

Very best of luck.

Hello,
I’m so sorry to hear about your dog. I think that anytime your gut tells you to get a second opinion that you should listen. I hope things turn out ok and I apologize for the delay in answering.

Hello,
Please see your veterinarian as soon as possible. I recommend that you try very hard to have your dog seen tomorrow. Maybe it’s just an anal gland issue, but tumors in this area are also possible so please see the vet asap.

Hello,
Is everyone spayed and neutered? That might help settle down of the stress?
After that make sure everyone is healthy. At my clinic this would include an exam on all of the cats and perhaps even blood work.
Then we talk about a more gradual acclimation period. I’ve seen this be between two weeks to years. Cats are their own bosses. So they decide on their own terms

Good luck.

hello,
I am so sorry to hear about this kitten. I think that there are some answers that I jut cannot give without an in person exam, but, I also think that the recovery is very very unlikely if you have muscle atrophy. I also think that there is no other species on the planet that can adapt and overcome anything better than a kitten.
As long as you can manage the ability to urinate and defecate and keep him safe and happy (he needs toys and attention and to still feel like a fierce predator and playful kitten) then it is perfectly fine to have a pet with a disability.
I would not use a splint or any kind of bandage, they cause more problems than they are worth.

See if you can find this kitten a home and make sure that the the new parents are able to palpate the bladder and colon and make sure they are passing feces easily and emptying the bladder completely (urine retention can lead to urinary tract infections) and make sure they are spayed/neutered before 6 months old.
Also make sure the home is handicapped safe.

I hope this helps.

thank you for caring about the ones other people overlook. You are an amazing human!
krista

Hello.
It at all possible call rescues and shelters and ask for a vet to help you. I am reluctant to just say place braces because they require a lot of upkeep and monitoring. But yes. You have to start helping the bones develop in a normal position of there is any hope of them growing out of this.