This past weekend we were so close to getting rid of all of our animals. I love all the pets dearly, but our patience wears thin at times. I have always wanted to have a house where all the animals got along, lived together, a place where our future children can grow to truly respect and care for animals. Most of the time I feel we have created this type of environment in our home. This weekend I began to think... have we gone to far? Are we the crazy animal people? (Please don't answer that.)
It all began a little while ago when we started finding cat pee here and there. We never thought it was that big of a deal- just got very pissed about it. We assumed it was Hank because it is mostly a male cat trait to spray, but could never be sure. Also, the cat urine was never in the same place. This only happened a couple times in about a month. Finally last week, we kept finding more and more and we decided we needed to find which cat it was and what is the cause. I started to research more on the internet. Most of the sites had a lot on behavioral reasons- they are unhappy, the other cats are dominating them, etc. It could also be urinary issues. We were able to track down it was Lady since Hank was happy and healthy using the litter box. We took her to the vet and he told us the same things I had already looked up- (behavioral stuff) but took a urine sample to be sure.
Meanwhile, we had to lock Lady in a bathroom to get a urine sample. So she was crying all day. When she was finally let out, Hank was suddenly angry at the world. He started hissing at everyone- Lady, the dogs, us. It was crazy.... we had no idea what was going on. So Lady started hissing back- they both just went their separate ways and hid.
This same day, Ginger suddenly became ill with diarrhea. We thought we were going to have to take her to the vet as well... She went all over the house and had to be locked in her cage so she wouldn't continue to go all over our carpets.
It was a really exciting weekend in the Bisnett house. Turns out Lady has crystals in her urine and has to be on prescription food to level out her pH balance.
Too many animals? Sometimes....
It all began a little while ago when we started finding cat pee here and there. We never thought it was that big of a deal- just got very pissed about it. We assumed it was Hank because it is mostly a male cat trait to spray, but could never be sure. Also, the cat urine was never in the same place. This only happened a couple times in about a month. Finally last week, we kept finding more and more and we decided we needed to find which cat it was and what is the cause. I started to research more on the internet. Most of the sites had a lot on behavioral reasons- they are unhappy, the other cats are dominating them, etc. It could also be urinary issues. We were able to track down it was Lady since Hank was happy and healthy using the litter box. We took her to the vet and he told us the same things I had already looked up- (behavioral stuff) but took a urine sample to be sure.
Meanwhile, we had to lock Lady in a bathroom to get a urine sample. So she was crying all day. When she was finally let out, Hank was suddenly angry at the world. He started hissing at everyone- Lady, the dogs, us. It was crazy.... we had no idea what was going on. So Lady started hissing back- they both just went their separate ways and hid.
This same day, Ginger suddenly became ill with diarrhea. We thought we were going to have to take her to the vet as well... She went all over the house and had to be locked in her cage so she wouldn't continue to go all over our carpets.
It was a really exciting weekend in the Bisnett house. Turns out Lady has crystals in her urine and has to be on prescription food to level out her pH balance.
Too many animals? Sometimes....
eek... poor carpets. all this peeing, pooping, crying, and hissing sounds a little like my day teaching the 3 year olds. is Hank still angry at the world? how does one get crystals in their urine?
ReplyDeleteyea... i would rather deal with pet urine/ crying than 3 year olds!! better you than me!! pH levels apparently... special food to fix that- cha-ching!!
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