Uh oh guys!
I didn't believe my mom, or passed with indifference when she mentioned this the other day - but after witnessing it this morning, I need help!
She is eating. She is drinking. It's hard to gage her intake on a daily basis, when my daily routine sometimes has me working long hours, but it looks normal? The issue is the downstairs litterbox. The one in my room is crystals, the one downstairs is clumping sand. (because my kittybabies are spoiled, and have their preferences, lol)
This morning when I was getting ready for work before anyone else was up, I walked in on Twix in a hunched over position close to the litter box, (after having just exited the litterbox), and she was making this wierd growly gutteral noise. Not very loud, but very out of the ordinary -
Twix is a silent velvet panther - she never makes noise! I walked over to her and she layed down next to the box, and stretched out. I went to pet her, and felt for her abdomen to see if it was swollen or distended, or anything of the sorts, and she got very loud, and tried to bite me. (not as a bite bite, but more of a snappy warning). I waited for her to stand up, and tried again with one hand on her back (so far so good) then one hand on her stomach moving downward - and she skitted away and began snapping again and vocalizing slightly.
I've been keeping a closer eye on her since my mother mentioned that she was acting strangely around the litterbox.. but this was the first time I had witnessed it. Its been going on for I would say 2-3 days now.
Like I said, she's eating. She's drinking. She was bouncing around and playing last night with Cinders, chasing the evil stuffed mouse all over the hardwood floor. She's USING the litterbox that I have seen, the only claim i haven't been able to substantiate is when my mother said she was peeing like a racehorse the other morning - buckets of pee, before laying down outside the litterbox and making her growly noise again.
She is an almost 3 year old black female spayed kitty. I'm making an appointment to take her to our emergency vet clinic in Annapolis later today, contrary to the measly paycheck I should be getting in an hour
- so for all those who are about to say it, I know!! I'm going. I just wanted to be armed with some opinions before I go.
I'm writing this from the job that I can't check the forums on, haha - so I will catch up on any advice once I get home to scoop her up and get changed. Hopefully we can get some answers.
I know male cats can't pass kidney stones on their own and are sometimes fatal. She's a girl. I know URIs are pain when peeing - she's only peeing in the box, but definately sounding like she's in pain when she's done, or has given up. She pees in great quantities. But her water in take hasn't changed that I know of lately? And to answer any other possible details - they're all strictly on Blue Buffalo dry food (grain/gluten free), fresh water every day
, and wet food snack at night when I get home from work, it's a kitty-ritual!
Diabetes? URI? Kidney Stones? Crystalized tract? Help me out here guys!
She's so low profile, and picky when people try to pick her up in general, that it's distressing and a bit difficult to diagnos anything out of the ordinary, but I really think she's having trouble.
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