WWYD re sick cat

hopeful34

I have had this cat since he was a baby and he's now 15.5 yrs old. He has hyper thyroidism and pee's blood everytime he pees. He doesn't seem to be in pain so we are just medicating him to help with the hyper thryroid.

My problem is he pee's in the laundry room. All over the floor. Most of the time he pee's on this rubber shoe mat that i put paper towels down on. BUT he is peeing so much that it is saturated by the time i get home and along with the twin responsibilities i have to clean that up and mop the floors almost every night. He walks in his pee and walks it all over the house. I am worried that the babies are going to sick from it since they are crawling and putting everything in their mouths.

He is declawed (not by my choice) and a skinny as can be. So i can't let him out. I am torn. He drives me nuts with his constant meowing even though we are feeding him (he is still a very picky eater though..even if he is starving to death from this disease).

What would you do? I am worried about the babies contracting that cat litter box disease. Sorry..at work so i can't look it up lol...

Thanks as always for listening and giving advice

KatieBlondie27

Do you have a room in your house where you can confine him? What about crating him? Sorry you are going through this    Went through a similar thing with my 17 yo cat.  We had to give her subcutaneous fluids by IV every day

klr210

How long has he been doing this? Is he urinating all over because of his hyper thyroid? Or does he have a UTI?

My cat pees out side of her litter box due to behavioral issues. She is now quarantined to a room in the basement where she will still use the litter box. It's that or the pound as after 6 years of this I'm not inclined to have a nasty house that smells and could make people/babies sick. And we tried everything else first - so this was last resort.

If you are putting paper towel down you are making it more absorbent not less, so it'll be more attractive for him to urinate there. I would consider locking him up during the day in a bathroom with his water and a litter box to see if that helps minimize the mess. But it sounds like if this is pretty new he may need a trip to the vet to see if he has a UTI or kidney failure or some medical underlying cause.

 

hoping4more

I totally do not mean this rudely, but if he is still meowing and possibly starving maybe it is time for him to be put down? 

Other wise I was thinking what the other people said about confining him if that is an option. 

missfire

My two elderly cats both passed away while I was pregnant. I miss them, but I can't imagine the last 6 months if I were still cleaning up cat accidents, giving all the pills and fluids, etc. Two ideas I have are to try some kind of puppy pads or chux pads to see if they absorb more, or even a chamois (sp?) towel, or to have a candid talk with your vet about how to make this decision. I think urine is more sterile and safe than poop would be, but might still spread bacteria if the kitty has an infection. We had been confining one of my cats to the bathroom before he passed. It may sound odd, but I sat with him and asked him sometimes whether he was happy and whether I was doing the right thing giving him meds and confining him, etc. Years ago, I took him off all his meds for awhile to let him at least be peaceful for awhile, and he actually got better and lived for years with no meds. The last time I had a talk with him like that, it was only one or two days until I woke up one morning to find he would no longer get out of his kitty bed, and that helped make the decision. Good luck! I know how hard it is and how difficult it can be to get support on this. If you have to make a hard decision, don't let the vet or anyone make you feel bad. There isn't exactly hospice care for elderly pets, so there are so few options.

missfire

Oh, also - my cat was a constant meower too, and ate very little when on any kind of meds. The vet gave us food that helps stimulate their appetite. But if yours isn't eating - that's a sign that he might be in pain.

zsvendsen

That situation is the pits - I'm so sorry you're going through this. Since none of us can see or experience what your cat is going through ourselves, you're ultimately going to have to rely on your own judgment, and I know that isn't necessarily going to be easy. My sympathy.

We had a cat that was with us from a kitten and lived with us in several countries when I was growing up. Eventually she developed diabetes and we had to give her shots everyday. She lived for several years (5+) on the medication, which was longer than we had thought she would, but eventually she was just a scrawny matted furball, she couldn't clean herself and she just meowed constantly. Seeing her, we knew she was in pain and after consulting with the vet we knew we wouldn't ever be able to give her a reasonable quality of life again, even if we continued keeping her alive with medication. She lived to be 18, which is a very respectable life for a cat.

I agree with the previous poster that the cat may have a UTI if he's peeing blood - he could just be really uncomfortable over that, rather than seriously declining. Check with your vet and go from there, is my advice.

Good luck, and again, I'm sorry.